Yonkers / Westchester Multifamily Compliance Hub: Mandatory Recycling — Bulk Waste — Electronics — H-MRF — PaintCare
Yonkers apartment owners, property managers, and residents operate under overlapping
City of Yonkers sanitation rules,
Westchester County source-separation requirements,
and separate disposal programs for electronics, paint, household hazardous waste, and bulky material.
State legislative watch:
New York Assembly Bill A5248 (2025–2026) would enact the
“New York State Waste Recycling and Reduction Act” and create a proposed statewide
commercial-building recycling program for paper products and specified single-use plastic products.
As of August 11, 2026, A5248 remains
active in the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee and has not been enacted into law.
[12]
An important distinction for multifamily communities:
the
Yonkers Recycling Center
is not a general apartment-building drop-off facility.
Current City regulations restrict ordinary facility access to qualifying Yonkers residents
associated with buildings of six families or fewer and expressly state
“NO apartment building addresses allowed.”
[1]
Westchester recycling: required recyclable materials must be source-separated from solid waste under the County's Source Separation Law. Multifamily owners and managers should maintain a workable onsite recycling system and current resident instructions. [4] [5]
Yonkers ≤6-unit municipal bulk pathway: the City's weekly nonmetal bulk collection is currently available to private homes and buildings with six units or fewer. [2]
Larger multifamily: properties with more than six units should use their property-approved refuse, recycling, roll-off, and bulk-disposal arrangement rather than assuming residents or property staff can use the Recycling Center. The City's Refuse Disposal Division separately coordinates recycling activities and roll-off container service for multifamily dwellings. [1]
Special waste: household hazardous waste, electronics, paint, and other regulated materials may have separate resident or commercial disposal pathways and should not be routed through ordinary apartment trash or recycling.
2025–2026 Legislative Session: Assembly Bill A5248 would enact the “New York State Waste Recycling and Reduction Act.” The official New York State Legislature page currently lists the bill as ACTIVE — In Assembly Committee, with the current committee identified as Assembly Environmental Conservation. The latest listed action is January 7, 2026: referred to Environmental Conservation. [12]
Not current law: A5248 has not been enacted. Yonkers and Westchester County property managers should treat it as a legislative-monitoring and readiness item, not as a present State, County, or City compliance mandate. [12]
Proposed “commercial building” definition: A5248 would apply to a building—or any portion of a building—used for buying, selling, or otherwise providing goods or services, or for lawful business, commercial, professional-services, or manufacturing activities. [12]
Critical multifamily distinction: neither Yonkers' residential building-size rules nor Westchester's multifamily recycling framework should be treated as automatically establishing A5248 coverage for a purely residential apartment building. Under the proposed bill, the key issue is whether the building—or a portion of it—is actually used for qualifying commercial/business activity. [12]
Mixed-use multifamily relevance: if enacted in its current form, A5248 is most clearly relevant to retail, restaurant, office, professional-services, leasing-office, manufacturing, or other qualifying commercial portions of mixed-use apartment properties. That analysis should be kept separate from the residential multifamily recycling analysis. [12]
Proposed recycling mandate: the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation would be directed to establish a commercial recycling program requiring each covered commercial building to recycle paper products and specified single-use plastic products produced or used on site. [12]
Proposed collection options: a covered commercial building could arrange collection through a private carter, transport qualifying materials itself, or process qualifying materials onsite where DEC determines adequate recycling processes exist. [12]
Proposed owner / management education duty: commercial property owners and commercial-building management would be required to provide collection and educational resources, including regular guidance, training, updates, signage, and flyers for the workforce, tenants, and the public to support effective recycling sorting procedures. [12]
Proposed single-use plastic categories: A5248 identifies plastic bags; cling-film plastic food packaging; non-recyclable plastic bottles; plastic straws; plastic plates; non-reusable plastic containers; plastic cups, lids, and stirrers; plastic cutlery; plastic packaging rings; specified Styrofoam plates, take-away containers, and trays; and other single-use plastic products DEC may designate. [12]
Local-law protection: A5248 expressly states that it would not limit a local governmental agency from adopting, implementing, or enforcing recycling requirements that are more stringent or comprehensive. Westchester County's Source Separation Law and Yonkers sanitation/recycling requirements would therefore remain independently relevant. [12]
Proposed effective date: A5248 states that the Act would take effect on the 180th day after becoming law. Because the bill has not been enacted, there is currently no A5248 compliance-effective date. [12]
Yonkers Recycling Center: Read the Access Rules Before Using It
The Yonkers Recycling Center is located at
735 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, NY
and is currently open
Monday through Saturday, 7:30 AM–4:15 PM,
excluding holidays.
