Showing ordinances that apply to Southold, NY
Southold is an unincorporated community (population 6,040) in Suffolk County, New York. Because Southold is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Suffolk County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The recycling requirements rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Suffolk County mandates recycling under Local Law 13-2013 and New Yorks Mandatory Source Separation Law (ECL 27-0719). Residents must separate paper, metal, glass, and plastics #1 and #2 from trash. Most towns use single-stream curbside recycling weekly.
Suffolk County Code Chapter 563 requires source separation of recyclables and bans certain items from trash including paper, cardboard, metal cans, glass bottles, and PET/HDPE plastics. Brookhaven, Islip, Huntington, and Smithtown collect single-stream recycling weekly (paper, containers combined). Electronics (e-waste) are banned from landfills under New York State Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act; residents use town e-waste events or Best Buy/Staples drop-off. Polystyrene foam is banned from sale in food containers under Suffolk County Local Law 11-2017. Plastic bag ban applies under New York State Bag Waste Reduction Act (March 2020); 5-cent paper bag fee applies in Suffolk. Scavenging of recyclables from curbside is prohibited; recyclables become town property once placed curbside.
Failure to separate recyclables: 50-250 dollars first offense, up to 1,000 dollars repeat. E-waste in trash: 100 dollars. Scavenging: 250 dollars per Ch 563-10.
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