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

Section 163-2 of the City Code, last amended in 2000, requires that all light refuse, rubbish, ashes, or garbage set out for collection be contained in covered and securely closed watertight containers no larger in capacity than 32 gallons and weighing no more than 75 pounds when filled. Light refuse and miscellaneous items may instead be bundled and securely tied, or placed in boxes or cardboard cartons, provided those boxes are not overloaded and are covered and securely tied to prevent spillage or blowing away in the wind; oversized boxes or cartons must be broken down, bundled, and securely tied before collection.

Small paper bags, grocery plastic bags, or liners full of miscellaneous refuse cannot be set loosely on the street; they must go inside a proper permanent container, a tied box or carton, or a heavy-duty tied plastic bag. on the day before the scheduled collection day set by the Department of Public Works for that street, and no ashes, garbage, or rubbish may otherwise be thrown or laid in any street. Related sections in the same chapter separately bar curbside disposal of building materials (§ 163-5) and batteries (§ 163-6) as ordinary refuse, and require a purchased City removal sticker before an air conditioner, freezer, or refrigerator containing refrigerant gas can be set out (§ 163-4).