East Brunswick, NJ Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

Section 114-26 limits the lawful ways to get rid of recyclables in East Brunswick Township. Materials classified as recyclable can be disposed of only by placing them for collection by the municipality under Chapter 114 and Department regulations, or by giving, donating or selling them, or permitting any person, partnership or corporation to collect them, whether operating for profit or not. On that second route the material must actually be recycled, must be collected from a point other than the curbside in districts with municipal collection (or at a municipal drop-off center, with the permission of the Township), and must be reported to the municipality by both the generator and the receiver under regulations of the Department of Public Works, Middlesex County and the State of New Jersey.

Subsection C adds a paperwork duty. Anyone who markets, collects, hauls or generates recyclables at residential, business, commercial, industrial, institutional or professional premises in the Township must supply recycling documentation in the Department's format, backed up by weight slips or a signed business form letter, as the Middlesex County District Recycling Plan requires. Records and reports go to the East Brunswick Township Recycling Coordinator on a quarterly basis, not later than close of business on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. Subsection D lets the Department, at its discretion, provide for disposal of used tires by residents, with fees fixed by the Township Council by regulation.

Related duties sit nearby in the same chapter. Section 114-23 has the Township Council appoint a Clean Communities Coordinator, a Solid Waste and Certified Recycling Coordinator and an alternate from Department of Public Works management to act as liaison with Middlesex County and the NJDEP. Under § 114-25.1 the Municipal Recycling Coordinator reviews every recycling plan submitted with a planning board or zoning board application for subdivision or site plan approval, and the recycling area must be of sufficient size and convenient location with attributes such as signage and lighting. Under § 114-28 the Director of Public Works writes the collection regulations, and the Township Council adopts them by resolution.