Mahwah requires residential property owners and tenants to use covered metal or plastic refuse containers for curbside solid waste pickup, with private communities exempted when they provide common-area collection service.
Under Mahwah's solid waste regulations, owners, tenants, or occupants of residential premises must provide and maintain refuse containers made of metal or plastic for curbside collection. Containers must be sufficient to hold all household solid waste between scheduled pickups. Dumpsters in commercial use must not leak liquids or solids into the storm sewer system, must be covered when contents are airborne or odorous, and must be emptied within seven days of reaching capacity. Private communities providing their own common-area pickup are exempted from individual container requirements.
Property owners using non-compliant containers, allowing dumpsters to overflow beyond seven days, or discharging waste to storm sewers may face summonses and per-day penalties under Mahwah's sanitation chapter.
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