Trash & Recycling in New York (2026)

Anyone hauling, collecting, storing or transporting solid waste generated in Orange County must hold a…

Waste haulers operating in Rockland County must hold a Department of Health permit before collecting anything at…

Tompkins County Code § 140-14 bars anyone from setting solid waste at curbside without a disposal-fee tag on the can or…

Albany requires weekly curbside refuse in tied bags or 50-gallon lidded containers, set out only between 4:30 p.m. the…

Garbage, recycling, and refuse haulers in the Town of Babylon may not collect between 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., with a…

Brookhaven bans solid or liquid waste collection before 6:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. on any day. Garbage receptacles…

Once you set recyclables at the curb in Broome County, they become county property, and only your permitted hauler may…

All garbage set out for City collection must be strained and securely wrapped in paper or plastic; the Commissioner may…

The Town collects solid waste and recyclables placed in Town totes at the curb, will not enter private property, won't…

Clarkstown households must set out a covered 32-gallon metal or 48-gallon plastic can, and licensed haulers must run at…

Once you set solid waste or recyclables out for collection in Colonie, only your licensed hauler or an authorized third…

Glen Cove's collection rules in City Code §§ 235-20 through 235-28 apply to every property owner, resident and business…

Greenburgh's Department of Public Works sets exactly how residents present garbage, rubbish and recyclables for pickup…

Hempstead limits residential trash to two 30-gallon containers per collection day in a can no larger than 45 gallons…

Huntington limits residential household garbage to six 50-pound, 42-gallon receptacles per collection, curbside no…

Town Code § 21-11 bars commercial haulers from collecting solid waste and recyclables in Islip before 5 a.m. or after 8…

Licensed haulers in Mount Vernon cannot collect garbage, rubbish or trade waste between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Section…

New Rochelle limits garbage, trash and recyclables to 32-gallon containers weighing no more than 75 pounds, set at the…

New York City's Housing Maintenance Code sets exactly how often waste has to move out of a dwelling. Owners with…

Residential garbage in the City of Oneida, Madison County, New York cannot go to the curb before 4:00 p.m. the day…

Oyster Bay caps rubbish at 10 containers and 200 pounds per property per collection day, limits garbage containers to…

Putnam County requires recyclables to go out only at curbside or an approved dropoff area, and every licensed waste…

The Department of General Services collects household solid waste from qualifying residential properties, and property…

Licensed carters must collect solid waste on the routes and days listed in their license application; if a carter…

Syracuse excludes seventeen categories of unacceptable waste from regular D.P.W. household pickup under Revised General…

Utica collects garbage (City blue bags) and recyclables once a week per zone. Set-out time is between 5 p.m. and 11…

Yonkers caps household trash cans at two cubic feet and 50 pounds, requires tight covers at all times, and sets curb…

Albany bars refuse at the curb before 4:30 p.m. the day before pickup and requires it out by 12:01 a.m. on collection…

Amherst caps how early and late totes and bins may sit at the curb: nothing may go out before noon the day before…

Town of Babylon households on curb service must set acceptable-waste containers between the sidewalk and curb, or…

Brookhaven residents on the curbside program must set recyclables at the side of the road fronting their residence on…

Broome County's Mandatory Source Separation Law controls how recyclables go out at the curb. Once you set them at or…

Solid waste may not be set out before 7:00 p.m. the evening prior to collection day, and City-issued receptacles must…

Cheektowaga totes and recycling containers cannot go to the curb before 3:00 p.m. the day before pickup, and must be…

Clarkstown requires one-, two- and three-family homes to put recyclables only in the Town-issued plastic containers…

Colonie's property maintenance code bars storing any garbage, recycling or yard-waste container over 96 gallons in a…

Glen Cove residents may set garbage, trash and recyclables at the curb only between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on…

Garbage carts in the Town of Greece cannot go to the curb before noon the day before collection, and must be out no…

Greenburgh limits how long trash and recycling containers can sit at the curb. Cans cannot go out more than 12 hours…

