Trash & Recycling in Connecticut (2026)

Under Bridgeport Municipal Code § 8.60.050, refuse containers go out as near to the curbline as practicable at the time…

Bristol bars recyclables from rubbish barrels, requires all rubbish to be bagged inside the barrel with the lid closed…

In the Town of Fairfield, once recyclables are set out for collection, only the Director's authorized haulers may take…

In the Town of Greenwich, acceptable solid waste must sit in a covered, watertight approved container and be removed in…

The Town of Hamden restricts refuse and recyclable pickup to the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. under Code of…

Hartford property owners may not put trash cans or bulky waste at the curb before 4:00 p.m. the day before a scheduled…

New Britain residents must drain garbage of liquids, keep combustible rubbish separate from incombustible rubbish, sort…

New Haven's Department of Public Works sets curbside rules for residential trash: containers can't go out more than 12…

Norwalk requires recyclables to be separated from trash, packaged the way the Director prescribes, and set out at the…

The City of Stamford collects residential trash on a Director-set schedule if it's bagged in an approved container, and…

Stratford, Connecticut sets the container rules for household trash pickup in § 182-5(A): watertight, tightly covered…

West Hartford restricts when refuse haulers can work. Town Code § 94-11 bans collecting refuse from any premises in…

Bridgeport requires refuse containers set as near the curb as practicable on the director-designated collection time…

Bristol requires city-issued rubbish containers to sit curbside no earlier than 3:00 p.m. the day before pickup and no…

Danbury residents must set prepared recycling containers, cardboard, and newspaper at the curb no earlier than 12 hours…

In the Town of Fairfield, recyclables must go in Director-approved containers kept separate from other trash, set at…

Section 9-3 of the Code of Ordinances requires acceptable solid waste to be stored in approved containers, defined in…

Hamden limits how long trash containers can sit curbside: no more than 24 hours before collection and no more than 24…

Hartford bars residents, businesses, and haulers from placing containers or bulky waste at curbside before 4:00 p.m. on…

Manchester Code of Ordinances § 273-4 controls how residents set out refuse and recycling carts: containers go at the…

Meriden Code § 176-6 requires garbage to stay in approved, closed containers on the premises, with curbside set-out no…

New Britain limits when trash and recycling containers can sit at the curb: no earlier than noon the day before pickup…

New Haven residents may set trash containers at the curb no more than 12 hours before pickup and must remove them…

Norwalk residents may not roll trash carts to the curb before 6:00 p.m. the evening before pickup, must have them out…

Ridgefield occupants must keep solid waste in covered, well-maintained containers and keep the storage area clean under…

Stamford limits when and how high residential trash and recycling containers can sit at the curb: § 137-2(A)(3) bars…

Waterbury's blight ordinance limits when residential trash cans and recycling bins can sit at the curb: no earlier than…

West Hartford requires rodentproof, watertight refuse containers with tight-fitting lids kept closed at all times, and…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, trash containers go out at the curbline, or at the edge of the roadway where…

Bethel limits when and where recycling containers can sit at the curb. Containers go out no earlier than 12 hours…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, trash containers must be at the curbline, as near as practicable, before 7:00…

Bridgeport requires tree trimmings and brush bundled to four feet or less and cartons collapsed and tied under three…

Bristol residents get one scheduled bulk item pickup per calendar year under Sec. 10-11(b), capped at five cubic yards…

Greenwich residents cannot put land-clearing debris, demolition material or discarded machinery out with weekly trash…

Hamden classifies oversized items larger than seven by three by five feet, and brush or logs over four feet long or…

Hartford collects up to five bulky waste items twice a year free per household, but only by appointment: unscheduled or…

Manchester classifies bulky waste as oversized items too big for Town refuse carts, such as furniture, appliances…

Meriden's Department of Public Works runs the bulky waste pickup program under City Code Chapter 176. DPW regulations…

New Britain collects oversized combustible and incombustible rubbish, furniture, mattresses and bundled brush, by…

New Haven residents get two bulk-item collection appointments per calendar year, and items must be scheduled with…

Norwalk residents can drop off furniture, mattresses, appliances and other bulky solid waste at the Norwalk Transfer…

Ridgefield does not run curbside bulky-item pickup. Town Code § 305-4 defines bulky rubbish as waste too large or heavy…

Stratford, Connecticut defines bulky solid waste in § 182-2 as land clearing debris and demolition and construction…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, the Department of Public Works collects large refuse, bulk refuse and…

Stamford runs two citywide bulk collection sweeps a year under Chapter 137, Article III: a spring pickup for household…

