Irondequoit, NY Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 192-25B of the Town of Irondequoit Code sets the timing: no container goes to the curb before 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding the scheduled pickup day, and occupants remove empty containers from the curbside or other place of collection by the end of the day on which collection is made. Section 192-22 repeats the 4:00 p.m. cutoff for recyclables, and § 192-27E repeats the end-of-day removal duty for recycling containers.

Container choice is regulated too. Under § 192-25A, garbage containers need handles, a tight-fitting cover and a watertight body, with a capacity of not less than 18 gallons nor more than 32 gallons, and they must stay securely closed at all times. Roll-out carts are acceptable and are not limited by the gallon restrictions, although § 192-5 caps the size of a roll-out cart at 100 gallons. Wheelbarrows, lawn carts, fifty-five-gallon drums, fiber barrels and wastebaskets are prohibited containers.

Bulky refuse and construction debris are bagged or bundled into packages not weighing more than 50 pounds and placed at the curb in an area five feet by five feet square, by three feet high or an equivalent volume (§ 192-24B). Collectors must put containers and covers back in the location where they found them (§ 192-27C), and no collection vehicle drives into a residential driveway to collect (§ 192-26A). Businesses with dumpsters must enclose them as site plan approval requires, keep lids closed at all times and keep the pad clean, and the dumpster must stay accessible for collection (§ 192-20B).