Clarkstown, NY Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Recycling holidays skipped
- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas
- Make-up rule
- Twice the normal quantity on the next pickup day
- Garbage on those holidays
- Not stated on the current Garbage page; earlier flyer listed same six
- Collection hours
- 5:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., never Sundays or Town Board holidays
- Garbage days
- Monday/Thursday, Tuesday/Friday, or Wednesday/Saturday
- Garbage schedule excludes
- Village of Upper Nyack and Village of Spring Valley
- First-conviction fine
- Not less than $500 nor more than $1000 under § 226-9(C)
Summary
Clarkstown's Recycling page lists six holidays with no recycling collection: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Twice the normal quantity is collected on the next pickup day. The page prints no year and no dates. The current Garbage & Bulk Pickup page prints no holiday rule for garbage, and Town Code § 226-7 bars recycling collection on Sundays and Town Board holidays.
Recycling collection services to any private residential or commercial location may not be furnished except between the hours of 5:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and not at any time on Sundays or public holidays established by the Town Board by resolution. ... C. A person or firm convicted of violating § 226-7 shall be guilty of a violation which is punishable as follows: (1) For a first conviction, as a violation, by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1000.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 226 of the Town Code covers recycling in the unincorporated area of the Town of Clarkstown (§ 226-2). Section 226-7 sets the outer limits: collection services to a private residential or commercial location run between 5:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. only, and never on Sundays or on public holidays established by the Town Board by resolution. The holiday list lives in a Town Board resolution that Chapter 226 does not reprint, and no source used here reproduces that resolution.
The Department of Engineering and Facilities Management's Recycling page prints its own list of no-collection holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Next comes the make-up rule: twice the normal quantity will be collected on the next pickup day. No source used here states whether that list matches the Town Board resolution cited in § 226-7. The page carries no year and no dates, so it reads as a standing rule. On the 2026-27 calendar that means Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2026, Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2026, and New Year's Day, Friday, January 1, 2027. Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11, 2026), Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and the day after Thanksgiving are not on the page's list, and the pages used here state no rule for those days.
The Garbage & Bulk Pickup page says household garbage is collected twice per week, Monday/Thursday, Tuesday/Friday, or Wednesday/Saturday, and it prints no holiday rule. The town's 2026 Bulk Pick-Up flyer is an earlier edition whose bulk schedule runs from August 2025 to March 2026. It prints a box reading no recycling or garbage collection on the same six holidays, with twice the normal quantity collected on your next pick-up day. Because the current page repeats no garbage holiday rule, the pages used here do not confirm that flyer wording for the 2026-27 holidays.
In Chapter 149, Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse, § 149-11(A) bars a licensee from furnishing services on Sundays or on public holidays established by the Town Board by resolution, and § 149-11(F) requires a minimum of two collections per week for each residential consumer. The Garbage & Bulk Pickup page says its schedule does not apply to the Village of Upper Nyack or the Village of Spring Valley. Its bulk table lists November 18, 19, 20 and December 16, 17, 18, and the page prints no holiday rule for bulk pickup.
Violations & Fines
Under § 226-9(C), a first conviction for violating § 226-7 is a violation with a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1000. A second is a Class B misdemeanor with a fine starting at $750, imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both. A third or subsequent conviction is a Class A misdemeanor with a fine up to $2,500, imprisonment up to one year, or both. Section 226-10 assigns enforcement to the Director of the Department of Engineering and Facilities Management, his designees and code enforcement officers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is trash and recycling picked up on Thanksgiving in Clarkstown?
Is there pickup on Christmas Day or New Year's Day?
Is garbage skipped on holidays too, and who does the schedule cover?
When is the make-up day after a skipped holiday pickup?
Is Veterans Day or the day after Thanksgiving a no-collection day?
Sources & Official References
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