Hempstead residents must set refuse containers at the curb, never before 7:00 p.m. the night before collection, and…

Huntington residents must keep household garbage in closed receptacles under fifty pounds or forty-two gallons, with no…

Mount Vernon requires watertight garbage and rubbish receptacles capped at 35 gallons or two cubic yards. Cans must…

New Rochelle requires household trash to go out in covered, watertight containers no bigger than 32 gallons and no more…

New York City requires owners and occupants to pull empty trash and recycling receptacles back from the curb by 9 p.m…

North Hempstead bars residents from putting trash cans, bags or private receptacles at the curb until sunset the…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York limits when residential garbage cans can sit at the curb. City Code…

Oyster Bay bars residents from putting solid waste containers at the curb before 5:00 p.m. the day before pickup, and…

Ramapo residents cannot set trash containers at the curb before 3:00 p.m. the day before pickup, and empty containers…

Rochester residents must set refuse containers between the sidewalk and curb no earlier than the night before pickup…

County Code § 350-6 tells every household how to set out solid waste for pickup: it must go into a dumpster container…

In Saratoga Springs, no one may leave refuse along any road, curb, sidewalk, alley or street without the Department of…

Schenectady requires household trash in tied plastic bags placed in 10-to-45-gallon containers, stored out of sight…

Smithtown residents may put solid waste and recycling receptacles at the curb no more than 12 hours before pickup and…

Syracuse residents may not set a household waste container at the curb before 8:00 p.m. the night before pickup and…

Tompkins County Code § 140-7 requires anyone who sets a curbside recycling container out for pickup to remove the empty…

Ulster County makes it a violation to remove, take without authorization, or dispose of a County-issued recycling…

No one may accumulate or store refuse on any Utica property in a manner or quantity not authorized by law. Garbage set…

Yonkers requires household waste, commingled recyclables, newsprint and cardboard to be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the…

Albany requires residents to arrange large-item pickup with the Department of General Services rather than setting…

Albany County bulk disposal handled by City of Albany DGS appointment system or private haulers. Electronics banned…

Amherst limits residents to eight bulk items at the curb per collection cycle beyond regular garbage totes. Put out…

Broome County waives its landfill tipping fees for one day, twice a year, in every participating municipality so…

Residents with City-issued receptacles may set out up to two pieces of bulk solid waste per weekly collection…

Cheektowaga residents must bundle brush and tree parts and call ahead for large appliance pickup. Brush bundles cannot…

Dutchess County bans dumping tires, yard waste and major household appliances like refrigerators, washers and stoves…

Glen Cove caps curbside scrap metal at four items per pickup location, with metal pipes limited to four feet, under…

Greece caps bulky item and brush pickup at a five-foot-by-five-foot-by-three-foot pile, and anything larger needs a…

Greenburgh's Department of Public Works collects large household items like furniture and refrigerators from the curb…

Hempstead requires tree branches, large bushes and logs to be bundled to specific size and weight limits before D.P.W…

Huntington caps residential bulk-item pickup at four items on the second collection day of the week, defines a bulk…

New York City residents on curbside recycling service set bulk metal and bulk plastic, items too heavy or large for a…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York does not let residents put furniture, mattresses or other bulky household…

Bulk items accepted at Orange County transfer stations (New Hampton, Newburgh) with tipping fees. Some municipalities…

Oyster Bay picks up bulky items on the regular scheduled collection day with no appointment required, but caps…

Ramapo picks up furniture and large appliances at the curb, but property owners must schedule the pickup with the…

Rochester requires bulk items too big for a refuse container, like tree trimmings, hedge clippings and discarded…

Rockland County treats bulky items like furniture, mattresses and small appliances as part of the regular solid waste…

Saratoga Springs offers bulk pickup by appointment via City Code §221. Town residents use private haulers or county…

Schenectady collects bulky household items and white goods at the curb only after a solid waste sticker is affixed to…

Smithtown's Solid Waste Management Law splits large discards into two defined categories, ordinary bulk items and…

D.P.W. collects bulky household items like furniture, appliances, carpets, and up to four waste tires a year free of…

