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DPW Notices & Announcements

Vegetative Waste Pickup Begins 4/5/21

Regular weekly vegetative waste pickup begins Monday 4/5/21. Please review your quadrant's 2021 garbage & recycling pickup schedule calendar for the vegetative waste pickup day in your quadrant. Vegetative waste pickup days are marked with the letter "V" on the front of the garbage & recycling pickup schedule calendar. Please also review the guidelines on the back of the pickup schedule calendar under the "Vegetative Waste (V) - Grass, Leaves, Branches, Yard Waste" section.

Vegetative waste may be placed in paper bags or in 32-gallon size or less containers that are no heavier than 50 lb each. No plastic bags. Branches must be cut into 4-feet lengths, bundled, tied, and placed directly at the curb. Please place vegetative waste at the curb no earlier than 6:00pm the evening before a vegetative waste pickup day in your quadrant or before 6:00am on the day of a vegetative waste pickup day in your quadrant.

If you need a copy of the 2021 garbage & recycling pickup schedule calendar for your quadrant, please click HERE. If you have questions about vegetative waste, please call the DPW Office at 201-387-4055 option 3 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The DPW Office hours are Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:30pm (closed on holidays).