Nassau County, NY Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

No person shall cause or permit any accumulation of sand, gravel, cinders, topsoil, mud, earth or other material or any container, box, dumpster, or other instrumentality for the storage of such materials to be placed, deposited, tracked, or flowed upon any county road whether such be a county road as defined in this title or a county road constructed pursuant to article six of the highway law.

b. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for a period of not exceeding thirty days and the County may also maintain an action or proceeding to enjoin the violation and recover the costs incurred by the County for cleaning, repairing, reconditioning, or restoring the road or otherwise remedying the condition.

c. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the storing of building material, or the debris therefrom, or the containers, boxes, dumpsters or instrumentalities used to store such materials on county roads when such materials or containers are stored pursuant to a permit issued by the Commissioner of Public Works. (Added by Local-Law No. 1-1953, in effect May 18.1953; Subds. a and c amended by Local Law No. 6-1983, in effect July 18, 1983.)