West Hartford's Department of Public Works regulates bulk refuse separately from routine trash. Town Code § 94-3 lets…

Connecticut General Statutes Section 22a-241b designates specific items as mandatory recyclables statewide, requiring…

Bethel requires everyone who generates residential solid waste to separate designated recyclables from their trash…

Since January 1, 1991, Bridgeport has required every household and business to separate designated recyclables from…

Bristol's Board of Public Works may run biweekly curbside recycling collection for residential dwellings of one to five…

Every Danbury resident and business must separate designated recyclables, cardboard, glass, metal, paper, batteries…

In the Town of Fairfield, a mandatory program requires certain recyclable materials to be separated from municipal…

Section 8A-1 of the Code of Ordinances establishes a Town Recycling Program whose intent is to require all persons to…

Hamden requires every household to separate a long list of recyclables, including glass and metal containers…

Every Hartford residence, multi-unit building, mixed-use property and commercial establishment must separate…

Manchester provides curbside recycling collection to single-, two-, three- and four-family homes through Town-issued…

Meriden Code § 176-7 requires every residential generator, including condos and rental units, to separate out…

New Britain requires every residential generator to separate designated recyclables, including cardboard, glass…

New Haven requires curbside separation of newspaper, cardboard, office paper, and rinsed glass, metal, and plastic food…

Norwalk requires households and businesses to separate designated recyclables, from cardboard and glass to scrap tires…

Ridgefield requires every residential property to separate mandated recyclables, including cardboard, glass and metal…

Every Stamford household, landlord and business must separate recyclable materials, cardboard, glass and metal…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford Code Chapter 165 requires the owner or occupant of every residence…

City Code § 50.22(A) requires every residential and commercial generator of solid waste in Waterbury to separate…

Every nonresidential property in West Hartford, from stores to schools, must separate designated recyclable materials…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, recycling is mandatory. West Haven Code § 119-13 sets up a program requiring…

Bristol bans dumping litter on any street, sidewalk, public place, or vacant private lot under Sec. 10-42 and Sec…

Danbury imposes a $1,000 fine per violation for illegal dumping, enforcing Connecticut's solid waste and litter…

Hamden bans dumping litter on any public property or on private property you do not own, and separately forbids turning…

Dumping solid waste in Hartford's vacant lots, parks, the closed landfill, or any watercourse is illegal, carrying a…

Manchester Code of Ordinances § 273-3 bars anyone but authorized Town employees or Town contractors from dumping solid…

City Code § 176-3 bans throwing, scattering or dumping litter on public property, on private property you do not own…

West Hartford bans dumping litter, garbage or debris on streets, sidewalks, business property or any open or vacant…

Dumping litter on any Greenwich street, sidewalk or other public place is barred by Code of Ordinances § 9-13 unless it…

New Britain fines unauthorized or illegal dumping at its residential recycling center under section 11-15: a first…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, placing solid waste anywhere except in proper containers or otherwise prepared…

Dumping automobiles, appliances, tires, bulky waste or hazardous waste on public property or someone else's private…

Bethel's transfer station accepts only refuse, garbage or sludge that actually originates within Town limits…

Bridgeport's dumping ordinance bans depositing garbage, refuse, or construction debris on any street, building, or…

In the Town of Fairfield, depositing litter or refuse on any street, sidewalk or public place is banned outside of…

New Haven bans dumping any material on public or unauthorized private property; dumping more than one cubic foot into…

Norwalk bans dumping litter, furniture, appliances or garbage bags on public or private property you don't own. The…

Ridgefield bars dumping filthy, obnoxious or unsanitary material on any public street or property outside a Board of…

Stamford bans dumping litter, garbage, or debris on public or private property and fines violators up to $1,000 per…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, throwing or depositing litter on occupied private property or on vacant lots is…

Waterbury runs a mandatory leaf and yard trimmings separation program under Code § 50.35 to § 50.37. Leaves and grass…

Bethel bars putting yard waste, including grass clippings, leaves and tree branches, onto any public roadway or…

Bridgeport requires leaves to be separated as a mandatory recyclable and tree trimmings or brush tied into four-foot…

Bristol runs yard waste collection under Sec. 10-12 as a paid subscription service through the Department of Public…

Danbury collects leaves only, in paper leaf bags, on City-designated days during November and other announced periods…

Hamden's mandatory leaf collection program requires residents to bag leaves separately in paper leaf bags during the…

New Britain's solid waste ordinance defines yard waste separately from ordinary trash. Code of Ordinances Sec. 11-72…

New Haven, Connecticut requires yard waste that isn't bagged in a container to be bundled under Code of Ordinances §…

