Irondequoit, NY Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Garbage in the Town of Irondequoit is collected by private haulers licensed by the Town, not by a Town crew, and § 192-26(B) fixes their working window: collections cannot commence earlier than 7:00 a.m., all collection work stops at 6:00 p.m., and the one exception is commercial establishments on Ridge Road East, where commercial collections can begin at 6:00 a.m. No collections are made on Sundays or holidays. Section 192-5 defines holidays as Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day.

Under § 192-26(C) each collector must issue written information to customers every year, at the collector's own expense, giving name, address and telephone number, stating the day on which collection is made, and summarizing the services, conditions for pickup and rates. Section 192-13 requires a collector to staff a telephone for a minimum of eight hours every business day, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and to respond to each inquiry, complaint or message within 24 hours.

Residents have their own timing duties. Section 192-25(B) prohibits placing containers at the curb before 4:00 p.m. of the day preceding the scheduled pickup day and requires occupants to remove empty containers by the end of the day on which collection is made. Under § 192-19(A) refuse cannot be allowed to accumulate on a premises except for collection, which shall normally occur at intervals not less frequent than once every seven days, with relief for holidays, Sundays, vacations or extraordinary weather. Every owner of a residence, building or place of business must be able to show a refuse collector or legal disposal facility serves the property (§ 192-20(A)).

Collectors must also offer at least one optional low-volume rate that provides weekly pickup of recyclables and small amounts of garbage (§ 192-18), and § 192-26(D) requires at least two collectors to be available in all areas of the Town.