Wayne, NJ Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Wayne Township Code § 83-5D sets three timing rules for curbside trash. All solid waste must be placed at the curbline no later than 6:00 a.m. on the designated collection days. Receptacles containing solid waste may go to the curb no earlier than the day preceding the scheduled collection date. They must be removed the day of collection, and they must be stored in an inconspicuous and sanitary location. The heading of § 83-5 also says 'removal from curb after collection,' and the Township Council amended the section on March 6, 2024 by Ord. No. 8-2024.

What goes in the container is set by the same section. Subsection A requires watertight metal or plastic receptacles not to exceed 35 gallons in capacity and a maximum of 50 pounds, with tightly fitted covers, and subsection B requires them to be kept clean and in good repair. Under § 83-4, the owner, tenant or occupant of the premises, or an agent, must provide and maintain those receptacles.

The street rules treat collection-day cans differently from other objects. Chapter 180, § 180-10I forbids placing permanent or temporary objects or structures within the roadway or public right-of-way without prior Township Council approval, but it excludes refuse and refuse receptacles on their designated collection days from that ban. A can left at the curb after collection day no longer falls inside that exclusion.

Multi-dwelling complexes follow § 83-7 instead of the curb rule: dumpster receptacles sit in enclosures approved by the Township, at a location convenient to all residents and approved by the Superintendent of Operations.