Trash & Recycling in Putnam County, NY (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Putnam County, New York.
Verified from official government sources
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Putnam County requires recyclables to go out only at curbside or an approved dropoff area, and every licensed waste hauler that collects trash must also offer recyclables pickup and keep it separated from solid waste in its trucks throughout collection and delivery.
Recycling Collection Rules in Putnam County
Some RestrictionsPutnam County Code §§ 205-11, 205-12
All generators of solid waste shall separate out all recyclable materials designated in §§ 205-11B and 205-14 of this article for separate curbside or dropoff collection. No person or persons shall dispose of recyclables, except by placing the same at curbside or other designated dropoff area which has been approved and designated as such by the municipality in which such person resides. ... Ev...
Recycling Requirements
Putnam County's recycling law lists specific materials every resident and business must separate from trash: newspaper, corrugated paperboard, glass, plastic, and metal containers since 1992, plus magazines, junk mail, and office paper added by 2000.
Materials Putnam County Requires Separated
Some RestrictionsPutnam County Code § 205-11B
Commencing on or before January 1, 1992, all persons in the County in control of any premises shall be required to separate from all other solid waste that they set aside for disposal the following items: (a) Newspaper. (b) Corrugated paperboard. (c) Glass containers. (d) Plastic containers. (e) Aluminum and bimetal beverage containers. (f) Steel food containers.
Illegal Dumping
Putnam County's littering law bans dumping filth, garbage, or rubbish on any property owned, leased, or rented by the county unless it goes into a container the county provides. First offenses draw up to a $500 fine plus 20 hours of community service or 30 days in jail, escalating on repeat violations.
Illegal Dumping on County Land in Putnam
Some RestrictionsPutnam County Code §§ 177-2, 177-3
No person shall deposit, place, cast or throw, or cause to be deposited, placed, cast or thrown, or consent thereto, or aid or abet the depositing, placing, casting or throwing or accumulation, upon any sidewalk, public place, building, structure, parking area, lot, parcel, vacant land, ground or any other interest in real property owned, leased or rented by the County of Putnam any filth, dirt...
Recycling Rules
Putnam County's Recycling Law requires every household, business, and institution to source-separate recyclables, with each of the six towns and three villages responsible for running the actual collection program under a plan filed with the county's environmental health department.
Mandatory Recycling Law in Putnam County
Some RestrictionsPutnam County Code §§ 205-9, 205-11
It shall be the purpose of the Putnam County Recycling Law to require source separation of recyclable materials in order to facilitate recycling to the maximum extent possible on the part of each and every household, business and institution within Putnam County. ... In the interest of public health, safety and welfare, and in order to conserve energy and natural resources in Putnam County, eac...
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