Linden, NJ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Placement deadline
- 7:00 a.m. on collection day
- Schedule source
- Maintained by Public Works Department
- Enforcing agencies
- Police, Board of Health, Public Works
- Commercial exclusion
- Industries, motels, gas stations use private haulers
Summary
Linden's Department of Public Works sets and publishes the collection schedule that tells each address its scheduled trash day, and City Code § 16-2.4 requires all collection materials to be curbside by 7:00 a.m. that day. The Police Department, Board of Health and Public Works jointly enforce the chapter and can issue municipal court summonses.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by The Linden Police Department, the Board of Health and/or the Department of Public Works, which entities shall be empowered to issue summonses returnable in Linden Municipal Court for violations thereof. ... All materials for collection shall be placed between the sidewalk and the curb before 7:00 a.m. on the date of collection, as set forth in the schedule to be maintained and disseminated by the Public Works Department.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4586096; v16 updated 2025-12-16; through 12-16-2025).
Full Breakdown
on the date of collection, as set forth in the schedule to be maintained and disseminated by the Public Works Department, so a resident's actual pickup day comes from that DPW-issued calendar rather than a fixed weekday written into the Code. City collection is the default for residential premises: § 16-3 carves commercial haulers and self-service businesses like motels, gas stations and public garages out of the municipal system entirely, requiring them to arrange and pay for private removal, and apartment, condominium, townhouse or garden apartment complexes already using a private hauler cannot switch back to City pickup without first pulling the private containers.
4's preparation rules, are not guaranteed a City pickup that day. 1, and any of the three can issue a summons returnable in Linden Municipal Court for a violation of the chapter.
Violations & Fines
A violation of the general collection rules in Chapter 16 falls under Code § 1-5.1's municipal penalty: a fine of $100 to $2,000, up to ninety days in the county jail, or up to ninety days of community service. Missing the 7:00 a.m. placement cutoff or using an unauthorized removal service can bring a summons from any of the three enforcing agencies.
Frequently Asked Questions
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