Vineland, NJ Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Curbside window
- 7 days before collection
- Storm drain setback
- 10 feet minimum
- Excluded from program
- Branches over 5 in./5 ft.
- On-site alternative
- Composting or mulching
- Fine range
- $100 to $2,000 (§ 1-15)
Summary
In the City of Vineland, leaves and other yard waste must be source-separated from regular trash and can only go to the curbline during the seven days before an announced collection, kept at least 10 feet from any storm drain inlet, under City Code § 620-11.D, or residents can compost or mulch it on-site instead.
D. Yard waste. ... (2) No yard waste shall be placed at the curbline, except during the collection periods and in the manner set forth in the rules and regulations promulgated by the City. Sweeping, raking, blowing or otherwise placing yard waste at the curbline or along the street is only allowed during the seven days prior to a scheduled and announced collection and shall not be placed closer than 10 feet to any storm drain inlet. Placement of such yard waste at the curbline or along the street at any other time or in any other manner is a violation of this chapter. If such placement of yard waste occurs, the party responsible for placement of the yard waste must remove the yard waste from the street, or said party shall be deemed in violation of this chapter. For purposes of this section, yard waste shall not include stumps, branches five inches in diameter or branches in excess of five feet in length.
Full Breakdown
City Code § 620-11.D(1) requires anyone on municipal collection to source-separate yard waste, including leaves, from other solid waste and to place it for collection only in the manner the City's rules and regulations set, unless it is instead stored or recycled through composting or mulching on the generator's own property. Section 620-11.D(2) is the operative timing and placement rule: yard waste cannot go to the curbline except during the collection period, and sweeping, raking or blowing it to the curbline or street is allowed only during the seven days immediately before a scheduled and announced collection, and never closer than 10 feet to a storm drain inlet.
Placing yard waste at the curbline outside that window, or in any other manner, is itself a chapter violation, and the responsible party must remove it from the street or be deemed in violation. The definition of yard waste in § 620-1 excludes stumps and any branches over five inches in diameter or five feet long, so oversized brush does not qualify for this curbside program. As an alternative, § 620-11.D(3) lets any resident transport source-separated yard waste to a leaf-composting, vegetative-waste-composting or recycling facility approved by the Department of Environmental Protection and listed in the Cumberland County Solid Waste Management Plan.
Violations & Fines
Placing yard waste at the curbline more than seven days before an announced collection, within 10 feet of a storm drain inlet, or in any manner other than the City's rules allow is a violation of § 620-11.D punishable under § 620-34 and § 1-15 by the general penalty of $100 to $2,000 or up to 90 days in the Cumberland County Jail, and the responsible party must remove the improperly placed yard waste from the street.
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