[1]
However, current City regulations impose important access limitations:
• Use is restricted to buildings of six families and under.
• No apartment-building addresses are allowed.
• No commercial or rented vehicles are allowed.
• Contractor-type vehicles and commercial debris may be rejected.
• Proof of Yonkers residency and corresponding vehicle registration may be required.
• No trailers are allowed.
• Residents are generally limited to two loads per week and one load per day.
[1]
Property-manager takeaway:
do not direct residents of a larger apartment building to the Recycling Center
as the property's standard disposal solution.
Confirm the property's established City/private collection and bulk-disposal arrangements.
Recycling Center: Accepted Materials vs. Prohibited Loads
For eligible users, Yonkers currently accepts categories including
household recyclables, electronics, selected metal and nonmetal bulk items,
fluorescent bulbs/ballasts, empty propane barbecue tanks, and certain other listed materials.
[1]
[3]
Current facility prohibitions include:
toxic paint, hazardous waste, oil or grease, roofing material,
raw garbage, and construction and demolition debris.
[1]
Recyclable material brought to the Center must be
separated by category and loose—not placed in plastic bags.
[1]
Bulk Waste: Six Units or Less vs. Larger Multifamily
Six units or fewer:
Yonkers currently provides weekly nonmetal bulk collection for
private homes and buildings with
six units or fewer.
Eligible nonmetal bulk includes items such as
mattresses, box springs, tables, chairs, couches, sleeper sofas, and properly prepared rugs.
[2]
Metal bulk—including washers, dryers, refrigerators,
air conditioners, bed frames, stoves, bicycles, and hot-water heaters—
is handled through the City's applicable appointment/drop-off procedures for eligible users.
[2]
More than six units:
property management should not rely on the City's six-unit-or-less residential bulk pathway.
Confirm the community's
property-approved downstream bulk, roll-off, or private disposal arrangement
before directing residents, porters, maintenance staff, or contractors to move material.
The City's Refuse Disposal Division states that it is responsible for roll-off container service to multifamily dwellings and for coordinating recycling activities at those dwellings. [1]
For larger apartment communities, this property-level collection framework is more relevant than assuming residents have individual access to the Recycling Center.
Westchester County Source Separation: Recycling Is Mandatory
Westchester County's
Source Separation Law
establishes the County's recycling framework and requires recyclable materials
to be separated from ordinary solid waste at the point of generation.
[4]
Westchester County also operates a
Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling Program
specifically designed to help apartment building owners, managers, and residents
comply with recycling requirements.
[5]
Property-manager practice:
maintain an operational recycling system with adequate collection capacity,
appropriately identified recycling areas,
current resident instructions,
and procedures that prevent recyclable materials from simply being mixed into ordinary trash.
A property that appears not to provide a workable source-separation system
may present a compliance issue.
Westchester County accepts recycling complaints regarding apartment buildings
and can provide compliance assistance.
[6]
Westchester's current Source Separation Law includes additional requirements for Nonresidential Waste Generators with areas open to the public or visitors.
Applicable public/visitor areas must provide separate, clearly identifiable receptacles for solid waste and recycling in accordance with the County requirements. The current framework can also apply to lessees, operators, managers, and other responsible parties in connection with County compliance inspections. [4]
Multifamily application: evaluate leasing offices, retail areas, commercial amenities, food-service areas, and other nonresidential/public-facing portions of mixed-use properties separately rather than assuming residential recycling procedures satisfy every nonresidential obligation.
