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Learn the rules for getting rid of trash, recycling, compost, electronics, bulk items, leaf and yard waste, or special waste. The trash and recycling collection schedule for your home is based on your address. Compost is collected every week on the same day as recycling.
Collection Days. Place your trash curbside the evening before your scheduled trash collection day: Between 6 PM and midnight if it's in a bin with a secured lid, or; Between 8 PM and midnight if it's in bags; To look up the collection days for a specific address, visit the Trash, Recycling, and Compost Collection Schedule page. How to Get Rid ...
Types of Official NYC Bins. The following NYC Bins are available for purchase: Black waste bins are for household trash (anything that cannot be recycled or composted). Blue recycling bins are for disposing glass, metal, and plastic. Green recycling bins are for disposing paper and cardboard pieces.
All New York City residents have year-round yard waste collection service as part of curbside compost collection. Compost is collected every week on your recycling day. Residents are required to separate yard waste from trash.
If your normal collection day falls on a holiday, Sanitation will collect your recyclables the following week. To look up the collection days for a specific address, visit the Trash, Recycling, and Compost Collection Schedule page. How to Get Rid of Specific Items.
DSNY is currently running a residential trash containerization pilot program in Hamilton Heights to get trash off the street and into bins. This program provides shared curbside bins for residents to dispose their trash.
Curbside Composting is available for all residents of New York City. No sign-up is required for service. Compost is collected every week on the same day as recycling. Learn more about curbside composting. Visit the Trash, Recycling, and Compost Collection Schedule page to look up your collection day. Mandatory Separation
You can get free curbside removal of bulk items from residential buildings. You can put out up to 6 bulk items per collection day. Non-recyclable items must be placed out the night before your bulk trash ("large item") collection day (not your recycling day).
Residential and commercial properties must remove their empty trash and recycling bins from the sidewalk after the waste has been collected. For residential properties: If pickup is before 4 PM, residents must retrieve bins by 9 PM.
If the Department of Sanitation has never previously collected at an address or if the location has been vacant for a time, you must request trash collection. New trash collection requests are required for: New residential construction; Renovation of previously vacant residential buildings