West New York, NJ Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

The Town of West New York Code treats yard waste through two chapters. In Chapter 348, § 348-6 defines combustible waste to include yard trimmings, rags, waste wood or cardboard and other combustible waste solids, and refuse to include garbage and combustible and noncombustible waste solids. Section 348-8(D) then requires combustible or noncombustible waste that cannot be deposited in a receptacle to be securely and properly tied into bundles or packages to prevent spilling or scattering, sized and weighted for ease of handling by one man. Section 348-8(E) caps refuse prepared for collection at packages weighing not more than 75 pounds. A receptacle used instead of a bundle must be watertight metal with a closely fitted cover and no more than 30 gallons of capacity (§ 348-7(A)(2)), and receptacles cannot go within 10 feet of either side of a fire hydrant (§ 348-8(I)).

Chapter 306 adds a leaf rule. Section 306-1 defines leaves as foliage from plants and trees only and defines yard waste separately as grass clippings, hedge trimmings, twigs, sticks, branches or shrubbery. Under § 306-3(A)(1), leaves are recycled by composting on the owner's, lessee's or occupant's property or by placing them at designated collection sites on designated days, in containers designated by the Town or its authorized agent. The Recycling Coordinator sets those days and sites under § 306-6 and notice is published in the Hudson Dispatch and/or the Jersey Journal at least 15 days before the first scheduled collection.

The Code does not print a fixed calendar of yard waste days. Dumping is separately barred by § 306-13, which makes it unlawful to discard or dump household or commercial solid waste or rubbish along any street or road or on any right-of-way, and the definition of littering in § 306-11 names grass clippings, leaves and other lawn or garden waste.