Yonkers, NY Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out deadline
- 7:00 a.m. collection day
- Applies to
- Household waste, recyclables, newsprint, cardboard
- Enforcing agencies
- DPW and Yonkers Police
- Schedule changes
- Two weeks' newspaper notice required
- First-offense penalty
- Written warning or Class III
Summary
Yonkers requires household waste, commingled recyclables, newsprint and cardboard to be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the assigned collection day under City Code § 92-5(E). Miss the cutoff and the material waits for the next scheduled route.
All household waste, commingled recyclables, newsprint and cardboard shall be placed at curbside by 7:00 a.m. of the designated collection day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4745274; v31 updated 2025-10-28; through 10-28-2025).
Full Breakdown
of the designated collection day. That deadline applies across all three collection routes established in § 92-5(A): the Monday/Thursday route and Tuesday/Friday route for household waste and commingled recyclables, and the Wednesday route for newsprint, cardboard and yard waste. The chapter also dictates how materials must be presented, not just when. Commingled recyclables (metal, glass, plastic) go in a designated refuse container under § 92-5(D) and cannot be bagged. Newsprint goes loose in a brown paper bag or open cardboard box under § 92-5(B), while cardboard must be flattened and tied.
The Commissioner of the Department of Public Works administers set-out rules and enforcement, and any change to collection procedures, including presumably set-out timing, requires two weeks' published notice in the City's official newspapers under § 92-5(F) before it takes effect. Enforcement of this chapter runs through DPW agents, officers and employees and the Yonkers Police Department under § 92-10, and the Code cross-references Chapter 91's Article VI enforcement procedures for related garbage and refuse violations.
Violations & Fines
Setting materials out after the 7:00 a.m. deadline or otherwise failing to comply with DPW collection rules is unlawful under § 92-12(A). A first violation is punished by a written warning or a Class III offense; if the first was only a warning, a second violation within three years automatically becomes a Class III offense. Class III penalties under § 1-21(A)(3) run up to a $1,000 criminal fine or $1,500 civil penalty, and § 92-12(C) makes each day of continuing violation a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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