Rochester provides weekly curbside trash via DES using Big Blue/Green totes. Monroe County towns contract private haulers (Waste Management, Suburban Disposal). Bins out by 7 AM on collection day.
City of Rochester Department of Environmental Services (DES) handles curbside collection using Big Blue recycling totes and Big Green trash totes on a weekly schedule funded by the refuse fee on property taxes. Monroe County towns (Greece, Irondequoit, Brighton, Henrietta, Webster, Penfield, Pittsford) do not provide municipal collection; residents contract private haulers such as Waste Management, Suburban Disposal, Casella, or Feher Rubbish Removal. Bins must be at curb by 7 AM on pickup day. Holiday delays shift collection one day (New Year's, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas). Rochester 311 handles missed-pickup reports.
Rochester improper set-out: $50 to $200 under Municipal Code Ch. 70. Missed private hauler pickups are contract disputes, not code violations. Illegal dumping: $500 to $5,000.
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