Chatham trash pickup: cost and carts

Trash service in Chatham costs about $46 a month ($547 a year) for the usual option (Medium cart (64 gal)); by size, service runs $26 to $66 a month. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Chatham Borough (Suburban Disposal). Billed by: Borough annual solid waste service charge, by cart size.

Pay or manage it

CartA monthA year
Small cart (35 gal)$26.08$313
Medium cart (64 gal)$45.58$547
Large cart (95 gal)$65.92$791

Billed once a year by the Borough; shown here as the yearly charge divided by 12.

How Chatham compares with nearby cities

Trash, a month

  1. Bound Brook · 14 mi$29
  2. Chatham$46
  3. Bridgeton · 101 mi$50

The standard cart in each city. Cities that pay for trash through property tax are not listed.

Sources

  1. Chatham Borough garbage Q&A
  2. Chatham Borough trash and recycling

Checked October 29, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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