Greenwich, CT Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

The Town of Greenwich regulates residential and commercial trash pickup under Chapter 9, Article 1 of the Code of Ordinances, amended in its entirety by the Representative Town Meeting on September 21, 2009. Section 9-1 defines an approved container as covered and watertight and an approved vehicle as a fully enclosed metal-bodied truck maintained to prevent leakage, both subject to the Superintendent's approval. Section 9-2 prohibits accumulating acceptable solid waste anywhere except inside an approved container, and § 9-3 requires garbage to be drained and wrapped before it goes into the container and the container itself kept clean and sanitary.

Section 9-4 sets the collection floor: waste must be removed in an approved container or approved vehicle at least once a week, though the Superintendent or the Director of Health can require more frequent pickup at a specific property, such as a heavy-volume food-service business. Collected waste is hauled to the Town disposal area, the Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility, under § 9-5, and any commercial hauler must hold a Superintendent-issued license under § 9-7 and display an assigned number on the truck under § 9-9.

Waste generated outside Greenwich cannot be brought in for disposal under § 9-6 absent a written reciprocal agreement approved by the Commissioner of Public Works. A resident who skips the weekly minimum or stores waste outside an approved container is subject to direct enforcement by the Superintendent or Director of Health rather than a flat dollar fine printed in Article 1 itself.