Curbside leaf pickup in Waretown

If you're looking into curbside leaf pickup in Waretown, what is over the yard decides most of it.

What people notice first

• A whole yard to rake into a row before Sunday evening
• Leaves out too early in Barnegat, and a violation for it
• Loose piles raked in a township that only takes brown paper bags

Why this comes up in Waretown

Here's what makes Waretown particular: substantial oak, particularly on the older streets where mature trees were kept.

Waretown is Ocean Township's main village, north of Barnegat on Route 9, and that shapes what shows up under these houses.

Getting the work done in Waretown

Good access, deep lots, room for a truck.

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

What the work involves

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.

Ocean Township (Waretown) collects leaves loose at the curb, which is what makes this worth buying in Waretown: the crew rakes, the township disposes. Loose at the curb, put out the Sunday your section's pickup begins.

By section, per the Township Annual Calendar. Call (609) 693-3302 ext. 238 for your section's dates.

Where it stops. Two brush Thursdays a month is not much of a window after a storm, and it is the collection that fills first.

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