CITY OF NEW ROCHELLE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 2021 INFORMATION & COLLECTION SCHEDULE REFERENCE MATERIAL–DO NOT DISCARD CONTACT US WELCOME The Department of Public Works is one of the busiest departments in the www.newrochelleny.com/DPW City, overseeing trash and recycling collection, engineering, roads, storm Public Works Administration: water drainage and sewer collection systems, public buildings, and the City’s (914) 654-2130/1 vehicle and equipment fleet. Often behind the scenes, residents and visitors Bureau of Engineering: (914) 654-2131 benefit daily from the services we provide. Please take the time to read our City Hall guidelines and help us keep New Rochelle clean, safe and beautiful. 515 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY Hours: 8:30AM – 4:30 PM HANDLE WITH CARE Note: A permit is required for any sidewalk, curb, driveway or residential stormwater or The following items require special handling for pickup by the sanitary sewer work . Please contact DPW City of New Rochelle. Engineering staff for more details. REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS, DEHUMIDIFIERS & AIR CONDITIONERS Bureau of Refuse Collection Obtain Freon removal permit from City Clerk and call in advance for pickup on Wednesdays (page 2) Curbside garbage, paper and recycling pickup and disposal. TV/MONITORS Pick up by advance appointment the 2nd and 3rd Saturdays (page 2) Office: (914) 235-5830/ (914) 235-4654 Hours: 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM METAL ITEMS & APPLIANCES Pickups are Wednesdays by advance Metal Pickup Appointments: (914) 235-3593 appointment only (page 2) PAINT Must be hardened for pickup (page 2) Bureau of Streets & Highways Maintenance, repair, construction; pothole MATTRESSES Must be wrapped in plastic mattress bag and secured with patching and repair; ice and snow removal; duct tape. Place curbside on normal collection day. leaf and yard waste removal. Office: (914) 235-4029 PROHIBITED ITEMS Hours: 7:30AM -3:30 PM 24 hour Information Hotline: (914) 654-6510 DO NOT put these materials in garbage or recycling: Household Hazardous Waste (chemicals, batteries) is collected Bureau of Sewers & Drains by Westchester County at their H-MRF facility in Valhalla by Maintenance, repair and construction advance appointment (page 8) of sewers and drains; sewer backups. Construction materials (page 2) Office: (914) 235-3567/ (914) 654-2194 Hours: 7:30AM – 3:30PM Radiological materials/medical residual (pages 2 & 8) After 3:30PM call New Rochelle Police Automotive materials: parts, fluids, tires (page 2) Department: (914) 654-2300 Cell Phones: recycle locally (page 3) Bureau of Forestry Maintenance of City-owned trees & tree TABLE OF CONTENTS: 2021 COLLECTION DAYS planting program. Sanitation Pickup Guidelines ............................. page 2 Office: (914) 235-3549 Recycling Information. page 3 Bureau of Traffic Services Installation and maintenance of street lights, 2021 Collection Days . pages 4 & 5 signage and traffic signals. Yard Waste/Leaf Pick up Schedules ........................ page 6 Office: (914) 235-3859 Stormwater and New Rochelle LELE ....................... page 7 Streetlight Outages: (914) 235-8257 Hours: 7:30AM – 3:30PM Westchester County Hazardous Waste Collection ......... page 8 Stay connected with the City of New Rochelle /CityofNewRochelle n @NewRochelleNY n www.newrochelleny.com Sign up to our alert system for emergency notifications: newrochelleny.com/newroalert CITY OF NEW ROCHELLE 2021 SANITATION INFORMATION Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation AND COLLECTION SCHEDULE 914 235-5830/235-4654 Garbage Pickup: (914) 235-5830/235-4654. Televisions, Computers & Printers Metal Pickup Appointments: (914) 235-3593. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY All materials must be placed at the curbside by 7 AM. T/M/N 2ND SATURDAY - NORTH END ONLY For the summer months only (Memorial Day through 3RD SATURDAY - SOUTH END ONLY T/M/S Labor Day week/June 1 - September 10, 2021), all (Includes WEST and EAST ends) material must be placed at the curbside by 6 AM. Call 914-235-5830 during your collection week, before Thursday Please refer to calendar and website www.newrochelleny.com/ at 3:00 pm to schedule a pickup. Place curbside by 7AM. dpw for holiday collection schedule and further details. GARBAGE & TRASH Appliances & Heavy Metal Items WEDNESDAYS by Appointment ONLY GTN NORTH END: Monday & Thursday There will be NO Appliance pickup during HOLIDAY SOUTH END: Tuesday & Friday GTS weeks. Call the Bureau of Sanitation before noon on the Garbage: Kitchen garbage only Tuesday before collection at 914-235-3593. Place items Trash: Non-Kitchen items curbside by 7AM (6AM during summer months) n Garbage must be placed in garbage cans no larger Refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers or air conditioners than 32 gallons and weigh no more than 75 pounds require a sticker for Freon removal* prior to pickup. n CONTRACTOR GRADE HEAVY DUTY PLASTIC BAGS n Freon removal stickers are sold at the City Clerk’s Office at may be used but weighing no more than 75 pounds City Hall (phone 914-654-2159) for $25. n Brown leaf/yard waste bags are NOT ACCEPTABLE