Try Using Brown Recyclable Paper Bags

Yard Waste Recycling - Recycle Right
The Borough is strongly encouraging residents to use brown recyclable bags to recycle yard waste. Recyclable yard waste materials include vegetation, plants, flowers, grass clippings and tree limbs or twigs three inches or less in diameter.

Curbside recycling collection of yard waste begins on Monday, April 4, for residents with a Tuesday - Friday garbage collection schedule and Tuesday, April 5, for residents with a Monday - Thursday garbage collection schedule. Yard waste must be placed in brown recyclable bags or loose in a reusable container with no liners. Each brown bag or container cannot weigh over 50 pounds.  

Get Your Free Yard Waste Bags
The Borough is distributing brown yard waste bags to residents that were purchased with funding from the State’s Clean Communities Program. Each household is entitled to 10 bags. The Department of Public Works, located at 500 DeKorte Drive (behind the Police Headquarters), will distribute free brown yard waste bags. Please bring your ID showing your address in Franklin Lakes and contact Nancy Durkin at 201-891-4000, ext. 3010, to make alternative arrangements.

 

Yard Waste Recycling Instructions

  • Yard waste must be placed in the brown recyclable bag or loose in a reusable sturdy container with no liner.
  • Each brown bag or container cannot weigh over 50 lbs. and there can be no water in the bottom of the containers.
  • Yard waste in plastic bags, landscaping barrels or not in a container will not be collected.
  • A maximum of 4 bags or containers can be placed out weekly.
  • Tree limbs (no larger than 3 inches in diameter) or twigs need to be cut and tied up into 3ft. x 3ft. bundles and weighing no more than 40 lbs, or placed in a yard waste bag. Tree limbs or twigs not cut into sections and bundled or placed in a yard waste bag will not be picked up.
  • Leaves are not picked up curbside, they can be brought to the Leaf Compost Facility on DeKorte Drive.
  • Dirt, rocks, root balls, trees or tree stumps will not be collected.