Dog Waste Removal in Beachwood, NJ

Beachwood is a small borough wedged onto the south side of the Toms River in Ocean County, just downstream of where the river widens out toward Barnegat Bay. It is hemmed in by Toms River and South Toms River to the north and west, Pine Beach to the east, and Berkeley Township to the south. The town was platted in the early twentieth century as a summer bungalow colony, which is why it reads as a dense, gridded patchwork of small lots rather than the larger sprawling parcels you find elsewhere in the county. Most of those lots are now year-round homes with fenced backyards, and the borough's namesake riverfront spot, Beachwood Beach, gives residents a bayfront stretch of the river right in town.

That waterfront setting is exactly why dog waste shouldn't sit on the grass. Beachwood drains toward the Toms River, and the river feeds Barnegat Bay — an estuary the state has worked for years to protect from excess nutrients and bacteria. Pet waste is one of the well-documented non-point sources that storm runoff can carry from a lawn into a storm drain and on to the water. On the compact lots near Beachwood Beach and the Pinewald section, there isn't much buffer between a backyard and the river, so the simplest thing a dog owner can do is have waste bagged and hauled offsite every week instead of left to wash downhill.

The grid itself is part of why we like working here. With the streets laid out off Berkeley Avenue and the Route 9 (Atlantic City Boulevard) corridor running the length of town, the route stays tight and predictable. That keeps weekly service dependable for the families who fill these small, fenced yards — year-round, not just for the summer the town was first built for.