Recycling Pickup

We pick up residential recycling bi-weekly on your collection day. Recycling is required in New York State. Please put recyclable items into their blue recycling carts.

Getting Started with Your Recycling Cart

Plan to place your recycling cart at the curb on your regular bi-weekly collection day. Place your cart at the curb no earlier than 6 p.m. before your trash date and remove it from the street by 7 p.m. on your trash date. Here are the timeframes:

 Collection Day Earliest Set-Out Time Remove Cart By

 Monday

  Sunday 6 p.m.  Monday 7 p.m.
 Tuesday  Monday 6 p.m.  Tuesday 7 p.m.
 Wednesday  Tuesday 6 p.m.  Wednesday 7 p.m.
 Thursday  Wednesday 6 p.m.  Thursday 7 p.m.
 Friday  Thursday 6 p.m.  Friday 7 p.m.

Updated regulations for your recycling set-out.

To keep our City clean and help our sanitation crews, please follow these simple rules and be aware that failure to do so may result in a violation notice and fine. Call Cityline at 315-448-CITY (2489) if you have an item that does not fit in your cart to request a bulk pickup, if you still have questions, or if you need a language interpreter. To learn more about using your new recycling cart, see the 

Visit OCCRA's website to learn more about recycling.

Do

  • Place only unbagged materials in your recycling carts. Bagged materials will not be collected.
  • Securely close the cart lid to prevent litter and scavenging.
  • On your designated recycling week, place your cart at the end of your driveway or in front of your house between the sidewalk and street on your regular collection day.
  • Recyclable materials include:
    • Paper
    • Flattened cardboard and food boxes
    • Metal cans
    • Milk and juice jugs
    • Glass jars and bottles
    • Plastic bottles and tubs

Don't

  • Use any container other than the City provided recycling cart.
  • Place recyclables in your trash cart.
  • Place prohibited items in your recycling cart such as:
    • Household trash
    • Yard waste
    • Hazardous/toxic waste
    • Paint
    • TVs and other electronics
    • Demolition waste
    • Medical/pathological waste
    • Explosives or radioactive materials

Visit OCCRA to find out how to manage these items.

 

View the 2026 Bi-Weekly Recycling Schedule

Fines

Fines may be incurred for improper use of trash and recycling carts. All residents are required to use the trash and recycling carts provided by the City.

DPW will not pick up trash and recycling that is set out wrong, and crews will issue a violation notice. Property owners will have 24 hours to pull back their setout from the curb to avoid paying the fine. Materials can then be set out properly for pickup the following week. Excess trash and recycling can also be transported to an Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency drop-off site. Visit ocrra.org for drop-off site locations and fee information.

You may receive fines for Health & Sanitation Violation (illegal set-outs and/or cart violations including:

Cart Violation

  • Containers not pulled back
  • Overflowing cart - lit not shut
  • Trash not bagged
  • Recycling bagged
  • Improper containerization
  • Early or late set out

Health & Sanitation Violation

  • Improper separation of trash
  • Excessive trash/construction debris
  • Debris in roadway
  • Mixed use property
  • Overweight can/bag
  • Litter & dumping
  • Commercial trash in public view

View more information on Health & Sanitation Violations.

Sanitation Day & Recycling Week Map

City Services Guide

Download the City Services Guide(PDF, 5MB)

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