A5248 legislative watch: these mixed-use/nonresidential areas are also the portions most likely to require a separate A5248 analysis if the bill is enacted in its current form. Proposed A5248 duties would be an additional State layer and would not replace Westchester's current nonresidential/public-area source-separation requirements. [12]
Electronics: Resident and Property-Generated Material Follow Different Paths
Yonkers currently accepts electronics such as televisions, computer monitors,
and various small electronic devices at the Recycling Center
for eligible users who satisfy the Center's access rules.
[1]
[2]
The City also states that televisions larger than
36 inches
may be scheduled for curbside pickup by appointment under the applicable residential program.
[2]
Large-apartment warning:
the Recycling Center's “no apartment building addresses” rule means the Center should not be presented
as the routine electronics-disposal solution for residents of larger multifamily communities.
Property-generated or commercially handled electronics should use an appropriate
business/commercial electronics-recycling pathway rather than resident facility privileges.
Household Hazardous Waste: Westchester H-MRF — Resident Appointment Program
Westchester County operates the
Household Material Recovery Facility (H-MRF)
at:
15 Woods Road
Valhalla, NY 10595
[7]
Current County guidance provides appointment slots
Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM.
Residents should reserve an appointment before traveling.
[7]
H-MRF accepts qualifying
household-generated hazardous and specialty materials
according to the County's current accepted-material rules.
Property-management warning:
H-MRF should not be presented as the disposal pathway for
maintenance-shop chemicals, contractor waste,
management-company waste, or other commercially generated hazardous material.
Those materials require the appropriate business/commercial disposal pathway.
PaintCare: Yonkers Resident Site vs. Statewide Property-Manager Options
New York's
PaintCare
stewardship program operates participating paint-recycling sites throughout the State.
PaintCare states that its New York network is available to
households, businesses, government agencies, and others
with eligible leftover architectural paint.
[8]
Yonkers municipal PaintCare site:
the Recycling Center participates in PaintCare,
but Yonkers imposes its own local access rules.
The City's current PaintCare page requires Yonkers residency,
matching driver's-license and vehicle-registration addresses,
limits visits to one per day/two days per week,
and currently limits the Yonkers drop-off to
five gallons per visit.
[9]
Property-manager option:
PaintCare's broader statewide network includes locations that accept eligible material from businesses.
Individual location limits and business eligibility should be verified before delivery.
[8]
100+ gallons:
PaintCare currently offers a
free Large Volume Pickup service
for qualifying customers—including property managers—with
100 gallons or more
of eligible leftover architectural paint.
Business-generator limitations may apply to oil-based products.
[10]
Yonkers Setout Enforcement: Don't Put Bulk or Garbage Out Early
Yonkers states that garbage and bulk material must not be placed at the curb
earlier than sundown on the evening before the scheduled collection.
[2]
The City's current enforcement page warns that failure to follow this requirement
may result in a fine of up to $1,500.
[2]
The City also currently requires applicable residential refuse containers to comply with
size, bagging, weight, and preparation rules, with violations classified separately under the City Code.
[2]
Property-manager takeaway:
maintain internal rules that prevent residents from placing furniture, mattresses,
garbage, or other material at the curb before the applicable City/property collection window.
Yonkers separately states that illegal dumping under §91-38 carries a minimum $5,000 penalty per violation, with unlawfully used vehicles subject to immediate impoundment and forfeiture proceedings. [11]
Property managers should maintain documented procedures for move-outs, abandoned furniture, contractor debris, mattresses, appliances, and bulk items so that material is routed through the property's authorized disposal procedure rather than abandoned on neighboring property, sidewalks, vacant lots, or other unauthorized locations.
Yonkers Multifamily Property-Manager Checklist
- ☑ Monitor A5248 for mixed-use areas: identify retail, restaurant, office, professional-services, leasing-office, manufacturing, and other qualifying commercial portions separately from residential operations. If enacted, A5248 could add State paper/single-use-plastic recycling, collection, signage, training, and education-resource duties. Until enactment, this is readiness planning—not a current mandate.
