Amherst, NY Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out deadline
- 7:00 a.m. on collection day
- Earliest set-out
- 12:00 noon day before
- Removal deadline
- 7:00 p.m. on collection day
- Applies
- outside Village of Williamsville
- Administered by
- Office of Refuse Control
Summary
Amherst caps how early and late totes and bins may sit at the curb: nothing may go out before noon the day before collection, everything must be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day, and residents must pull empty containers back off the right-of-way by 7:00 p.m. that same day.
All waste to be collected by the Town of Amherst or its designated agent shall be placed for collection by 7:00 a.m. on the designated collection day. The Town of Amherst hereby assumes no responsibility to collect waste that is placed for collection after 7:00 a.m. on the designated collection day. No solid waste shall be placed within the public right-of-way earlier than 12:00 noon of the day prior to the designated collection day. All containers shall be removed from the public right-of-way or other place of collection by the occupants of the premises where collected no later than 7:00 p.m. of the designated collection day.
Full Breakdown
Section 169-6 of the Solid Waste chapter, most recently amended by Local Law 16-2017, sets three hard clock times for curbside containers in the Town's garbage and refuse district, outside the Village of Williamsville. on the designated collection day, and the Town 'assumes no responsibility' to collect anything set out after that hour, so a late tote can mean a missed week. Subsection B bars putting solid waste in the public right-of-way any earlier than 12:00 noon of the day before the scheduled collection day, preventing containers from sitting curbside for a day and a half.
of the collection day itself, so empty totes cannot be left at the curb overnight. These set-out and take-in windows apply to the tote units required for garbage and household solid waste under § 169-5A, as well as to recycling containers and bundled yard waste placed under the same article. The Office of Refuse Control administers the schedule and can issue additional placement rules under its Waste Management Law regulations.
Violations & Fines
Missing the 7:00 a.m. cutoff means the Town has no duty to collect that container until the next scheduled day. Setting waste out before noon the day prior, or leaving a container at the curb past 7:00 p.m. on collection day, is a violation of § 169-6 enforced under § 169-22, running from a written warning on a first offense to fines of $50 to $500 for repeat violations within twelve months.
Frequently Asked Questions
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