Woodbridge, NJ Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection frequency
- Weekly, curbside
- Small buildings
- 4 units or fewer get curbside pickup
- Large buildings
- 5+ units use on-site containers
- Notice requirement
- At least every six months
- Private collection
- Needs Township and MCIA approval
Summary
Section 27-3.5 requires Woodbridge to run weekly curbside recycling for every single-family and duplex home and multifamily buildings of four units or fewer, while buildings with five or more units must use on-site containers the Township or its contractor provides. Taking recyclables out of a bin without authorization is a separately punishable offense.
On the commencement date, the Township will commence the provision of recycling services for the designated recyclables for all residents. The designated recyclables shall be collected by the Township, at curbside at all single-family or duplex residential locations, all multifamily dwellings with four (4) or less units, and all small businesses that are currently receiving municipal collection services. All multifamily dwellings with five (5) or more institutions shall deposit the designated recyclables in on-site containers to be provided by the Township and/or the private contractor. ... The Township shall collect designated recyclables on a weekly basis and at the times and the days to be established by the Director of Public Works and Parks as described herein. ... Unauthorized scavenging of any of the designated recyclables is strictly prohibited and punishable by fines prescribed in Subsection 27-3.8 of this chapter.
Full Breakdown
5 adopts the Middlesex County Recycling Plan as Woodbridge's official municipal recycling program and spells out how the curbside side of that program has to run. Once the commencement date is reached, the Township collects designated recyclables at curbside from every single-family and duplex residence, every multifamily building of four units or fewer, and small businesses already receiving municipal collection. Multifamily buildings with five or more units are treated differently: their occupants must deposit designated recyclables in on-site containers supplied by the Township or its private contractor rather than setting material at the curb.
Collection runs on a weekly basis, at days and times the Director of Public Works and Parks establishes. The Township also owes residents ongoing notice: within thirty days of the section's adoption and at least once every six months after, it must tell residential, commercial and institutional occupants about recycling opportunities and the source-separation rules, whether through a newspaper ad, posted notices, or a mailing to taxpayers. '
Violations & Fines
Any failure to comply with § 27-3.5's curbside program rules, including unauthorized private collection arrangements that were never registered with the Department of Public Works and Parks and the Middlesex County Improvement Authority, is enforced under § 27-3.8's Chapter 1, § 1-5 penalty, with each day of violation treated as a separate offense.
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