West New York, NJ Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 306-14 of the West New York Town Code, Bulky household waste storage, sits in Article II of Chapter 306, Littering and Litter Disposal, adopted 8-17-1988 as Ord. No. 1820. It targets the owner of residential property rather than the person who drops an item off. The owner cannot store, or permit storage of, bulky household waste in areas zoned residential, and the section names household appliances, furniture and mattresses as examples. Two conditions make storage lawful: the waste sits in a fully enclosed structure, or it is out during days designated for the collection of bulky items.

The text of § 306-14 does not print those collection days. The collection-day provision in Chapter 306, § 306-6, covers recyclable materials such as leaves, newspapers, glass food and beverage containers, aluminum beverage cans and corrugated cardboard, and has the Recycling Coordinator establish the days and pickup sites. Neighboring sections use the same pattern. Section 306-15 applies the enclosed-structure or collection-day test to tires stored in residential zones. Section 306-16 bars parking on a residential lawn and bars keeping a wrecked, disassembled or unlicensed vehicle on streets, vacant lots and residential lawns outside a fully enclosed structure.

Section 306-13 separately bans dumping furniture, appliances and tires along any street or road. Appliances carry their own rule: the Chapter 306 definition of white goods requires refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, dryers and air conditioners to have all locking doors removed, and Chapter 309 makes it unlawful to discard or abandon an icebox or refrigerator with a lock or catch door intact. For ordinary household refuse, Chapter 348 limits receptacles to 30 gallons capacity and refuse prepared for collection to quantities weighing not more than 75 pounds.