Clarkstown lets residents drop off bulky household waste at Town-designated container sites without risking a…

New York's Solid Waste Management Act requires every municipality to adopt source separation recycling rules and bans…

Huntington mandates single-stream recycling of paper, cardboard, plastics 1-7, metal cans, and glass under Chapter 156…

Ramapo's Mandatory Recycling Law bars mixing recyclables with regular trash and requires separating commingled…

Saratoga Springs has no recycling chapter of its own; its residents and businesses fall under Saratoga County's 1988…

Albany residents must source-separate newspaper, paper, cardboard, glass, cans and plastic containers for the weekly…

Amherst residents must source-separate recyclables and prepare them exactly as Chapter 169 specifies before setting…

Every household in the Town of Babylon's residential improvement area must separate recyclables from trash and put them…

Every commercial, industrial and institutional establishment in a serviced Brookhaven garbage district must…

Broome County's Mandatory Source Separation Law requires every household, business and institution in the county to…

Buffalo mandates source separation of recyclables for all commercial users and multiresidential complexes with four or…

Clarkstown requires every one-, two- and three-family home to separate recyclables from regular trash before setting…

Colonie requires every resident to put recyclables in the Town's standardized recycling container rather than a regular…

Dutchess County requires everyone to separate recyclable materials, paper, cardboard, glass, cans, plastics and…

Glen Cove requires every recyclable to be rinsed clean of food residue and chemical contamination and sorted into…

Greece residents must separate recyclables from trash and set them out at the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day, no…

Every Greenburgh household and business on Town sanitation service must participate in curbside recycling under §…

Hempstead requires every household and every commercial, industrial or institutional establishment to source-separate…

Monroe County requires recyclable materials to be separated from trash before collection countywide, and bars mixing…

Mount Vernon law bars mixing bottles, glass, ashes and other nonburnable material into the same can as garbage. Section…

New Rochelle's Recycling Ordinance, City Code § 163-8.4, makes source separation of recyclables mandatory for every…

New York City requires households and building owners to source-separate designated recyclables for weekly curbside…

North Hempstead requires every residential owner, lessee or occupant to source-separate recyclables under Code §…

In the City of Oneida, Madison County, New York, recyclables go out at the curb alongside garbage and become county…

Under Local Law No. 2 of 1989, Orange County requires source separation of five recyclable categories, paper, glass…

Oyster Bay residents enrolled as recycling participants must rinse glass, metal, and plastic containers clean and sort…

Putnam County's recycling law lists specific materials every resident and business must separate from trash: newspaper…

Rochester requires residents and businesses to source-separate recyclables and set them out in the City-issued…

Rockland County Code § 330-3 requires every person in control of a premises to separate curbside recyclables…

Saratoga County requires every resident and business to separate recyclables from trash before disposal, with fines up…

Schenectady residents must source-separate recyclables such as glass, plastic, metal cans, newspapers, cardboard and…

Every Smithtown residence with curbside collection, along with apartment buildings, condominiums and community…

Large Suffolk County retailers must run an at-store plastic bag recycling program, with a marked collection bin near…

Every household waste generator in Syracuse must source separate recyclable materials under Revised General Ordinances…

Tompkins County requires every waste generator to source-separate regulated recyclables from the rest of their trash…

Ulster County requires every resident and business to separate glass, metal, plastic, paper and cardboard from the…

Utica requires every person to separate recyclables from other solid waste, with the Commissioner defining what counts…

Every waste generator in Westchester County must separate recyclables from solid waste at the point of generation under…

Every residential waste generator in Yonkers must source-separate recyclables, newsprint, cardboard, glass, metal…

New York City runs a mandatory curbside organics collection program citywide under Administrative Code § 16-308.1(a)…

Ulster County's Food Waste Prevention and Recovery Act forces large food scraps generators to donate edible surplus and…

Buffalo sets no citywide organics mandate for households: residential food-scrap recycling is voluntary through free…

The Town of Islip makes residents separate recyclables, but its designated-recyclable list covers paper, cardboard…

