East Brunswick, NJ Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Section 114-8 of the East Brunswick Township Code (Solid waste disposal service) sets the working rules for curbside pickup. Property owners and their agents, lessees, tenants or other occupants who wish to have solid waste disposed by the Township place it from their unit in carts, containers or bundles as specified at the curbline or pavement edge. The Department of Public Works issues regulations that state, as a minimum, the type and number of receptacles and provide for regular and special pickup, subject to limitations of the municipal budget of the Township. No collection is accomplished on property outside of the dedicated public rights-of-way. Where an area is designated for manual collection, the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or agent of every premises where solid waste accumulates provides containers, with at least one receptacle for each residential unit.

Mattresses and box springs for bulk collection must be wrapped in plastic or placed in disposable plastic bags made for them, strong enough to avoid tearing and covering all exposed areas. Noncompliant items can be refused at the absolute discretion of the Director of Public Works or a designee, and property owners must call the Department of Public Works for a special pickup (§ 114-8(G)).

Prohibited from being placed for collection under § 114-10: construction materials such as bulk roof shingles, framing lumber, plywood and sheetrock; bulk tree trimmings and tree stumps above fifty (50) pounds; metals, wood, cement, asphalt, block, cinder, brick and concrete; industrial waste, including acids, paints, fluorescent tubes and bulk glass; bulk automotive parts such as engines, transmissions, rims and tires; red bag medical waste; motor oils, petroleum based products and antifreeze; and hazardous waste classified under NJDEP regulations.

Yard materials have their own rules. Grass clippings that are bagged go in the solid waste carts and cannot be commingled with other yard waste (§ 114-14), loose grass clippings cannot be left at the curb, and yard waste that is not containerized goes to the curb only during the seven (7) days before a scheduled and announced collection, and not closer than 10 feet from any storm drain inlet (§ 114-14.1).