Pickup schedules and container rules set by each municipality. Most Westchester towns/cities provide curbside service weekly or biweekly. Westchester County Source Separation Law (Chapter 825) requires recyclables separation countywide.
Westchester County's Source Separation Law (Laws of Westchester County Chapter 825, originally enacted 1991 and amended since) requires every resident, business, and institution countywide to separate designated recyclables — paper/cardboard, metal, glass, plastic containers #1 and #2 — from trash. Enforcement and day-to-day collection are handled by each of the 45 municipalities, which choose between municipal-employee crews (Yonkers, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon) and contracted private haulers (most towns and villages). Typical schedules: trash picked up 1–2 times per week, single-stream or dual-stream recycling once per week, yard waste seasonally. The Westchester County Solid Waste Commission operates the Material Recovery Facility in Yonkers and resource-recovery plant in Peekskill under contract with Covanta. Contaminated recycling loads may be refused and left at curb; repeat contamination can trigger fines.
Failure to separate recyclables: Chapter 825 fines up to $250 first offense, escalating. Setting out at wrong time or in wrong container: municipal fines typically $25-$100.
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