Hamburg bulk trash pickup
No municipal weekly trash/bulk day published — arrange with private garbage hauler; SCMUA drop-off options.
Verified 2026-10-15 · hamburgnj.org
At a glance
| Brush | Per hauler / SCMUA. |
|---|---|
| Limits | Paper stacks/containers ≤75 lb; recycle free of food/waste; caps/lids are garbage. |
| Not allowed | Bagged co-mingled recyclables; food-contaminated recycle; caps/lids with recycle. |
| Curbside | Trash per hauler; recycle night before or by 5:00 a.m. (holiday → 3:00 a.m. next day). Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · hamburgnj.org |
Schedule
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
When
Trash per hauler; recycle night before or by 5:00 a.m. (holiday → 3:00 a.m. next day).
Where
Curbside recycling per Borough rules; trash per hauler.
Limits
Paper stacks/containers ≤75 lb; recycle free of food/waste; caps/lids are garbage.
Not allowed
Bagged co-mingled recyclables; food-contaminated recycle; caps/lids with recycle.
Bags
No plastic/paper bags for co-mingled; trash per hauler.
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Full details for Hamburg: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- Borough Local Utilities lists private garbage options (no municipal trash weekday): Ayers Sanitation 973-948-3352; Blue Diamond Disposal 973-598-9800; Waste Management 1-800-633-9096. Exact trash day = your contracted hauler.
- Recycling
- Borough monthly curbside: 4th Tuesday = co-mingled (plastic, glass, mixed paper, metal) in reusable container — not plastic/paper bags; 4th Wednesday = paper (newspapers/magazines/junk mail bound or reusable ≤75 lb; cardboard flattened/cross-tied; shredded paper in reusable easy-to-empty container). Out night before or by 5:00 a.m. day of; if holiday, by 3:00 a.m. following day; inclement weather → next business day. SCMUA 973-579-6998.
- Bulk pickup
- No municipal weekly trash/bulk day published — arrange with private garbage hauler; SCMUA drop-off options.
- Curbside: when
- Trash per hauler; recycle night before or by 5:00 a.m. (holiday → 3:00 a.m. next day).
- Curbside: where
- Curbside recycling per Borough rules; trash per hauler.
- Curbside: limits
- Paper stacks/containers ≤75 lb; recycle free of food/waste; caps/lids are garbage.
- Curbside: brush
- Per hauler / SCMUA.
- Curbside: not allowed
- Bagged co-mingled recyclables; food-contaminated recycle; caps/lids with recycle.
- Curbside: bags
- No plastic/paper bags for co-mingled; trash per hauler.
- Curbside: fees and fines
- Ask the city or your hauler.
- Holidays
Trash: follow private hauler. Recycling holiday rule: out by 3:00 a.m. following day if pickup falls on holiday.
- Hauler
- Private open market (trash); Borough/SCMUA (recycling)
- Contacts
- Borough Hall 16 Wallkill Ave (973) 827-9230 x4010/4012; SCMUA (973) 579-6998
- Find your day
- Local Utilities (private garbage) + Borough Recycling schedule
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: hamburgnj.org
Bulk: hamburgnj.org
Holidays: hamburgnj.org
Curbside: hamburgnj.org - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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