Syracuse, NY Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out window
- 8:00 p.m. night before to 7:00 p.m. collection day
- Max container size
- 30 gallons
- Max loaded weight
- 75 pounds
- Min container size
- 10 gallons
- Container cap
- 3 per unit weekly
- General violation fine
- $250.00/day
Summary
Syracuse residents may not set a household waste container at the curb before 8:00 p.m. the night before pickup and must pull it back by 7:00 p.m. on collection day, per Revised General Ordinances Section 14-18(a)(3). Containers are capped at 30 gallons and 75 pounds loaded, with a 10-gallon minimum, and no more than three per unit go out weekly.
All regulation containers must be set out in plain view from the street and must be set adjacent to the curb line or edge of the road unless otherwise agreed to by the D.P.W. No container shall be set out at the curb before 8:00 p.m. of the day preceding the scheduled pickup. No regulation container shall exceed a thirty-gallon capacity nor weigh when loaded in excess of seventy-five (75) pounds. No regulation container shall have less than ten-gallon capacity. Containers must be removed from the curb line no later than 7:00 p.m. of the collection day. Not more than three (3) regulation containers per residential unit shall be set out at the curb for weekly pickup unless otherwise agreed to by the commissioner.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 41).
Full Breakdown
Syracuse's Department of Public Works regulates exactly how and when a household waste container may sit at the curb. agrees to another arrangement. on collection day itself, keeping trash off the curb outside a roughly 23-hour window. Size limits are strict: a regulation container cannot exceed 30 gallons in capacity or weigh more than 75 pounds when loaded, and it cannot hold less than 10 gallons. Households are further capped at three regulation containers set out per weekly pickup, unless the commissioner agrees to more.
Section 14-14 defines a regulation container as a galvanized metal can, nonrusting container, plastic can, or leak- and tear-resistant plastic bag that must be tightly covered or securely closed whenever it's in use. W. 00 for a knowing and willful violation, with each day of noncompliance counted as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Setting a container out before 8:00 p.m. the night before pickup, exceeding the 30-gallon/75-pound limit, or leaving more than three containers at the curb without D.P.W.'s consent is a violation of the household waste operating rules. Section 14-15(a) sets the general fine for a knowing and willful violation of the solid waste article at $250.00, with each day the violation continues treated as a separate offense.
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