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Brick Township Leaf Collection Schedule For 2021

There will be two collection weeks, with the schedule set up based on the recycling schedule in town.

The leaves may be just starting to fall, but if you're starting to clean them up, here's when Brick Township will collect them.
The leaves may be just starting to fall, but if you're starting to clean them up, here's when Brick Township will collect them. (Karen Wall/Patch)

BRICK, NJ — Brick Township will begin its annual fall leaf collection on Oct. 25, officials have announced.

The leaf collection follows the township's recycling schedule.

Please adhere to the following guidelines to help expedite the leaf collection process:

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  • Have your bagged leaves at your curbside by 6 a.m. of the first day of your collection periods.
  • Please put only leaves in bags. Do not put branches, twigs or debris in bags.
  • No bag may weigh more than 50lbs.
  • Biodegradable paper bags and plastic bags are accepted; plastic bags will be opened, emptied into the truck and left at your curb.
  • Remove emptied bags from the curbside on the day the leaves are collected.

Bags may also be brought to the Brick Township Public Works Recycling Center, 836 Ridge Road, Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Leaves are also accepted at the Ocean County Recycling Center, New Hampshire Avenue, Lakewood Township.

The schedule is as follows:
If your recycling day is Tuesday, collection weeks begin Oct. 25 and Nov. 29
If it's Wednesday, collection weeks begin Nov. 1 and Dec. 6
If it's Thursday, collection weeks begin Nov. 8 and Dec. 13
If it's Friday, collection weeks begin Nov. 15 and Dec. 20
If your recycling day is Monday, collection weeks begin Nov. 22 and Dec. 27.

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For more information, call Brick Township Public Works at 732-451-4060.

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