The New Jersey Law You May Have No Idea You're BreakingWe've all done it. You're walking along with your cup of coffee, you take your last sip, and since you're walking by a garbage can that's already near the curb, you open the lid and toss it in. All your years of being a law-abiding citizen have just been, well, tossed into the trash. Is It Illegal To Toss Garbage Into A Neighbors Gabage Recepticle In New Jersey? Local municipalities handle these rules, and while I couldn't find any specific law forbidding the use of a neighbor's garbage pail, I found this in one town's laws.