Recycling is mandatory in every Gloucester 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 Deptford, Washington Township, Monroe, Glassboro, Woodbury, and West Deptford alike. N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16 requires the governing body of every municipality to adopt an ordinance compelling residents to source-separate designated recyclables for collection. The Gloucester County District Solid Waste Management Plan sets the designated list: newspaper, glass bottles and jars, aluminum and bi-metal cans, and #1 and #2 plastics, with corrugated cardboard and paper added by most towns. Deptford collects it single-stream in one tote; Washington Township runs a dedicated recycling truck. 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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