Hempstead, NY Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential hours
- 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
- Collection days
- Monday through Saturday
- Rubbish/leaves pickup
- 2nd and 3rd day of week only
- Large items
- By appointment only
- Christmas trees
- Collected in January
Summary
The Department of Public Works collects residential trash only between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with rubbish and leaves picked up only on the second and third scheduled collection days of each week.
Collection from residential areas is restricted to the hours 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, on scheduled days. ... Rubbish. On the second and third collection days of each week only, the equivalent of two thirty-gallon containers and no more than six tied bundles of twigs or branches two feet by two feet by four feet in length or six fifty-five-gallon plastic bags.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4863878; v67 updated 2026-04-28; through 04-28-2026).
Full Breakdown
W. , Monday through Saturday. Within the week, garbage is picked up on every scheduled collection day, but rubbish is collected only on the second and third collection days of the week, up to two 30-gallon-container equivalents plus bundled brush; no rubbish is picked up on the first scheduled day after a legal holiday because that day's garbage volume doubles. Leaves follow the same second-and-third-day rubbish schedule, except during holiday weeks, and must be in containers suitable for handling. W. Christmas trees get their own annual window, collected at the curb during regular or special collection in the month of January.
has overall authority under § 128-5 to set and revise the days of collection, and to withhold service from any premises presenting a hazard to crews or where a vicious dog runs loose.
Violations & Fines
Setting out refuse for a pickup type or day not on the assigned schedule, such as rubbish on a garbage-only day, is an offense against Chapter 128 punishable under § 128-22 by a fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to 15 days, or both, and D.P.W. may simply decline to collect it.
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Sources & Official References
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