Cherry Hill, NJ Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

6 establishes the Township's source-separation program in direct terms: "there is mandatory source separation of newspaper, glass, metal and aluminum cans, plastics and yard waste from solid waste," and the section adds that electronic "e-waste" recyclables have been separately mandated since January 1, 2011 under state statute. Every resident or business that uses the Township or its contracted collector must keep those materials in containers or bundles separate and apart from the solid waste cart, not merely sorted inside the same bin. The section defines noncompliance as a violation on its own: subsection (a) states that it is a violation of the section for the resident, occupant or owner to fail to properly separate recyclables and yard waste from solid waste.

Enforcement is discretionary rather than automatic: subsection (b) lets the Township educate, warn, notify or issue a summons, and independently lets the Township or its contractor decline to collect a solid waste or recycling load that is not properly separated, meaning a resident who sorts incorrectly may find both carts left at the curb. 19 to source-separate high-grade paper, corrugated cardboard, and glass and metal containers, with that commercial mandate enforced by Camden County officials rather than the Township.