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Bulk pick-up by appointment program
Bulk waste collection will be by appointment. Pick-ups will be scheduled on Wednesdays during the months of April, May, June, September and October. To make an appointment, please call Public Works at 732-247-9379.
Each household may request up to two collections per year.
The week after the townwide garage sale (Tuesday - September 17th & Thursday - September 19th) there will be a bulk pick-up. No appointment is necessary. Note: Recycling will not be collected during the week of September 16th - September 20th.
Materials may be placed at the curbside no sooner than one hour before sundown of the day prior to scheduled pick-up. Materials not properly secured/bundled and unacceptable items (see list below) will not be collected. Materials put out for collection, without a scheduled appointment or on the wrong date, will not be collected.
Acceptable Items
The following items are examples of acceptable bulk waste and are not collected with the regular garbage collection:
- Furniture - sofas, chairs, tables, clothing dressers, bookshelves, mattresses, and box springs.
- Fixtures - toilets, tanks, tubs, sink basins
- Carpet - rolls under four feet in length, tied securely in bundles not to exceed 18 inches in diameter
- Home Improvement Materials - small amounts of material from self improvement projects only: Contractor generated material will not be accepted. Material will be accepted with the following limits:
- Four small bundles of wood, under four feet in length, tied securely in bundles not to exceed 18 inches in diameter, nails removed
- Two doors
- Five window frames, with glass removed
- Bundles of sheet rock or paneling, securely bound or one container of broken sheet rock, with a 50 lb weight limit for bundle or container
Unacceptable Items
We do not collect/accept at any time the following:
- Dirt
- Concrete
- Roofing materials
- Hazardous materials
- Automotive parts or scraps
Recycling Reusable Items
Instead of recycling expensive Bulk Pick-up, civic-minded donors are providing goods to individuals, organizations and businesses and diverting trash to reuse, thereby cutting municipal expenses and extending the life of local landfills. If you have Reuseable Items to donate, please check the Middlesex County Reuse-It book; a guide to area locations where Middlesex County residents can donate their unwanted goods for reuse.