- ☑ Confirm building size: determine whether the property is six units or fewer or a larger multifamily community before applying City residential bulk procedures.
- ☑ Maintain recycling access: provide an operational onsite source-separation system consistent with Westchester recycling requirements and the property's collection arrangement.
- ☑ Check mixed-use areas: evaluate leasing offices, retail, food-service, commercial amenities, and public/visitor areas under the County's applicable nonresidential requirements, and separately monitor whether those areas could meet A5248's proposed commercial-building definition if the bill becomes law.
- ☑ Do not rely on Recycling Center access: larger apartment residents and property operations should not be instructed to use the Yonkers Recycling Center as the property's standard disposal pathway.
- ☑ Control bulk: maintain a property-approved process for furniture, mattresses, appliances, move-out debris, and oversized material.
- ☑ Control early setouts: prevent residents from staging garbage or bulk at the curb before the applicable Yonkers collection window.
- ☑ Separate electronics: keep TVs, monitors, computers, and covered electronics out of ordinary apartment trash.
- ☑ Separate hazardous waste: do not place pesticides, flammable chemicals, mercury products, solvents, and other hazardous material in ordinary trash/recycling.
- ☑ Distinguish resident vs. property-generated waste: resident household programs should not automatically be used to dispose of management-company, maintenance, contractor, or commercial waste.
- ☑ Evaluate PaintCare: use the statewide PaintCare network for eligible architectural paint and evaluate Large Volume Pickup when the property has 100+ gallons.
- ☑ Document procedures: retain resident instructions, service schedules, container-area photos, contamination records, bulk procedures, special-waste instructions, and corrective-action documentation.
How National Doorstep Supports Yonkers Property Management
Compliance is operational.
National Doorstep helps property management establish documented onsite procedures
designed to support applicable recycling, sanitation, and waste-management requirements.
This can include resident education, container-access procedures,
contamination controls, bulk-item instructions, service documentation,
and clear rules for materials that do not belong in ordinary trash or recycling.
National Doorstep can also provide resident-facing information identifying
applicable City, County, PaintCare, electronics, H-MRF,
and other authorized disposal pathways without representing resident-only programs
as property-management disposal facilities.
National Doorstep service boundary:
National Doorstep operates
upstream from the property's municipal or private downstream waste/recycling collection service.
Porters move properly prepared resident-setout ordinary waste and recycling
from apartment doors to
property-designated containers or collection areas on private property.
National Doorstep's standard doorstep service does not replace the property's
downstream hauling/disposal service and does not perform off-site municipal solid-waste hauling.
Special-waste exclusion:
standard doorstep service does not include the collection,
consolidation, transportation, or disposal of
hazardous waste, covered electronics, chemicals, paint,
or other regulated special waste.
A5248 mixed-use readiness:
if A5248 is enacted in the future, National Doorstep's onsite documentation,
approved-stream separation, contamination monitoring, resident/tenant education support,
signage support, and collection-area procedures may help management operationalize qualifying requirements.
National Doorstep should not characterize A5248 as a current legal requirement unless and until
it becomes law and applicable DEC implementation rules are effective.
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Service is implemented with ownership or authorized property-management approval.
CTA:
Request a Free Compliance Review for your Yonkers Property
Assembly Bill A5248 is pending legislation and is not a current legal mandate as of August 11, 2026.
Property management should confirm current requirements with the City of Yonkers, Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities, the property's downstream waste/recycling provider, and qualified legal or compliance professionals when appropriate, and should verify A5248's current legislative status before relying on the proposal.
