Yonkers, NY Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Route A
- Mon trash only, Thu trash plus recyclables
- Route B
- Tue trash only, Fri trash plus recyclables
- Wednesday route
- Newsprint, cardboard and yard waste only
- Curb deadline
- All materials out by 7:00 a.m.
- Schedule changes
- Two weeks' published notice required first
Summary
Yonkers runs three weekly collection routes: Monday/Thursday, Tuesday/Friday, or Wednesday-only, each pairing trash pickup with a different recyclable stream under City Code § 92-5. Commingled recyclables go out with trash on the second weekday of each two-day route, while newsprint, cardboard and yard waste are collected together only on Wednesdays.
§ 92-5. Collection schedule and procedures for residential waste generators. A. The City of Yonkers will provide collection of household waste and recyclable materials pursuant to the following schedule: (1) Monday and Thursday collection route: On Monday, household waste will be collected only. On Thursday, household waste and commingled recyclables will be collected. (2) Tuesday and Friday collection route: On Tuesday, household waste will be collected only. On Friday, household waste and commingled recyclables will be collected. (3) Wednesday collection route: On Wednesday, newsprint, cardboard and yard waste will be collected. ... E. 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
City Code § 92-5(A) sets three residential collection routes. On the Monday-and-Thursday route, household waste alone is collected Monday, while Thursday brings both household waste and commingled recyclables (metals, plastic and glass). The Tuesday-and-Friday route mirrors that pattern: trash only on Tuesday, trash plus commingled recyclables on Friday. A separate Wednesday route collects newsprint, cardboard and yard waste, but not household trash. Subsection B requires newsprint to go out loose in a brown paper bag or open cardboard box, never tied, while cardboard must be flattened and tied.
Yard waste under Subsection C goes in an open refuse container or a brown paper bag. Commingled recyclables under Subsection D must sit together in a designated refuse container, never in paper or plastic bags. on the designated collection day. Subsection F reserves the Commissioner of Public Works' authority to change the schedule or procedures, but only after publishing notice in the City's official newspapers for a two-week period before the change takes effect. This schedule sits inside Chapter 92, so it runs alongside, not in place of, the general placement and receptacle limits in Chapter 91, §§ 91-17 and 91-18.
Violations & Fines
Failure to follow the § 92-5 schedule or set-out rules is enforced under Chapter 92's general penalty at § 92-12: a first violation draws either a written warning or a Class III offense, and a second violation within three years of a warning becomes a Class III offense outright, with each day of continued noncompliance a separate violation.
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