Hackensack trash & recycling schedule
Trash is picked up weekly; your day depends on your ZIP.
At a glance
| Trash | Twice-weekly garbage: Routes 1–5 Mon & Thu; Routes 6–10 Tue & Fri. Verified 2026-10-15 · hackensack.org |
|---|---|
| Curbside | After 6:00 p.m. night before scheduled day (garbage, rubbish, recycling streams per FAQ). Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · hackensack.org |
| Recycling | Recycling: Required with City garbage: commingled glass/tin/aluminum/plastic; corrugated cardboard; newspaper; junk mail. Verified 2026-10-15 · hackensack.org |
| Bulk | Rubbish every other Wednesday — Routes 1–5 one Wed, Routes 6–10 the next (calendar). Bulk page Verified 2026-10-15 · hackensack.org |
| Hauler | City of Hackensack Department of Public Works — Sanitation & Recycling. |
| Contacts | Sanitation/Recycling Office 120 E Broadway 2nd fl — 201-646-3955; Recycling Hot Line 201-646-8049; Public Works 201-646-3950 [email protected]. Verified 2026-10-15 · hackensack.org |
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
When
After 6:00 p.m. night before scheduled day (garbage, rubbish, recycling streams per FAQ).
Where
Blue cart at curb not in street (street sweeping). Recycling Center 120 E Broadway Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat 8 a.m.–1 p.m., closed Sun.
Limits
Garbage = cart capacity; rubbish ≤2 furniture or 2 bags debris; white goods $10 each by appointment.
Not allowed
Garbage outside cart; white goods/metal on rubbish day; bags in recycling containers; pizza boxes/used plates/napkins/tissues as junk mail.
Bags
Recyclables not bagged; yard in brown bags OK.
Verified 2026-10-15 · hackensack.org
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Full details for Hackensack: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- City Sanitation. Twice-weekly garbage (restored Aug 4, 2025): Routes 1–5 Mon & Thu; Routes 6–10 Tue & Fri (2025 Twice-A-Week Sanitation calendar — South of Central Ave = routes 1–5; Central Ave & north = routes 6–10). Check route via 2026 Sanitation/Rubbish/Recycling Calendar street index. City blue ~90-gal cart — garbage inside cart only; overflow outside cart not collected; extra cart purchase via Sanitation Office. Set out after 6:00 p.m. night before. FAQ still lists older one-day-per-route-pair language for “garbage collected”. If collection day is a holiday → garbage following day (FAQ).
- Recycling
- Required with City garbage: commingled glass/tin/aluminum/plastic; corrugated cardboard; newspaper; junk mail. Days by route on 2026 calendar (street → route #). Commingled in open container preferably 35-gal lidded plastic can — no plastic/paper bags inside. Cardboard crushed & tied; newspaper bundles ≤12 in high; junk mail tied or open container (no bags). Yard waste same day as recycling, Apr–Dec only: grass/leaves in brown bags or open container; branches 3 ft, bundled & tied separately.
- Bulk pickup
- Rubbish every other Wednesday — Routes 1–5 one Wed, Routes 6–10 the next (calendar). After 6:00 p.m. night before. Ordinance limit: two (2) furniture items or two (2) bags of debris (FAQ). White goods/metal not rubbish — $10/item sticker + appointment (Sanitation Office 120 E Broadway check/MO, or mail to 65 Central Ave).
- Curbside: when
- After 6:00 p.m. night before scheduled day (garbage, rubbish, recycling streams per FAQ).
- Curbside: where
- Blue cart at curb not in street (street sweeping). Recycling Center 120 E Broadway Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat 8 a.m.–1 p.m., closed Sun.
- Curbside: limits
- Garbage = cart capacity; rubbish ≤2 furniture or 2 bags debris; white goods $10 each by appointment.
- Curbside: brush
- Branches 3 ft bundled/tied; grass/leaves brown bags or open container (Apr–Dec with recycling day).
- Curbside: not allowed
- Garbage outside cart; white goods/metal on rubbish day; bags in recycling containers; pizza boxes/used plates/napkins/tissues as junk mail.
- Curbside: bags
- Recyclables not bagged; yard in brown bags OK.
- Curbside: fees and fines
- Chapter 93 affirmative-duty dumping report (201) 646-3951 / [email protected] — dollar fines not on FAQ; white-goods fee $10.
- Holidays
FAQ: holiday on collection day → garbage next day. Dated 2026 holiday grid not fully.*` keys pending calendar cell transcription; follow 2026 PDF + FAQ +1 rule.
- Hauler
- City of Hackensack Department of Public Works — Sanitation & Recycling
- Contacts
- Sanitation/Recycling Office 120 E Broadway 2nd fl — 201-646-3955; Recycling Hot Line 201-646-8049; Public Works 201-646-3950 [email protected]; unauthorized-pile reports 201-646-3951 [email protected]; City Hall 65 Central Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
- Find your day
- 2026 Sanitation/Rubbish/Recycling Calendar (street → route) + Public Works FAQ
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: hackensack.org
Bulk: hackensack.org
Holidays: hackensack.org
Curbside: hackensack.org - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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