Greenburgh, NY Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Section 410-5, added by Local Law No. 4-1992, makes recycling mandatory rather than optional. Subsection A requires owners, lessees and occupants of single- and multifamily dwellings and commercial properties that receive Town collection to "participate in this recycling program and properly place at curbside for collection all recyclable materials on the day for recycling collection," and bars mixing recyclables with regular trash. Subsection B sets a hard cap on paper bundles: newspapers must be tied or boxed in nondisposable containers of no more than 75 pounds, paper loose in plastic or paper bags will not be collected, and only "clean newsprint" free of paint, stain or garbage qualifies.

Subsection C covers glass and metal: bottles must be rinsed with caps removed, and cans, pie plates and foil rinsed and placed in a sturdy container; these may be commingled with each other but with nothing else. The Town supplies one such container per household, which remains Town property, and a resident who loses or damages it must reimburse the Town for replacement. Subsections D through F extend state Environmental Conservation Law duties onto local businesses: service establishments must take back used motor oil at no charge, beverage dealers must redeem empty containers for deposit value, and retailers must accept used lead-acid batteries free of charge.

Recycling violations are enforced separately from the rest of Chapter 410 and carry a lighter, escalating fine schedule under § 410-9D rather than the heavier general penalty that applies to most other dumping and accumulation offenses in the chapter.