Passaic, NJ trash pickup by address.

Trash / garbage: Monday, Thursday.

Recycling: Tuesday.

Yard waste: Tuesday.

Monday, Thursday is what one Passaic address returned on October 26, 2026.

Bulk pickup is done with your regular garbage schedule, and you are allowed two items per pickup.

Any cloth furniture, including mattresses and box springs, must be wrapped in plastic, and it will not be picked up if not wrapped fully.

Leaves and grass clippings must be placed into biodegradable paper bags; clippings in plastic bags will not be collected.

Brush should be tied into bundles not exceeding four feet in length, with pickup scheduled through Public Works.

Read from the official Passaic guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.

Pickup days in Passaic depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.

The example days above are read from City of Passaic Department of Public Works and were last checked on October 26, 2026.

Passaic publishes a per-address collection calendar (City of Passaic Department of Public Works) through the Recycle Coach service. There is no single citywide weekday to quote: each address has its own calendar, and the lookup shows the weekday it lists for your property.

We last checked Passaic on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Passaic's pickup days.

City of Passaic Department of Public Works publishes trash, recycling and yard waste days for Passaic; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Passaic Department of Public Works, not here.

The nearest guides to Passaic are Clifton, Hackensack, Paterson and Montclair. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.