West New York, NJ Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 348-8 of the Code of the Town of West New York, in Hudson County, New Jersey, controls where a garbage receptacle sits before and after collection. Subsection G keeps receptacles within the building, or in the rear or side premises connected to it, until the time for removal. Only then are they placed at the sidewalk curb in front of the building, and they remain there until the designated garbage collection agency has emptied them. Immediately afterward they go back to the building or the rear or side premises.

Three more limits apply at the curb. Subsection I bars any receptacle within 10 feet of either side of a fire hydrant. Subsection H bars any placement that constitutes or contributes to the creation of a nuisance. Subsection G requires a tight-fitting metal cover on every garbage, refuse or liquid waste receptacle at all times during this period.

Loading rules sit in the same section. Under subsection F no receptacle is filled higher than a line four inches from the top, a filled receptacle cannot contain more than 75 pounds, and each receptacle must be kept in a condition satisfactory to the Department of Public Works or the Department of Health. Section 348-7 sets the container itself: at least one receptacle for each family unit or other occupant and at least two for each restaurant, market, store or similar business, and each must be a watertight metal receptacle with a closely fitted cover and not more than 30 gallons' capacity. No garbage goes out in bags, boxes or corrugated receptacles, and pasteboard or corrugated boxes and paper are collapsed and securely tied. The Sanitary Inspector decides whether a receptacle is badly broken or otherwise fails these requirements, and a failing receptacle can be classed as refuse and collected as such.

Section 348-8(J) also protects the cans: no person not authorized for that purpose can interfere with a receptacle or disturb its contents.