Freehold Township, NJ Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Chapter 245, Article I, defines 'yard waste' narrowly as leaves and grass clippings, and defines 'containerized' as placement in a trash can, bucket, bag, or other vessel that keeps the material from spilling or blowing into the street and reaching stormwater, per Section 245-1 (added February 28, 2006 by Ord. No. O-06-8). Section 245-2C then sets the operative rule: sweeping, raking, or blowing uncontainerized yard waste to the curb or street is allowed only right before an announced collection, and even then it cannot sit within 10 feet of a storm drain inlet; placing it there at any other time, or leaving it uncontainerized in the street, is a violation.

That subsection, amended August 25, 2009 by Ord. No. O-09-23, also creates a rebuttable presumption: if uncontainerized yard waste is found in front of a property, the owner or occupant of that property is presumed to have improperly disposed of it. Section 245-2D goes further and bars anyone, including a hired lawn-care or landscaping contractor, from placing yard waste in the street at all unless it is containerized, and makes the responsible party liable to remove it or face a violation. 1, which points to Chapter 1's general penalty. This is separate from Chapter 253's curbside recycling program, which covers bottles, cans, cardboard, and paper rather than leaves and grass.