Union City, NJ trash pickup by address.

Trash / garbage: Wednesday, Sunday.

Recycling: Monday.

Wednesday, Sunday is what one Union City address returned on October 26, 2026.

Garbage stored in front of a building must be in strong garbage containers with tight-fitting lids, and all garbage must be kept out of public view.

Cans and bottles must go into clear transparent bags, or loose into the orange recycling receptacles without bags.

This is an evening set-out city: normal household garbage is brought to the curb after 8 p.m. on the night before it is collected.

Recycling follows the same rule and also goes out to the curb after 8 p.m., on its own separate night.

Cardboard and newspaper have to be flattened and tied down into bundles rather than loose in a container.

Read from the official Union City guidance on August 23, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.

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

The example days above are read from City of Union City, NJ and were last checked on October 26, 2026.

Union City publishes a per-address collection calendar 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 Union City on August 17, 2026: 11 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Union City's pickup days.

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

The nearest guides to Union City are West New York, North Bergen, Hoboken and Jersey City. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.