Bloomfield, NJ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Bloomfield Township sets its collection timing in § 611-2 of the Township Code, part of Chapter 611, Environmental Quality Assurance, a Board of Health chapter. Subsection C fixes the collection window: no garbage, refuse or rubbish can be collected by any person lawfully providing solid waste collection services within the Township on a Township-maintained street before 6:30 a.m. or later than 6:30 p.m., and subsection C(2) repeats the same window for county-maintained streets. The Mayor and Township Council can alter those hours on a temporary basis, but only on application and for good cause shown.

Subsection H governs the set-out. No solid waste receptacle or bulky waste can be placed at the curb, on the sidewalk or on any public right-of-way prior to 5:00 p.m. on the day preceding the scheduled collection day. A receptacle in a commercial or business area cannot remain at the curb longer than two hours after its collection, and a residential receptacle cannot remain longer than 24 hours after being set out. Subsection A(2) adds a storage rule: garbage, refuse, bulky waste, white metal, or trees and vegetative waste awaiting collection cannot be stored between the front or side building setback lines and the curb on noncollection days. Under subsection G(3), private haulers collecting from the curbside must collect on the same day municipal collection occurs in the area affected. The ordinance prints no weekday for any street; it refers only to the scheduled collection day.

Whether a household needs its own hauler is a separate question under Chapter 491, Solid Waste. Section 491-12 requires single-family residential generators to contract with a lawful hauler where regular collection is not otherwise provided by the municipal solid waste collection service. Section 491-13 requires each generator to provide proof of collection services to the Township Clerk within 10 days of a written request from the Township.