Clarkstown recycling trucks don't run on Sundays or on any public holiday the Town Board designates by resolution, and…

Greece bans residential trash and recycling collection on Sundays and holidays unless the Commissioner of Public Works…

When a Huntington collection day falls on a cancelled holiday, residents may put out up to twelve bags or cans of…

Oyster Bay suspends all garbage, rubbish and bulky-item collection on Sundays and on holidays the Town Board designates…

Amherst lifts its normal cut-and-bundle rule for Christmas trees for a five-and-a-half week window: holiday trees can…

The Town of Hempstead Department of Public Works suspends rubbish pickup for any full week containing a…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York does not fix its own holiday makeup schedule by ordinance. Instead, City…

When a regular Ramapo collection day lands on a legal holiday, residents must hold their containers back and wait for…

When a city holiday falls in collection week, Syracuse pushes household waste pickup back one day under Revised General…

It's illegal to deposit, throw, cast or bury solid waste, rubbish or garbage on any vacant land in the Town of Babylon…

Brookhaven makes it unlawful to dump garbage, hazardous waste, litter, rubbish or construction debris transported by…

Broome County bans open dumps entirely and requires solid waste to go only to a facility authorized by the state…

Cheektowaga bans dumping solid waste on any street, public place or private property outside authorized collection, and…

Town Code § 173-1 bars dumping, discarding or abandoning litter, hazards or shopping carts on public property or on…

The Town of Colonie bans using any land as a dump, dumping ground, refuse disposal area, or landfill site unless it is…

Bringing garbage, refuse, decaying matter or landfill material into Glen Cove from outside the City, or running a dump…

It is illegal in the Town of Greece to dump refuse, hazardous waste, or recyclables on anyone else's property, in the…

Hempstead makes it an unclassified misdemeanor to throw, bury or leave garbage, dead animals, tires, abandoned vehicles…

It is unlawful to dump solid or liquid waste anywhere in Huntington except a licensed Town facility, or to run a…

Town Code makes it unlawful to accumulate more than one cubic yard of solid waste or recyclables on any parcel, street…

Dumping dirt, construction debris, trade waste or garbage from a truck onto any street, lot or public or private…

Dumping refuse or waste weighing 10 pounds or more on any county-owned property is a misdemeanor in Nassau County…

New Rochelle bans dumping garbage, ashes, rubbish, broken glass or any other refuse on vacant lots, public places or…

New York City bans dumping dirt, debris, trash, or waste from a vehicle onto any street, lot, park, or waterway, public…

Dumping solid waste anywhere in Orange County other than a DEC-permitted Solid Waste Management Facility is unlawful…

Dumping more than an ounce of used motor oil within 300 feet of a Town waste oil igloo, or in any amount if you're a…

Dumping refuse, construction debris, hazardous waste or recyclables anywhere in Rochester other than where it's picked…

Dumping solid waste, recyclables or yard waste on someone else's property, along a roadside, or in a commercial…

Saratoga County bans dumping refuse, trash, garbage or litter on highways, rights-of-way or adjacent private land, with…

Smithtown bans dumping garbage, hazardous or liquid waste, litter, or construction debris from a dump truck or other…

Dumping waste, debris, or hazardous materials on Suffolk County highways, rights-of-way, or county-owned land is a…

Syracuse bans dumping and littering on any public or private property under Revised General Ordinances Section…

Tompkins County Code § 140-32 bans disposing of solid waste anywhere except an authorized Part 360 disposal facility…

Ulster County makes it a misdemeanor to dump refuse from outside the County into any refuse disposal area within it…

Westchester County bans dumping dirt, debris, waste or hazardous material on any county-owned street, park, lot or…

Yonkers Code § 91-38 bans dumping dirt, construction debris, household or commercial waste on any street, lot, park or…

Amherst prohibits dumping garbage, debris or recyclables anywhere in the public right-of-way or on any privately owned…

It is illegal to dump, deposit, or litter any waste on Buffalo streets, sidewalks, public parks, or private property…

