Hempstead, NY Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest curb set-out
- 7:00 p.m. day before
- Can removal deadline
- Within 3 hours of pickup
- Underground storage
- Prohibited
- Indoor/garage storage for pickup
- Prohibited
- Max fine
- $500 per offense
Summary
Hempstead residents must set refuse containers at the curb, never before 7:00 p.m. the night before collection, and pull empty cans back within three hours; underground and indoor storage of cans is banned.
No refuse shall be placed for collection before 7:00 p.m. on the day prior to collection. Empty receptacles shall be removed from the curb area within three hours after collection. Refuse receptacles shall be stored on property only on a location adjacent to a principal or accessory use building, but in no event shall such receptacle be stored forward of the front building line of the principal structure. ... Receptacles shall not be placed for collection inside or within any building, accessory use building or garage.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4863878; v67 updated 2026-04-28; through 04-28-2026).
Full Breakdown
will not collect rubbish left inside a building or behind locked gates. on the day before the scheduled pickup, and empty receptacles must be removed from the curb within three hours after collection. Containers must be stored on the property only in a spot adjacent to the principal or an accessory building, and never forward of the front building line of the house. Underground storage pits for cans are flatly illegal, and any built before January 1, 1963 had to be removed and the receptacle relocated above ground before regular collection resumes.
Containers cannot be stored inside any building, accessory building, or garage. can refuse to collect from a container that fails these placement rules, and it can skip a premises altogether where a vicious dog runs loose or where its crew would face unnecessary danger.
Violations & Fines
Violating the placement and storage rules in §§ 128-6 or 128-7 is an offense under § 128-22, punishable by a fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to 15 days, or both, with each day the violation continues counted as a separate offense.
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