COURT HOUSE – The Township Committee has set limits on the size of trash receptacles residents can put out through an ordinance change adopted on Monday, Feb. 3.

Under the change a single-family residence will be limited to up to four cans of 35 gallons each or three cans of 48 gallons each.

Mayor Chris Leusner said that the township will be implementing better enforcement of the regulations.

Leusner said the township’s new trash and recycling contract with Pinelands Construction will save the municipality roughly $500,000 a year over what the cost would have been with the previous vendor, Gold Medal Environmental.

The new vendor is taking pictures of trash that its trucks will not pick up because of violations of existing regulations. Most commonly, this involves placing trash in plastic bags and not in a receptacle. The township can then notify the resident so changes can be made.

The township failed twice to get an acceptable contract through the normal bid process. The agreement with Pinelands was reached through negotiation. The township considered and rejected the option of bringing trash collection in-house as a function of Public Works.

Contact the reporter, Vince Conti, at vconti@cmcherald.com.