Trash & Recycling

Trash & Recycling Guidelines

Help our community stay clean on trash collection day, recycling day, and throughout the week.

In Haddon Heights, we pride ourselves on keeping the neighborhoods beautiful. Dumping of yard debris and trash on highways, green acres, basins or open spaces is not permitted by anyone.

If you need to replace your recycling bucket (limit of 1 bucket per household), you can pick one up from the Public Works Complex.

Please follow the guidelines below on collection day.

Trash and recycling materials should be placed on the curb between 4:00 PM the night before collection and 6:00 AM on collection day. 

Please respect your neighbors by removing empty containers that day. If you are on vacation, have a neighbor place and remove containers at the appropriate times so your house looks occupied.

Trash

• Empty trash cans need to be removed from the curb on collection day.
• Carpet should be cut and tied into 4-foot bundles not exceeding 60 pounds.
• Discarded wood should be cut and tied into 4-foot bundles not exceeding 60 pounds. Nails should be removed or flattened against the surface to prevent injury to our staff.
• Private contractors must independently dispose of any construction waste or demolition debris that their business generates.
• Trash should be placed in plastic or metal containers to prevent animals from tearing through plastic bags.
   

Single Stream Recycling

• Aluminum & metal cans
• #1 and #2 plastic food & beverage containers
• Glass bottles & jars
• Newspapers, magazines, brochures & inserts (no plastic bag )
• Phone books
• Corrugated cardboard & paper bags (flatten)
• Greeting cards, regular & junk mail
• Cartons (milk, juice etc.)
• Paperboard boxes (cereal, pasta & tissue)
• Cardboard beverage carriers
• File folders & office paper
• Paper towel rolls
• Paperback books
   

Electronic Recycling

As of January 2011, the state of New Jersey does not allow electronics such as televisions, computer monitors, laptop computers, & personal computers into the waste stream.  Please bring your electronic recycling to 514 W. Atlantic Avenue between the hours of 8:00 am and 2:00 pm Monday through ThursdayFriday and drop them in the WHITE POD located inside of the gate. 
 

Brush Collection

All brush should be cut in 4′ lengths and placed curbside in open containers or tied in bundles weighing less than 60 pounds. Brush should not be placed in the street.

Brush will be picked up every week
The East Side of Town (10th Avenue to Haddonfield) will be collected on WEDNESDAYS every week. 
The West Side of Town (10th Avenue to Black Horse Pike) will be collected on THURSDAYS every week. 
 

Automotive Items

Car batteries can be brought to the Public Works yard. Motor oil must be brought to any location that sells motor oil.
 

White Goods: Appliances & Metal Items

Appliances & metal items require special pickup. Please call the Department of Public Works at 856-547-1240 to schedule a pick-up. 
 

Prohibited Materials

• Trash and recyclables mixed.
• Paints, solvents, asbestos, medical waste, etc. are considered hazardous materials and cannot be picked up.
• Railroad ties.
• Concrete, asphalt and bricks or blocks.

Please call the Camden County Division of Environmental Affairs at (856) 858-5241 for the county’s scheduled drop-off days.