Recycling is mandatory in every Atlantic County municipality. New Jersey's Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16, forces each town to adopt an ordinance requiring residents to separate designated recyclables from the trash. It is a legal duty.
New Jersey mandates recycling by statute, and it binds Egg Harbor Township, Hamilton, Galloway, Hammonton, Brigantine, Ventnor, and Atlantic City alike. N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16 requires every municipality to adopt an ordinance compelling residents to source-separate designated recyclables for collection. Since 2009 the ACUA has run single-stream recycling, so residents place all accepted materials — paper, cardboard, glass bottles, metal cans, and plastics #1, #2, and #5 — in one bin, collected every other week. Putting recyclables in the regular trash is a violation, not a preference.
Throwing designated recyclables in with the trash breaks the municipal recycling ordinance every town must adopt under N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16, drawing warnings and escalating fines set by local ordinance in municipal court.
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