Bayonne, NJ Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Pickup limit
- four bulky items per pickup
- Same-day rule
- bulk waste collected with regular garbage
- Excluded
- construction/demolition debris, hauled privately
- Excluded hazardous items
- go to semiannual Hudson County HHW day
- Scrap metal pickup day
- Tuesdays
- Scheduling line
- Recycling Coordinator, 201-858-6070
Summary
Bayonne collects bulk waste, like furniture, appliances and mattresses, on the same day as regular garbage under City Code § 3-2.1, but caps every pickup at four bulky items, and construction or demolition debris is excluded and must go through a private hauler.
BULK WASTE ... a. Large items of waste material that are nonmetal, including but not limited to: 1. Appliances; 2. Furniture: sofas, tables, chairs, beds and other wood furniture (even though there may be some incidental metal pieces attached to the furniture, i.e., wooden chair/table with metal legs); ... 7. Tree parts cut into sections with a maximum height of four feet, tree stumps cut into small sections and brush; 8. Mattresses covered in plastic. b. Bulk waste will be collected on the same days as regular garbage collection. There is a limit of four bulky items per pickup.
Full Breakdown
Section 3-2.1 defines "BULK WASTE" as large, nonmetal items including appliances, sofas and other wood furniture, lamps, suitcases, linoleum and cut carpeting, mattresses covered in plastic, and tree parts or stumps cut into sections no taller than four feet. Paragraph b sets the operative rule: "Bulk waste will be collected on the same days as regular garbage collection," but limits the household to four bulky items per pickup. A separate list of items, chain-link fencing, batteries, gas tanks, mufflers, catalytic converters, motor oil and fluorescent fixtures, is excluded from bulk pickup entirely and must instead wait for the semiannual Hudson County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day.
Construction, renovation and demolition waste (defined separately as "13C" or C&D debris) is barred from City pickup altogether, and must be hauled by a private company, though a resident can dispose of toilets, cut plasterboard and tiles as household waste with a sticker from the Division of Solid Waste Management, scheduled through the Recycling Coordinator at 201-858-6070 at least one business day ahead. Scrap metal such as refrigerators and washers is collected separately, on Tuesdays.
Violations & Fines
The Code does not set a separate bulk-waste fine; putting out more than four bulky items, or mixing excluded C&D debris or hazardous items into a bulk set-out, is enforced as improper disposal under the general solid-waste and litter provisions of Chapter 3, drawing the Chapter 1, § 1-5 penalty of up to $1,250.
Frequently Asked Questions
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