Colonie does not run municipal residential garbage trucks - Town Code Chapter 112 (Solid Waste, Local Law No. 2-1992) licenses private haulers (Allied/Republic, County Waste, Waste Management) through the Town Clerk, and the container type, size, and set-out specs are set by your individual hauler contract. The Town backstops with Chapter 112 hauler-license conditions and the Building Department property maintenance code (Chapter 62, Article IV) which addresses cans that become a visible blight. The Town Landfill at 1319 Loudon Road (entrance now 4 Arrowhead Lane) anchors the system.
Colonie's residential solid-waste collection runs through licensed private haulers rather than a Town-operated truck fleet. Town Code Chapter 112 (Solid Waste), adopted by Town Board Local Law No. 2-1992 under New York Town Law and ECL Article 27 authority, requires any person, firm, or corporation engaged in refuse removal within the Town to obtain a hauler's license from the Town Clerk before operating. Hauler-license conditions in Chapter 112 set the basic ground rules - the actual container type (95-gallon wheeled toter, 35-gallon can, contractor bag), maximum weight, and pickup day are set by your individual hauler contract with Allied Waste Services / Republic Services (518-785-7030, 136 Sicker Road, Latham), County Waste & Recycling (518-877-7007, P.O. Box 431, Clifton Park), or Waste Management (518-842-6842, commercial). Common hauler specs: 95-gallon Town-supplied or hauler-supplied wheeled toter for automated-arm trucks; 35-gallon can or contractor bag limit of approximately 40 lbs (matches the Town's yard-waste paper-bag limit and is a common cap). The Town backstop runs through the Building Department property maintenance code (Chapter 62, Article IV) - cans left at the curb beyond pickup day, overflowing containers, scattered debris from improperly stored cans, or other blighting accumulations are cited by the Building Department Manager (518-783-2706). Authority: NY Town Law §130 (Town Board ordinance power); NY ECL Article 27 (state solid-waste management). State backstop: ECL §27-0701 et seq. governs solid-waste management facilities under DEC.
Containers used in a way that violates the hauler-license conditions in Chapter 112 (overweight, oversized for the route, hazardous waste in residential cart, scavenging) are first enforced by the hauler refusing pickup. Persistent visible blight from cans - left out beyond pickup, overflowing, scattered debris - is cited by the Building Department under Chapter 62 Article IV (Property Maintenance) with the Chapter 62 civil penalty schedule: $500 for the first violation, $750 second, $1,000 each subsequent. Operating refuse-removal services in the Town without a Town Clerk's license under Chapter 112 is a separate violation. Mixing yard waste or recyclables into garbage routed for landfill conflicts with NY ECL §27-2105 recycling requirements and may trigger DEC enforcement.
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