Dutchess County bans disposing solid waste anywhere except a facility the Commissioner of Solid Waste Management has…

Greenburgh bars owners, tenants and contractors from letting solid waste, discarded matter or auto parts pile up on any…

Monroe County bars dumping refuse, litter or yard waste on any public or private property where it could wash into…

North Hempstead makes it a crime to dump five pounds or more of garbage, refuse or rubbish on property you do not own…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York makes it unlawful to throw, spill or deposit refuse, garbage or ashes in…

It's illegal to dump litter, debris, or refuse on any public or private property in Albany; violators face escalating…

Erie County Local Law No. 5 of 2025 makes it unlawful to dump dirt, rubble, household waste, garbage, yard waste or…

Putnam County's littering law bans dumping filth, garbage, or rubbish on any property owned, leased, or rented by the…

Ramapo's Littering Law bars dumping garbage, refuse or rubbish on any street, sidewalk, public place or private…

Schenectady's dumping ordinance, City Code § 192-25, bars throwing, depositing or littering wood, concrete, debris…

It is unlawful in Utica to set out for collection any refuse or bulk item not produced at that address, or to bring…

Town of Babylon code makes it unlawful to pile yard waste, grass clippings, tree trimmings, prunings, weeds, anywhere…

Albany Department of General Services (DGS) collects yard waste curbside under City Code Chapter 313. Grass clippings…

Amherst yard waste goes out the same day as regular garbage, but only in solid-bottom containers or paper yard waste…

Broome County runs no curbside yard waste pickup: brush and leaf collection is set by your town, city or village, not…

Grass clippings, weeds, and leaves for City collection must be placed in plastic bags, while other vegetative yard…

Cheektowaga collects grass, leaves and self-generated brush and tree parts only if bundled to size and weight limits…

Clarkstown's Highway Department collects loose, unbagged leaves left out before December 21, but under Town Code §…

Colonie requires yard waste to be set out either in a rigid container marked with a Town of Colonie recyclables sticker…

Dutchess County requires yard waste to be kept out of the regular trash stream countywide, with disposal handled…

Glen Cove requires leaves to be bagged in clear bags and set out only on the scheduled yard waste collection day, or…

Greece requires yard waste, brush, leaves and grass clippings to be prepared for curbside pickup in specific ways…

Greenburgh runs a designated leaf-collection season, generally October through December, when leaves must go out in…

Hempstead requires yard waste, grass clippings, leaves, brush and small logs, to be separated from regular trash and…

Huntington caps yard waste at ten receptacles, bags or bundles per collection and bans mixing it with regular trash…

Town Code § 21-4D(2) makes it unlawful for any Islip resident to place grass clippings out for collection by the Town…

Mount Vernon bars leaving limbs, leaves, grass, weeds or brush loose on a street or sidewalk. Section 191-4 requires…

New Rochelle requires yard waste to be source-separated from trash and set at the curb under Department of Public Works…

New York City requires anyone who sets yard waste at the curb to separate, tie, bundle or bag it under Sanitation…

North Hempstead requires residents to separate yard waste from other trash for curbside pickup and to send it to a…

Oyster Bay's Sanitation Department collects grass clippings, leaves, branches and other garden waste as rubbish, but…

From October 1 through December 31, a Ramapo homeowner's licensed landscaper can bag leaves in Town-approved…

Rochester lets residents backyard-compost leaves at any time, and collects loose, uncomposted leaves piled at the curb…

County Code § 350-8 requires residents to keep yard waste, grass clippings, leaves and brush, separate from other trash…

Schenectady yard waste must go out in paper biodegradable bags on the regular collection day, and any branches must be…

Smithtown residents must bundle tree debris, brush, and woody vegetation before setting it out for Highway Department…

Syracuse collects yard waste once a month by quadrant from April through October, with a dedicated leaf collection…

Ulster County requires residents to separate grass clippings, leaves, brush and clean wood from the trash for…

Westchester County licenses Class D and Class L haulers to collect garden and yard waste, and sets the county's…

Yonkers collects leaves, small branches, twigs and brush only on the Wednesday route, alongside newsprint and…