EEAT / AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES: [1] City of Yonkers — Recycling Center: Hours, Access Restrictions, Multifamily Roll-Off / Recycling Role & Prohibited Materials | [2] City of Yonkers — Refuse & Bulk Removal: ≤6-Unit Bulk Eligibility, Setout Rules, Electronics & Current Penalties | [3] City of Yonkers — Garbage & Recycling / Accepted and Prohibited Materials | [4] Westchester County — Source Separation Law | [5] Westchester County — Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling Program | [6] Westchester County — Recycling Complaint / Compliance Assistance | [7] Westchester County — Household Material Recovery Facility (H-MRF) | [8] PaintCare New York — Household, Business & Government Paint Recycling | [9] City of Yonkers — Municipal PaintCare Drop-Off Rules | [10] PaintCare — Free Large Volume Pickup for 100+ Gallons | [11] City of Yonkers — Illegal Dumping Enforcement | [12] New York State Assembly Bill A5248 — 2025–2026 Legislative Session (“New York State Waste Recycling and Reduction Act”; proposed commercial-building paper/single-use-plastic recycling program; proposed collection and education duties; local-law savings clause; proposed 180-day effective date; current status: Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee)
White Plains Multifamily Compliance Hub: Mandatory Recycling — Electronics — Food Scraps — Bulk — H-MRF — PaintCare
White Plains apartment owners, property managers, and residents operate under a combination of
City of White Plains sanitation and recycling procedures,
Westchester County source-separation requirements,
and separate programs for electronics, food scraps, bulk material, paint, and household hazardous waste.
State legislative watch:
New York Assembly Bill A5248 (2025–2026) would enact the
“New York State Waste Recycling and Reduction Act” and create a proposed statewide
commercial-building recycling program for paper products and specified single-use plastic products.
As of August 11, 2026, A5248 remains
active in the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee and has not been enacted into law.
[11]
The
Gedney Recycling Yard
at
87 Gedney Way, White Plains, NY 10605
is the City's primary resident recycling resource,
but it is
a recycling facility—not a general trash dump.
Material-specific and vehicle-access rules still apply.
[1]
Recycling: Westchester County's Source Separation Law requires recyclable material to be separated from ordinary solid waste. Westchester also maintains a Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling Program specifically to assist apartment owners, managers, and residents with recycling compliance. [2] [3]
Gedney Yard: use the facility only for materials specifically accepted under current City rules. Gedney does not accept ordinary household trash. [1]
Bulk: determine whether the property is on regular City collection or Automated Side Loader (ASL) collection before directing residents to set out furniture, mattresses, metal, or electronics. [4]
Special waste: electronics, paint, household hazardous materials, batteries, construction debris, and other specialty materials may require a separate City, County, PaintCare, manufacturer, retailer, or commercial disposal pathway.
2025–2026 Legislative Session: Assembly Bill A5248 would enact the “New York State Waste Recycling and Reduction Act.” The official New York State Legislature page currently lists the bill as ACTIVE — In Assembly Committee, with the current committee identified as Assembly Environmental Conservation. The latest listed action is January 7, 2026: referred to Environmental Conservation. [11]
Not current law: A5248 has not been enacted. White Plains and Westchester County property managers should treat it as a legislative-monitoring and readiness item, not as a present State, County, or City compliance mandate. [11]
Proposed “commercial building” definition: A5248 would apply to a building—or any portion of a building—used for buying, selling, or otherwise providing goods or services, or for lawful business, commercial, professional-services, or manufacturing activities. [11]
Critical multifamily distinction: White Plains residential collection procedures and Westchester's multifamily recycling framework should not be treated as automatically establishing A5248 coverage for a purely residential apartment building. Under the proposed bill, the relevant issue is whether the building—or a portion of it—is actually used for qualifying commercial/business activity. [11]
Mixed-use multifamily relevance: if enacted in its current form, A5248 is most clearly relevant to retail, restaurant, office, professional-services, leasing-office, manufacturing, or other qualifying commercial portions of mixed-use apartment properties. That analysis should be kept separate from residential multifamily recycling obligations. [11]
Proposed recycling mandate: the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation would be directed to establish a commercial recycling program requiring each covered commercial building to recycle paper products and specified single-use plastic products produced or used on site. [11]
Proposed collection options: a covered commercial building could arrange collection through a private carter, transport qualifying materials itself, or process qualifying materials onsite where DEC determines adequate recycling processes exist. [11]
Proposed owner / management education duty: commercial property owners and commercial-building management would be required to provide collection and educational resources, including regular guidance, training, updates, signage, and flyers for the workforce, tenants, and the public to support effective recycling sorting procedures. [11]
Proposed single-use plastic categories: A5248 identifies plastic bags; cling-film plastic food packaging; non-recyclable plastic bottles; plastic straws; plastic plates; non-reusable plastic containers; plastic cups, lids, and stirrers; plastic cutlery; plastic packaging rings; specified Styrofoam plates, take-away containers, and trays; and other single-use plastic products DEC may designate. [11]
Local-law protection: A5248 expressly states that it would not limit a local governmental agency from adopting, implementing, or enforcing recycling requirements that are more stringent or comprehensive. Westchester County's Source Separation Law and White Plains sanitation/recycling requirements would therefore remain independently relevant. [11]
Proposed effective date: A5248 states that the Act would take effect on the 180th day after becoming law. Because the bill has not been enacted, there is currently no A5248 compliance-effective date. [11]
Gedney Recycling Yard: Current Hours & Facility Rules
Address:
87 Gedney Way, White Plains, NY 10605
Phone:
(914) 422-1472
Current hours:
Monday–Saturday:
8:00 AM–4:30 PM
Sunday:
8:00 AM–12:00 PM
The City's current facility page states:
residents and contractors are allowed Monday through Saturday,
while
Sunday is residents only.