n After obtaining the sticker call 914-235-3593 to schedule for garbage an appointment for pickup. n Mattress Pickup: Mattresses and box springs placed at n Place sticker on the refrigerator/freezer or air conditioner the curb for refuse collection MUST BE INDIVIDUALLY and place items curbside by 7AM WRAPPED in a disposable mattress bag and sealed (6AM during summer months). with packing tape. * As an alternative, residents may have their own licensed NOTE: Bulk trash will not be picked up on holiday weeks. contractor remove the Freon gas and place their company sticker on the appliance. RECYCLABLES COMMINGLED/PAPER & CARDBOARD Paint Recyclables placed in ANY bags will NOT be accepted Paint must be hardened for collection – no liquid paint is Commingled COM accepted. To harden paint: n Rinse recyclables clean, remove caps; labels can Add an absorbent such as cat litter to paint, mix and let remain. Place caps loose for collection. sit until set (the more absorbent the quicker the paint will harden – usually a few days) n Metal: Cans, clean foil food tray, tin n Once hardened, place at curb on trash day with tops off n Glass: Bottles and jars of any size or color and alongside other garbage but not in a garbage can n Plastic: All plastics coded 1 through 7, no larger than or plastic bag so the sanitation crew can see that paint a large Laundry Detergent bottle is hardened. Discard can tops in regular garbage. n *Waxed cardboard Juice and Milk containers Recycle your items in: PROHIBITED ITEMS n Garbage cans no larger than 32 gal. and weighing no more than 75 lbs. THESE MUST NOT BE DISPOSED OF IN GARBAGE n COMMINGLED PLACED IN ANY BAGS OR RECYCLING (see page 3) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED n Containers used for hazardous materials of all types, safes, aluminum siding, and any car parts. PAPER Paper and Cardboard n Construction materials; Construction and demolition Newspapers & inserts, magazines, catalogs, materials of any kind must be disposed of privately. For a telephone books, junk mail, cardboard list of local facilities visit www.newrochelleny.com/debris Place paper/cardboard recycling in: n Radiological Medical Residual - Return these to the hospital n Garbage cans no larger than 32 gal. or health care facility where you or your pet received n FLATTEN AND TIE corrugated or gray cardboard treatment. Materials from treatment may not be disposed into bundles OR mix with paper collection until half-life has broken down. n n DO NOT tie papers or magazines-place into Household hazardous waste (chemicals, batteries (except containers for pickup instead. alkaline and carbon zinc); Automotive fluids and tires must be n All paper/cardboard MUST BE CONTAINED and recycled at service centers or brought to the H-MRF in Valhalla. NOT loose on the ground. Westchester County Household Material Recovery n DO NOT put paper recycling in plastic bags Facility in Valhalla accepts certain hazardous materials See page 3 for more DO’s and DON’Ts by advance appointment. See page 8 for details. For complete information on refuse and recycling removal guidelines visit 2 www.newrochelleny.com/DPW or call 914.235-5830/4654 2021 REFUSE & RECYCLING COLLECTION SCHEDULE COLLECTION REFUSE & RECYCLING 2021 CITY OF NEW ROCHELLE RECYCLING PROGRAM DO NOT USE PLASTIC BAGS FOR RECYCLING WHAT CAN I RECYCLE? METAL PICKUP – Separate your recyclables into Wednesdays by Appointment: 914-235-3593 paper and commingleds. These items can be picked up with metal recycling. Do not PAPER place with commingled or in trash. Call by noon on Tuesday for Wednesday pickup every week except holidays. Boxes (shoe, cereal & other boxes) Cardboard Pots and pans Patio/indoor metal furniture Clean pizza boxes Tools Exercise machines/equipment Envelopes, junk mail (staples ok but no plastic windows) Grills and grates Metal bed frames, head and footboards Glossy inserts with no plastic components Newspaper, magazines, catalogs Paper bags PRESCRIPTION DRUGS Paper- colored and white n Safe disposal at home: Empty the contents (pills, liquid, Phone books etc.) into trash and then separately discard the empty COMMINGLED – All items must be rinsed! container also in the trash bin. This will ensure that drugs Plastics cannot be retrieved by unintended users OR, Drop off at Food containers the disposal box at NRPD Headquarters, 475 North Ave. Household cleaning containers n Never flush any medicine down the toilet as they will Milk and juice containers enter water systems and cause harmful and costly public Plastics 1-7 (no larger than 5 gallon pail/laundry basket) health problems. Shampoo containers Not Accepted: Bring to Westchester County H-MRF see page 8 Soda and water bottles n Hydrogen Peroxide n Unused, non-empty Waxed cardboard juice and milk containers n Thermometers - Inhalers Metal Glass n Needles (sharps) - Aersol Cans n Empty aerosol cans Glass jars n Medications from Ointments Metal foil, pans, foil trays Soda bottles businesses or clinics n Lotions or liquids Soda cans Soup and food cans DISPOSAL OF DAILY PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT DON’T RECYCLE - PLACE IN GARBAGE Place the following items in trash: face masks, sanitary wipes (do NOT flush), rubber and plastic gloves.