Brookhaven's Recycling Law treats vegetative yard waste, leaves, grass clippings and brush as a designated recyclable…

Leaves, branches, garden waste and grass clippings count as recyclable material in the City of Oneida, Madison County…

Placing a roll-off container or dumpster on a Glen Cove public street requires a permit from the Director of Public…

Huntington requires a Town Clerk permit before any dumpster, compactor unit or roll-off container can hold solid waste…

North Hempstead prohibits placing a trash bin, dumpster or storage bin on a sidewalk, street or other public place in…

Albany keeps dumpsters away from sidewalks and front yards, requiring an enclosed area unless the Director of Code…

Amherst requires dumpsters and other refuse containers in multifamily and nonresidential districts to be screened on…

Roll-off dumpsters can't be stored, placed, or left on any Town of Babylon street, lane, sidewalk, or roadway…

Brookhaven forbids placing any part of a roll-off container or dumpster on public roads, within six feet of a public…

Buffalo bars anyone from setting a dumpster or roll-off container on a street, roadway or public place without a permit…

Clarkstown requires every residential or commercial property to keep a dumpster, container or enclosure sized to hold…

A residential parcel in Colonie may host only one temporary dumpster at a time, and it cannot stay on the property…

Dutchess County requires every collection container, bin, and dumpster used by a licensed hauler to be clearly labeled…

Greece requires that refuse containers on any property other than a one- or two-family home be kept inside a building…

Greenburgh requires multifamily buildings to use a central dumpster location instead of individual curbside cans…

Anyone placing a roll-off container or dumpster on a Hempstead street needs an annual permit from the Sanitation…

In the Town of Islip's Business District (BD), Code § 68-270(D) requires that dumpsters, along with rooftop equipment…

Placing a roll-off container or dumpster on a Mount Vernon street, sidewalk, or other public ground falls under the…

Placing a dumpster, container, or building materials on a Nassau County road without a Department of Public Works…

Commercial, industrial and multifamily dumpsters in New Rochelle need a permit from the Bureau of Buildings and must…

New York City requires a Department of Transportation permit before any commercial refuse container, the roll-off or…

Commercial and apartment dumpsters in the City of Oneida, Madison County, New York must sit in a location the…

Oyster Bay charges charitable and nonprofit groups $250 per load for Town roll-off containers used at fundraisers, and…

Anyone who hauls roll-off containers or collects refuse commercially in the Town of Ramapo must first get a license…

Rochester's Zoning Code requires every dumpster visible from a residential district, open space district, public street…

Businesses and industrial sites in Rockland County must separate their solid waste and place it into a dumpster…

Every dumpster used in Schenectady must be sized to avoid overflow and approved by the Department of Waste Collection…

No permanent dumpster, compactor, shopbox or roll-off may be placed anywhere in Smithtown without a permit number from…

Syracuse commercial waste generators must use a licensed hauler's dumpster or commercial cart, never loose curbside…

Yonkers charges commercial and multiple-dwelling property owners a monthly rental fee to use a City roll-off dumpster…

Albany runs a mandatory weekly curbside collection program citywide, with routes and pickup days set by the Department…

The Town of Amherst's Office of Refuse Control sets the collection days and times for every street in the garbage and…

Town of Babylon bars trash and recycling collection on Sundays and six major holidays, restricts pickup to daytime…

Buffalo's Sanitation Department collects garbage and recycling once weekly on days the Commissioner designates for each…

Licensed haulers in Clarkstown must collect residential garbage at least twice a week and can only run service between…

Every occupied building or business in the Town of Greece must be covered by a Town-licensed refuse hauler; there is no…

The Commissioner of Public Works sets Greenburgh's trash pickup days and hours and can adjust them after notifying…

The Department of Public Works collects residential trash only between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through…

Huntington bans solid-waste collection between 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and on Sundays or holidays when Town facilities…

In the Town of Islip, the Environmental Control Commissioner designates residential garbage and recycling collection…

