There is no single Somerset County garbage truck. Under N.J.S.A. 13:1E-20 the county runs the solid-waste district plan, but curbside collection is arranged town by town — Bridgewater contracts weekly Friday pickup, while Bernards leaves each household to hire its own licensed hauler.
Every address in Somerset County sits inside a municipality, and how your trash gets collected depends on which one. New Jersey has no unincorporated land, so the pattern is municipal, not county-wide. Some towns contract a single hauler and bill it through taxes or a fee: Bridgewater residents get weekly curbside garbage and recycling on Friday, with bulk on the fourth Friday. Others, including Bernards Township, run no municipal pickup at all and require homeowners to contract directly with a private, state-licensed carter. The county's job, set by the Solid Waste Management Act, is to adopt and update the district plan that routes all this waste to approved facilities. Confirm your town's arrangement with its public works office.
Letting solid waste accumulate rather than arranging approved collection violates municipal health codes and the district plan adopted under N.J.S.A. 13:1E-20, exposing an owner to municipal court fines and abatement.
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