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

Residential garbage service in the City of Troy, New York comes from the Department of General Services under § 247-8 of the Troy City Code. Owners and occupants of premises with one to three units, owner occupied or not, are eligible for public collection on schedules and directives the Commissioner of General Services establishes (§ 247-8(C)(1)). Garbage goes in a sealed, watertight container with a lid, one per unit, no larger than 95 gallons, with one container put out per unit each week. A container cannot weigh more than 75 pounds in a given week, the waste inside cannot exceed 55 gallons per unit, and the container is marked with the property number and street. Waste cannot be left outside the container in plastic bags or strewn about. In areas served by an automated side loader truck the City provides one container per unit; elsewhere the owner supplies it.

Under § 247-8(C)(5), the owner or occupant of each residential unit pays an annual fee per unit. The fee is set in the annual budget process, counts units from the Tax Assessor's records, and funds the City's garbage fund, which the Comptroller tracks in a separate account (§ 247-8(C)(6)). Exemptions in § 247-8(C)(7) cover an owner-occupant with an Enhanced STAR reduction, a unit in an owner-occupied building of three or fewer units that stays unrented and unoccupied the entire year, a building on the Vacant Building Registry with its fee current, and an owner with an approved private contract covering both trash and recycling. A monthly interest charge of 3% is added to any delinquent installment (§ 247-8(C)(10)). No one can bring garbage, recycling or yard waste into Troy to use City service (§ 247-8(C)(8)).

Commercial, institutional and multiple-dwelling premises with more than three units hire a Commissioner-approved private contractor at their own cost and expense, with removal at least weekly (§ 247-8(D)). The Commissioner can choose to collect from them for a fee based on volume, equipment, manpower and time. Industrial premises get no City collection (§ 247-8(E)). Solid waste cannot accumulate on any premises for more than seven days (§ 247-12).