Norwalk residents must bundle brush and tree trimmings into four-foot lengths and bag loose yard waste in 65-gallon…

Ridgefield bundles brush separately from bagged yard waste. Town Code § 305-7(C) caps tied tree-limb and brush bundles…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, tree trimmings and brush must be tied in bundles of not over four feet in…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, Public Works collects brush, branches and lumber cut to no more than six feet…

Greenwich treats branches, brush, leaves, grass clippings, sod, crops, mulch and wood chips as yard waste under Code of…

Stamford collects bulky waste and yard waste generated at residential dwellings and other private premises under §…

New Haven requires a Department of Public Works permit before placing a dumpster in the city right-of-way, and every…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, no person, firm or business can place a rubbish container (dumpster) on any…

Bethel caps residential dumpsters at two cubic yards (36 by 72 by 38 inches) and roll-off construction containers at 30…

Bridgeport caps construction dumpsters in residential areas at 30 days total under its Anti-Blight Program, and…

Danbury requires dumpsters, bulk trash containers, and commercial refuse areas to be screened on every side except the…

Hamden treats a dumpster or other refuse container left on a residential construction site as a blighted premises under…

Any permanent dumpster or roll-off container of ten cubic yards or more used by a solid waste collector in Hartford…

Businesses, rental properties and buildings with more than four units that use dumpster service in Meriden must arrange…

Norwalk will not let a construction-style dumpster sit in a residential neighborhood indefinitely: it can only go out…

Commercial solid waste containers in Ridgefield must sit on private property, never public property, unless the Town…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, a construction dumpster can sit at a one, two or three family home only when the…

West Hartford regulates where and how bulk storage containers, dumpsters and roll-offs sit on a property. Town Code §…

Bethel runs no municipal curbside trash pickup: residential and commercial waste haulers must register with the Town…

Bridgeport trash pickup runs on days and times set by the director of the Department of Public Facilities. Containers…

Bristol's Board of Public Works runs mandatory weekly curbside collection of household rubbish for every residential…

Danbury runs no municipal curbside pickup: residents must hire a City-registered private collector or haul acceptable…

In the Town of Fairfield, recyclable materials must be collected at least once every two weeks, or more often if the…

Section 9-4 of the Code of Ordinances requires that all acceptable solid waste be removed from Greenwich properties in…

Hartford's Department of Public Works must collect solid waste from every residence, but multi-unit buildings…

Manchester provides curbside refuse and recycling collection to single- through four-family dwellings using Town-issued…

New Britain requires all residential refuse to go through the city's own collection system: only the city collector or…

New Haven, Connecticut's Department of Public Works sets the pickup calendar for residential solid waste under Code of…

Every residential dwelling in Norwalk must keep acceptable solid waste in City-provided containers and set them out for…

Ridgefield runs no municipal curbside collection route. Town Code § 305-10(A) requires all solid waste generated in…

The City of Stamford collects municipal solid waste from every residential dwelling served by sanitary sewers, at…

Waterbury's Board of Public Works must collect and dispose of household garbage and noncombustible waste from every…

West Hartford provides once-a-week trash collection to residential properties with fewer than four dwelling units and…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, the Department of Public Works collects garbage and refuse from all private…

Meriden's City Council, not a private schedule, decides how solid waste gets collected under § 176-1.D of the Solid…

Household trash collection in the Town of Stratford, Connecticut cannot begin before 7:00 a.m. Under § 182-5(C) of the…

Only the city's own crews, its contracted vendors and licensed private collectors may take recyclables that New Britain…

Bridgeport Municipal Code Chapter 8.64 makes recycling mandatory. Every generator of mixed solid waste at a residential…

In the Town of Fairfield, recyclable materials are defined as anything the state mandates for recycling plus items the…

Section 8A-4 of the Code of Ordinances requires every person who generates solid waste from residential property to…

Hamden residents must set recyclables out at the time and in the manner the Director of Public Works orders, with…

Manchester Code of Ordinances § 273-8 bans anyone other than the Town's solid waste contractor or the property owner…

Since January 1, 1991, every Meriden property that is not residential, meaning commercial, industrial or business…

Norwalk residents must keep recyclables separated from trash, pack them the prescribed way, and set them at the curb in…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford Code § 165-9 requires all recyclables to be separated from…

Waterbury residents must set their city-issued recycling container within ten feet of the curb, no earlier than 24…

West Hartford requires every residential generator of solid waste to separate recyclable materials for curbside pickup…

West Haven Code § 119-14 tells residents how to prepare each recyclable in the City of West Haven, Connecticut…