Ridgewood requires all owners, lessees, and occupants to separate designated recyclables from trash with fines up to $1,000 for noncompliance.
Chapter 165 Article IV mandates that owners, lessees, and occupants of residential or institutional property separate newspaper, mixed paper, corrugated cardboard, tin/steel cans, aluminum cans, glass, and plastic containers from other trash. Effective November 15, 1990, mandatory compliance was extended to garden apartments, condominiums, cooperatives, and townhouses. The Village Manager promulgates rules on commencement dates and collection times. Violations are punishable by a minimum fine of $25 and a maximum of $1,000, with higher caps for construction and demolition debris.
Failing to separate mandated recyclables, contaminating recycling streams, or noncompliance by multiunit residential properties subjects offenders to fines from $25 up to $1,000.
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