Babylon, NY Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- No collection days
- Sundays + 6 holidays
- Collection hours
- 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Recycling participation
- mandatory, fines apply
- Governing sections
- § 133-9(C), § 133-19
Summary
Town of Babylon bars trash and recycling collection on Sundays and six major holidays, restricts pickup to daytime hours, and makes residential recycling participation mandatory with fines for skipping it.
No collection whatsoever shall be made on Sundays or the following holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
(2) Collection vehicles shall be completely enclosed and watertight.
(3) Collection vehicles transporting no garbage or rubbish, as, for example, vehicles transporting recycling materials or construction and demolition debris, may be of an open, refuse-collection type, provided that such vehicle is fitted with a suitable canvas or other cover to prohibit any material from being discharged while the vehicle is in transit.
(4) Collections are to be made in such manner as not to permit debris, litter and the like from the collection procedure to fall upon any highway or street within the Town of Babylon.
(5) Vehicles designed or known as "rear loaders" or "rear-load packers" shall be completely closed in transit, either by use of the exterior closing door fitted as part of a body style or by the use of the closing mechanism in those units not having, as a standard or an accessory, a separate exterior door.
(6) All accessory doors, including the main loading door, shall be closed in travel on public highways unless the subject vehicle is engaged in a continuous servicing of adjacent structures on said highway.
(7) All collection vehicles shall perform and operate in accordance with the regulations of the Sanitation Commission.
(8)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4941158; v66 updated 2026-05-13; through 05-13-2026).
Full Breakdown
In Suffolk County, Town of Babylon Code § 133-9(C)(1) bars all collection, garbage, rubbish, recyclables, on Sundays and on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. A companion rule, § 133-36(B), separately bars collection crews from working between 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day, keeping pickups to daytime hours. Every household in the residential improvement area must also participate in the Town's mandatory recycling program under § 133-19; skipping separation isn't optional, and the code subjects a nonparticipating owner or occupant to fines.
Violations & Fines
Nonparticipation in mandatory residential recycling under § 133-19 draws fines against the property owner or occupant; collection crews working outside permitted hours or days violate § 133-9(C) and § 133-36(B) separately.
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