New Rochelle, NY Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

4: metal containers, glass containers, plastic containers, newspapers and cardboard. 5 spells out exactly how each must be prepared. Metal, glass and plastic containers are commingled in one bin: aluminum, steel and tin food and beverage cans must be rinsed, with labels left on, while paint cans, aerosol cans, scrap metal, wire, pipes, motors and automobile parts are expressly barred from that bin. Glass food and beverage containers must be rinsed and unbroken, with light bulbs, window glass, ceramics and pesticide bottles excluded. Plastics bearing resin codes 1 through 7, added by a 2012 amendment, are accepted, but plastic film, bags, vinyl, foam cups and containers that held motor oil or pesticides are prohibited.

None of the commingled items may be crushed in a kitchen compactor before setout. Newspapers go out separately in paper bags, loose, or in corrugated boxes, never tied in bundles or bagged in plastic, while corrugated cardboard must be flattened and tied in bundles, free of tape, metal or plastic contamination. 7, which take effect only after City Council approval by resolution.