The Mount Vernon Commissioner of Public Works sets garbage and rubbish collection days and times by standard rule filed…

Every improved residential property in New Rochelle is billed a mandatory annual residential refuse fee under City Code…

In New York City, trash and recycling bags go to the curb no earlier than 8:00 p.m. the night before collection…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York requires that all garbage, refuse and recyclables collection follow…

Garbage, rubbish and bulky items in Oyster Bay are picked up on days the Town Board sets by resolution, at hours the…

Ramapo's Department of Public Works runs curbside trash collection on an announced schedule for one-, two- and…

The Department of Environmental Services collects residential refuse, bulk refuse and recyclables once a week, and…

Rockland County requires every household and business to arrange regular removal of its solid waste, yard waste, scrap…

Saratoga Springs sets refuse collection under City Code § 126-5. The Commissioner of Public Works fixes pickup…

The City of Schenectady's Department of General Services collects and disposes of residential solid waste citywide…

The Department of Public Works picks up household waste on a fixed weekly cycle, for example every Tuesday, under…

In Ulster County, residential and commercial trash collection is not run by the County itself: it is provided by…

Yonkers runs three weekly collection routes: Monday/Thursday, Tuesday/Friday, or Wednesday-only, each pairing trash…

Glen Cove does not fix collection days in the code itself: City Code § 235-27 lets the Director of Public Works set the…

North Hempstead's Sanitation Code sets a Town-wide curbside collection window under § 46-8B(8): no Collector may pick…

Beyond household sorting duties, Hempstead's recycling law bans collecting or processing recyclables without a Town…

Albany residents must source-separate newspaper, glass, paper, cardboard, cans, plastic containers and yard waste for…

Once an Amherst resident sets recyclable material at the curb, it legally becomes property of the Town of Amherst, and…

Brookhaven runs a mandatory curbside recycling program inside its garbage districts under Town Code Chapter 46…

Apartment buildings, condos, cooperatives, hotels, motels and resort colonies in Broome County must run their own…

Buffalo requires residents to prepare recyclable material for curbline pickup exactly as the Commissioner's regulations…

Cheektowaga requires every household to separate recyclable rubbish, rinsed cans, glass, plastic, paper and cardboard…

Clarkstown runs a mandatory recycling program covering every residential, commercial and industrial use in the…

Colonie's Solid Waste chapter requires every resident, business, and other waste generator to separate recyclable…

Every residential, commercial, industrial and institutional property in Glen Cove must take part in the City's curbside…

Beyond mandatory curbside participation, Greenburgh dictates how recyclables must be prepped, rinsed and bundled, and…

Huntington residents on curbside service must sort recyclables from trash, alternating weekly between cardboard/paper…

New Rochelle requires metal, glass and plastic containers to be rinsed and commingled in a single bin under City Code §…

New York City requires households to source-separate designated recyclable materials from trash under Sanitation…

North Hempstead's Sanitation Code bars residents from setting household hazardous waste out for curbside pickup. Under…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York ties its recycling program directly to Madison County's own recycling law…

The Orange County Commissioner of Public Works sets the operating rules for the county's recycling program under Local…

Once a Town of Oyster Bay resident sets out recyclables for collection, ownership shifts to the Town under § 201-68…

Putnam County's Recycling Law requires every household, business, and institution to source-separate recyclables, with…

Rochester requires recyclables to go out in the City-issued recycling container, placed at the curb no earlier than the…

Rockland County Code §§ 330-11 and 330-12 require stores that hand out plastic carryout bags to run an at-store…

Once recyclables are set out at the curb in Schenectady, only the person who placed them there, or someone registered…

Smithtown requires recyclables to be clean, capped items removed, bundled by type where required, and kept entirely…

Stores of 10,000+ square feet in Suffolk County must run an at-store plastic bag recycling program, with a marked…

Syracuse requires every household to source-separate glass, metal, newspaper and certain plastics into city- or…

Tompkins County limits recyclables collection to licensed or county-authorized haulers and requires residents to pull…

Yonkers requires every household to separate recyclables from trash at the point of generation, a duty running since…