Amherst, NY Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Thanksgiving Day 2026
- Thursday, November 26; pickup delayed one day
- Christmas Day 2026
- Friday, December 25; Friday pickup done on Saturday
- New Year's Day 2027
- Friday, January 1; Friday pickup done on Saturday
- Delay rule
- Collection that falls on or follows a listed day moves one day
- Not listed
- Veterans Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
- Holiday trees
- Curbline in December and first 15 days of January, no bundling
- Who sets days
- Refuse Control Office under Code § 169-6
Summary
The Town of Amherst delays trash and recycling pickup by one day when your collection falls on or follows a listed holiday, and Friday's pickup moves to Saturday. The Highway Department's Refuse Control page lists Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 26, 2026), Christmas Day (Friday, December 25, 2026) and New Year's Day (Friday, January 1, 2027). Veterans Day is not on the list.
Holiday Pickup Schedule
Normal weekly refuse and recyclable collection will occur with the holiday exceptions below. If your collection falls on or follows any of these days, your pick up will be delayed one day with Friday's pick up done on Saturday.
- Thu., Jan 1, 2026 (New Years Day)
- Mon., May 25, 2026 (Memorial Day)
- Mon., Sept 7, 2026 (Labor Day)
- Thu., Nov 26, 2026 (Thanksgiving Day)
- Fri., Dec 25, 2026 (Christmas Day)
- Fri., Jan 1, 2027 (New Years Day)
Full Breakdown
The Town of Amherst Highway Department prints its holiday calendar on the Refuse Control page under the heading Holiday Pickup Schedule. The baseline sentence says normal weekly refuse and recyclable collection will occur with the holiday exceptions below. Six exception dates follow: New Years Day (Thursday, January 1, 2026), Memorial Day (Monday, May 25, 2026), Labor Day (Monday, September 7, 2026), Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 26, 2026), Christmas Day (Friday, December 25, 2026) and New Years Day (Friday, January 1, 2027). For the 2026 holiday season, the dates that apply are Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day 2027.
The delay rule is one sentence: if your collection falls on or follows any of these days, your pick up will be delayed one day with Friday's pick up done on Saturday. Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday, so a Thursday route lands on the holiday and a Friday route follows it. Christmas Day and New Year's Day 2027 both fall on Fridays, the pickup the page sends to Saturday. The page prints no Saturday dates. It lists no exception for Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11, 2026), Christmas Eve (Thursday, December 24, 2026) or New Year's Eve (Thursday, December 31, 2026).
The page names no service area, so the code supplies it. Town of Amherst Code § 169-6 has the Refuse Control Office designate the days and times for removal of waste in the Town outside the corporate limits of the Village of Williamsville, for premises subject to a garbage district fee. Section 169-21(A) directs that office to notify persons governed by the article of the dates and times for waste collection. The code itself contains no holiday collection calendar.
The holiday sentence names refuse and recyclable collection and does not mention yard waste, whose season on the same page runs April 1 through November 30. Holiday trees have their own rule in § 169-16(C)(1): they can go to the curbline or pavement line during December and the first 15 days of January without being cut and bundled. The page prints no separate holiday tree pickup date.
Violations & Fines
Section 169-6 requires waste to be placed for collection by 7:00 a.m. on the designated collection day, no earlier than 12:00 noon of the day prior, with containers removed by 7:00 p.m. of the designated collection day. Neither the code nor the Refuse Control page says whether the noon limit moves with a holiday delay. Under § 169-22 a first offense draws a written warning, and further offenses within twelve months carry fines from $50 to $500. Each day is a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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