[1]
White Plains' facility policies require users to check in at the gatehouse,
and the City states that resident identification may be required.
Cars and small noncommercial trucks are the ordinary facility vehicles;
commercial vehicles using the facility may be subject to a fee and material-specific limitations.
[5]
Important:
contractor or commercial access does not mean Gedney accepts every property-generated waste stream.
The material itself must be accepted under the City's current facility rules.
White Plains expressly states that the Gedney Recycling Yard is a recycling facility and does not accept trash.
Apartment management should not use Gedney as an overflow outlet for bagged household garbage, move-out trash, discarded furniture, renovation debris, or other materials not specifically accepted by the facility. [1]
Electronics: White Plains Uses a 55-Inch TV Rule
White Plains states that covered electronics should
not be disposed of as ordinary trash.
Eligible residents may bring e-waste to the Gedney Recycling Yard
or use applicable City/manufacturer recycling pathways.
[1]
[4]
TVs smaller than 55 inches:
White Plains currently requires these televisions to be
dropped off at the Gedney Recycling Yard.
[6]
TVs 55 inches or larger:
these may be dropped off at Gedney
or
residents may call the Sanitation Department at
(914) 422-1217
to schedule curbside pickup.
[6]
Property-manager distinction:
do not automatically use resident electronics procedures for electronics generated by
property management, maintenance operations, contractors, offices, or other commercial activities.
Property-generated electronics should use an appropriate business/commercial electronics-recycling pathway.
Food Scraps: White Plains Residential Diversion Program
White Plains operates a
residential food-scrap recycling / composting program
at the Gedney Recycling Yard.
[1]
Current accepted material includes food such as fruits and vegetables,
meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, bread, grains, eggshells,
leftovers, coffee grounds and paper filters,
plus certain paper towels, napkins, cut flowers, and certified compostable bags.
Not accepted:
plastic bags, wipes, diapers, glass, metal, ordinary plastic,
pet waste, and kitty litter.
[1]
Compliance distinction:
this is a City residential organics-diversion program.
Do not describe participation as a mandatory apartment-organics requirement
unless a separate legal requirement applicable to the specific property has been established.
TiLi Shed: 2026 “Take It or Leave It” Reuse Program
White Plains operates its
Take It or Leave It (TiLi) Shed
at the Gedney Recycling Yard to keep usable household items in circulation rather than sending them to disposal.
[1]
The City's current 2026 schedule begins
April 25, 2026
and runs through the City's published fall season.
Current hours:
Saturday:
9:00 AM–12:00 PM
Wednesday:
2:00 PM–4:00 PM
[1]
Items may only be dropped off while the TiLi Shed is open.
Important exclusions:
TiLi does not accept TVs, computer equipment,
upholstered furniture, bedding, clothing, rugs,
refrigerators, air conditioners, stuffed toys, pillows,
and several other categories listed by the City.
