Haul-away and disposal in Lanoka Harbor

If you're looking into haul-away and disposal in Lanoka Harbor, what is over the yard decides most of it.

Signs that bring this up

• No wish to store bags until the next collection week
• A pile you raked yourself with no way to move it
• Bags stacked at the curb for longer than the township will take them

Why this comes up in Lanoka Harbor

Here's what makes Lanoka Harbor particular: thin on the lagoon streets, where the lots were dredged and filled and never had a canopy of their own. Heavier on the inland side, where oak and pine were left standing between the houses.

Lanoka Harbor is the lagoon side of Lacey Township, south of Forked River on the bay, and that shapes what shows up under these houses.

What access looks like here

Lagoon streets are narrow with bulkheads behind the houses, so material is usually carried to the front rather than driven out. The inland side has driveways and room to stage a truck.

Lacey Township handles permitting for work at this address.

How crews normally tackle it

Loaded and taken away, whether a crew cleared it or you did. Leaves, bags, brush, cuttings and whatever else the collection would not take goes on the truck in one visit and to the county facility on Haywood Road, which is where it is composted rather than landfilled. Charged on volume, which is why an oak-heavy lot costs more to haul than it does to clear.

$100 – $300 — typical range, not a quote. What your home needs can only be settled by a registered contractor who comes out and looks at it.

What it costs comes down to access, volume, and how far it has been left.

Lacey Township does not take loose piles. Biodegradable brown paper bags, or containers no larger than 32 gallons. Loose leaves at the curb are not collected. In Lanoka Harbor that means bagging to specification or having it taken away — there is no third route.

By cycle. Put leaves out before a cycle starts — if they are not out when the crew passes, Public Works does not come back until the next cycle begins.

Where it stops. Miss your cycle and you are waiting weeks, not days — and under heavy oak the leaves that fall in that gap are a second cleanup on their own.

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