Curbside leaf pickup in Cedar Run

Whether curbside leaf pickup is the right call in Cedar Run comes down to the canopy, the access and how far it has got.

What people notice first

• Pine needles or twigs in the pile, so the township left it
• One pass a month, and the truck already went by
• Loose piles raked in a township that only takes brown paper bags

Why this comes up in Cedar Run

Dense oak and cedar right up to the houses. Among the heaviest leaf volume anywhere in the township, and it keeps falling well into December. That's the context any contractor working in Cedar Run is dealing with.

Cedar Run is a wooded stretch of Stafford Township along the Route 9 corridor, and that shapes what shows up under these houses.

Getting the work done in Cedar Run

Long driveways and deep lots. Access is usually fine but the distance from the back of the property to the street adds time.

Any permit for this runs through Stafford Township. State registration has to be current before one is issued.

What a contractor will do

The yard is raked and blown to the curb in whatever form your township actually takes — loose in a neat row for Stafford, clear bags or loose for Barnegat, brown paper or a 32-gallon container for Lacey — timed to your zone's week rather than to a general idea of when collection happens, and kept clear of the pine needles and twigs that get a pile skipped. Where the pass has already been, or there is more than it will take, the same crew loads it and hauls it instead.

$75 – $200 — typical range, not a quote. What your home needs can only be settled by a registered contractor who comes out and looks at it.

The sooner it is booked, the more of the season there is to work with.

Stafford Township collects leaves loose at the curb, which is what makes this worth buying in Cedar Run: the crew rakes, the township disposes. Loose. Raked into a neat row at the curb — not bagged, and not raked out into the street: the leaves have to stay on the property side of the curb line.

Cedar Run is in Zone 2. second monday of the month. The Sunday evening before your zone's week — not Monday morning. The 6am Monday deadline on the same page belongs to brush and metal, which are separate collections.

Where it stops. One pass per street per month, and no second chance that cycle — the township says plainly that once a street has been collected it will not return until the next scheduled zone week. Pine needles are never collected at all, which on a lot with pines is most of what is on the ground.

Source: staffordnj.gov · checked 2026-08-15. Full rules, every zone and what each programme refuses: the schedules reference.