Garbage / Recycling Information

The Recycle Coach App will give you information and reminders for all your Garbage / Recycling.

For the list of Special Recycling days (ex. hazardous waste, tires, electronics) run by Essex County, check out the online calendar.

Instructions

1. Go to your app store and search Recycle Coach
2. Once downloaded, you will create an account
3. Follow the prompts (email, password, address)
4. You are all set!

• There is a 10-bag limit per household. No household clean-outs!
• No televisions are allowed in the solid waste stream in accordance with New Jersey State Law.
• The following items must be source-separated and disposed of at the resident's expense: 
  • Construction Debris
  • Concrete Material
  • Demolition Material
  • Hazardous Material
  • Industrial Byproduct
  • Roofing Material

View or download the 2025-2026 Recycling and Garbage Collection Calendar and Guide (PDF).

• As per New Jersey State Law and Chapter 146 of the Code of the Township of Cedar Grove, recycling is mandatory for all residents and businesses.
• It is the responsibility of the resident to recycle according to the listed guidelines.
• Recyclables are to be placed in the correct container and curbside the evening before the day of collection.
• You can help avoid missed pickups by not placing your recyclables next to trees, telephone poles, parked cars, or other obstructions and by having the material at the curb for collection at the proper times and in the proper recycling containers.
• Recyclables may not be placed in plastic bags.
• Recyclables may not be placed in the street.

View or download the 2025-2026 Recycling and Garbage Collection Calendar and Guide (PDF).

Electronic waste can now be brought to the Recycling Center – Located on Little Falls Road adjacent to Bowden Pond Tennis Courts. The recycling center is open on weekdays, from 8 am to 3:30 pm, and on Saturdays, from 8 am to Noon. 

To view all acceptable and unacceptable items, download the Electronic Waste Disposal Guide (PDF).

Must Email Bulk Pick-Up or call 973-239-1410, ext. 314. When emailing or leaving a phone message, please leave the following information; Name, Address where items are to be picked up, Phone number, and a list of items for bulk pick-up.

• No construction debris
• No renovation material
• No windows
• Must remove doors from refrigerators
• No paint or hazardous items
• No fuel in any equipment
• No electronics
• No microwaves
• 10-item limit
• 50-pound weight limit total
• Note: Must submit a request by 11 am on Tuesdays.

Medical radioactive waste includes waste generated by nuclear medicine, radiation oncology, and PET.

This waste includes contaminated materials and syringes generated from Nuclear Medicine procedures.

• Radioactive waste must be segregated from other waste materials in clearly marked and sealed containers.
• When practical, minimize the amount of radioactive waste generated by surveying items before putting them into waste.
• All needles should be placed into a sealed container for disposal. These containers should be closed securely.

Tire Disposal

Drop off your old tires without rims at the DPW office. The cost per tire is $2 for car and most light truck tires and $10 for larger truck tires. Tires mounted on rims are not accepted.

Leaf Bag Sales

Biodegradable leaf bags are available at the DPW office all year. The cost is $0.50 cents per bag, $2.50 for 5 bags, or 60 bags for $30.

Disposal of Tree Branches

Tree branches must be cut in four-foot lengths and tied in bundles 50 pounds or less for collection on your vegetative waste / recycling collection day.

Christmas Tree Recycling

After Christmas, the Parks Department picks up the discarded Christmas trees throughout the Township. The Christmas tree pickup starts immediately after January 1 and continues for approximately four weeks. The trees should be placed at the curb before 8 am on your recycling day for pickup. Trees in plastic bags will not be picked up.

Special Bulk Pick-Up

To arrange a special bulk pick-up, residents must call our automated line 973-239-1410, ext. 240, no later than 11 am on the Tuesday before the Wednesday morning pick-up. Please leave your name, address, phone number, and what you need to be picked up.

Bulk items include refrigerators, ovens, ranges, washing machines, dryers, lawnmowers, spreaders, air conditioners, bicycles, snow blowers, baby carriages, metal furniture, iron railings, metal cabinets, and scrap metal.

Household furnishings include sinks, toilets, mattresses, box springs, kitchen cabinets, upholstered furniture, rugs, scrap wood, doors, and window frames.

Carpet, Wood and Metal items (including pipes) must be cut to 4 feet in length, bundled and tied.

Construction debris, concrete material, demolition material, hazardous materials: Industrial by-products and roofing materials must be source-separated and disposed of at the resident’s expense

Please note that there is no curbside collection of televisions. Televisions must now be recycled at the appropriate facilities with the County. For upcoming special recycling dates, check out the online calendar.