[1]
Bulk Furniture: Regular Collection vs. Automated Side Loader
White Plains operates two residential trash-collection methods,
and the correct bulk procedure depends on the property's actual route.
[4]
Regular collection route:
large nonmetal household items such as
mattresses and furniture
are generally collected at the curb on the
second scheduled garbage-pickup day.
[4]
Automated Side Loader (ASL) route:
items that do not fit inside the ASL cart require a
special bulk pickup appointment.
Call
(914) 422-1217
and allow the City's requested scheduling lead time.
[4]
Sofas and upholstered furniture:
worn-out upholstered furniture should use the property's applicable bulk-collection procedure.
TiLi does not accept upholstered furniture, and Gedney should not be treated as a general furniture dump.
Whether a property uses regular collection or an Automated Side Loader route, White Plains requires all mattresses to be wrapped in plastic and sealed with tape before Sanitation will collect them. [4]
Property managers should incorporate this requirement into move-out instructions, resident bulk policies, maintenance procedures, and abandoned-item response plans.
Metal Appliances & Special Pickup
White Plains provides separate handling for large metal items and appliances.
Refrigerators and other large metal items may be dropped at Gedney where allowed
or scheduled for special curbside pickup under the City's current procedures.
Residents may use the City's DPW At Your Service app or call
(914) 422-1217
for applicable pickup scheduling.
[4]
Apartment Turns & Renovations: Construction Debris Uses a Separate Path
Household renovation and construction/demolition debris should
not be mixed into ordinary City residential trash or taken to Gedney as general recycling.
White Plains recycling guidance directs construction and demolition material
to the responsible contractor or an appropriate
private transfer station licensed to handle that material.
[7]
Property managers should establish this pathway before apartment turns,
flooring replacements, bathroom renovations, cabinet removal,
demolition work, or other projects that can generate construction debris.
Westchester County Multifamily Recycling Compliance
Westchester County's
Source Separation Law
establishes mandatory separation of recyclable materials from solid waste.
[2]
The County's
Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling Program
is specifically designed to help
apartment building managers, owners, and residents comply with recycling laws.
[3]
Property-manager practice:
maintain a workable onsite recycling system,
adequate capacity,
identifiable recycling collection locations,
current resident instructions,
contamination controls,
and an established downstream collection process.
Westchester County's Recycling HelpLine is currently
(914) 813-5425
for recycling guidance.
[3]
Westchester's current Source Separation Law includes additional requirements for Nonresidential Waste Generators with areas open to the public or visitors.
Applicable public/visitor areas must provide separate, clearly identifiable solid-waste and recycling receptacles as required by the County framework. [2]
For a multifamily property, evaluate separately any leasing office, retail space, restaurant, commercial amenity, school, institutional use, or other nonresidential/public-facing area. Residential apartment recycling procedures should not automatically be treated as satisfying every nonresidential obligation.
A5248 legislative watch: these mixed-use/nonresidential areas are also the portions most likely to require a separate A5248 analysis if the bill is enacted in its current form. Proposed A5248 duties would be an additional State layer and would not replace Westchester's current nonresidential/public-area source-separation requirements. [11]
Household Hazardous & Specialty Waste: Westchester H-MRF
Westchester County operates the
Household Material Recovery Facility (H-MRF)
at:
15 Woods Road
Valhalla, NY 10595
Phone / Recycling HelpLine:
(914) 813-5425
Current appointment availability is generally
Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM.
Residents should reserve a time slot before traveling.
[8]
H-MRF accepts qualifying household specialty materials such as
household and pool chemicals,
flammable liquids,
certain automotive fluids,
pesticides,
stains,
fire extinguishers,
propane tanks,
mercury devices,
electronics,
Freon-containing appliances,
tires,
vehicle and rechargeable batteries,
fluorescent/CFL bulbs,
and other materials identified by the County.
[1]
Motor oil:
White Plains directs residents to return ordinary used motor oil to a service station rather than H-MRF.
[1]
H-MRF is a household / resident special-waste program.
Do not use a resident appointment to dispose of maintenance-shop chemicals, contractor waste, management-company hazardous material, renovation chemicals, or other commercially generated hazardous waste.
