West New York, NJ Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Section 348-7(C) of the Code of the Town of West New York sets when garbage goes out: receptacles are not set out for collection except during the hours of the day or the days scheduled for collection, or the evening before, and not before 8:00 p.m. of that evening. Commercial pickup has its own window. Under § 348-7(E), pickup from any commercial enterprise by a private entity in the garbage-collection business must be completed on the scheduled day between 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m. That text was amended 9-7-2022 by Ord. No. 21/22.

What goes out is regulated too. Section 348-8 requires garbage to be thoroughly drained of liquids and wrapped securely in paper, paper to be tied into bundles sized for ease of handling by one man, and refuse prepared for collection to be assembled in quantities weighing not more than 75 pounds. Under § 348-7(F), a collector who causes refuse to spill from its original container must clean up the spillage immediately.

Recycling runs on a separate schedule under Chapter 306. Section 306-6 makes the Town's Recycling Coordinator responsible for setting the collection day or days and the pickup sites for leaves, newspapers, glass food and beverage containers, aluminum beverage cans and corrugated cardboard. The Town must publish the days and sites in the Hudson Dispatch and/or the Jersey Journal for a continuous period of not less than seven days, at least 15 days before the first scheduled pickup, and can also mail a flyer or newsletter to each dwelling unit. Section 306-3 adds preparation rules: a newspaper bundle cannot exceed 30 pounds or 12 inches in height and cannot go in plastic bags, glass and aluminum containers go in receptacles of not more than 10 gallons, and corrugated cardboard is collapsed and tied in bundles not over two feet in length, height or width and 40 pounds. Once material reaches a designated site it belongs to the Town under § 306-4, and each unauthorized pickup is a separate offense.