To learn more about the Office of Refuse Control and the services this department provides to residents, please select an item in the menu. For more information, please phone 631.7119.
Totes Program
Local Law 5-2007 Use of Totes for Solid Waste Disposal
Holiday Pickup Schedule
Normal collection of all Solid Waste material will occur with the following exceptions in 2010.
- January 1 (New Years Day)
- May 31 (Memorial Day)
- July 4 (4th of July)
- September 6 (Labor Day)
- November 25 (Thanksgiving)
- December 25 (Christmas Day)
If your garbage day falls on one of the above days, your garbage and recyclable pick up will be delayed one day with Saturday being the makeup day for Friday’s collection.
Reminder
Yardwaste collection service starts April 1 and runs through November 30, annually.
Changes in Recycling Program
BFI (the Material Recovery Facility) can no longer take wax coated, wet strength cardboard. This includes all beverage container boxes and any wax coated boxes used to package frozen foods and dairy products.These items do not have any reuse nor can they be recycled. Bales of cardboard have been rejected and have had to be disposed of in landfills. Please make note of this change and to put these items in with your garbage. | 
