Recycling is mandatory statewide under New Jersey's Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act. Every Essex County municipality must adopt an ordinance requiring residents and businesses to source-separate designated recyclables from the trash stream.
New Jersey mandates recycling under the Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.11 et seq. Section 13:1E-99.16 requires each municipality's governing body to adopt an ordinance compelling source separation of designated recyclables. In Essex County the ECUA sets the district recycling plan and helps each town aim to recycle at least 50% of its municipal solid waste; per ECUA, partner municipalities collected 752,613 tons of recyclables in 2020. Residents must separate materials named in their town's ordinance, so check local rules for accepted items and collection days.
Failing to source-separate recyclables violates the mandatory municipal recycling ordinance, bringing warnings and fines set by each town under authority of N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16; haulers may refuse contaminated loads.
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