Property-generated hazardous material should use the appropriate authorized commercial disposal pathway.
PaintCare: A Strong Property-Manager Paint Recycling Option
New York's
PaintCare
program provides year-round drop-off locations for qualifying leftover architectural paint.
PaintCare's New York program is available to
households, businesses, government agencies, and other eligible generators.
There is currently
no separate charge at a PaintCare drop-off site
because the stewardship program is funded through the fee assessed when covered paint is purchased.
[9]
White Plains currently notes that PaintCare drop-off sites generally accept
up to five gallons per visit,
with some participating sites accepting more.
Always verify the individual site's current limit before delivery.
[1]
100+ gallons:
PaintCare currently offers a
free Large Volume Pickup service
for qualifying customers—including property managers—with at least
100 gallons of eligible leftover architectural paint.
Generator/product limitations can apply, particularly to business-generated oil-based paint,
so verify eligibility directly with PaintCare.
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White Plains Multifamily Property-Manager Checklist
- ☑ Monitor A5248 for mixed-use areas: identify retail, restaurant, office, professional-services, leasing-office, manufacturing, and other qualifying commercial portions separately from residential operations. If enacted, A5248 could add State paper/single-use-plastic recycling, collection, signage, training, and education-resource duties. Until enactment, this is readiness planning—not a current mandate.
- ☑ Confirm collection route: determine whether the property uses regular City sanitation, Automated Side Loader service, or another applicable downstream collection arrangement.
- ☑ Maintain recycling access: provide residents with a practical system for separating required recyclables from trash.
- ☑ Match capacity to resident volume: monitor recycling and refuse areas for overflow and contamination and adjust container capacity or service frequency when needed.
- ☑ Educate residents: provide current accepted-material rules, container locations, bulk procedures, electronics instructions, mattress preparation requirements, and prohibited-item guidance.
- ☑ Use current Gedney rules: treat Gedney as a material-specific recycling facility—not a general property trash or renovation-debris outlet.
- ☑ Apply the 55-inch TV rule: smaller TVs use Gedney drop-off; TVs 55 inches or larger may use Gedney or the applicable scheduled City pickup.
- ☑ Wrap mattresses: all mattresses must be wrapped in plastic and sealed with tape before City Sanitation pickup.
- ☑ Separate bulk procedures: regular-route and ASL properties have different bulk setout procedures.
- ☑ Route construction debris separately: use the responsible contractor or an appropriate licensed private transfer facility.
- ☑ Keep special waste separate: electronics, batteries, chemicals, paint, propane cylinders, Freon appliances, and other specialty materials should not enter ordinary apartment trash or recycling.
- ☑ Distinguish household from property-generated waste: do not treat resident H-MRF privileges as a disposal route for management-company, maintenance, contractor, or commercial hazardous material.
- ☑ Evaluate PaintCare: property managers with eligible paint should use PaintCare's business-access network and evaluate Large Volume Pickup for 100+ gallons.
- ☑ Review mixed-use areas: separately evaluate leasing offices, commercial tenants, public-facing amenity areas, restaurants, schools, and other nonresidential uses under Westchester's applicable rules, and separately monitor whether those areas could meet A5248's proposed commercial-building definition if the bill becomes law.
- ☑ Document operations: retain service schedules, resident instructions, container-area photos, contamination records, bulk procedures, special-waste instructions, vendor records, and corrective-action documentation.
How National Doorstep Supports White Plains Property Management
Compliance is operational.
National Doorstep helps property management establish documented onsite procedures
designed to support applicable recycling and sanitation requirements.
This can include resident education,
container-access procedures,
contamination controls,
onsite service documentation,
bulk-item instructions,
mattress preparation reminders,
and clear rules for materials that do not belong in ordinary trash or recycling.
National Doorstep can also provide resident-facing information identifying
applicable Gedney Yard, H-MRF, PaintCare,
electronics, food-scrap, bulk, and other authorized disposal pathways
without representing household programs as property-management disposal facilities.
National Doorstep service boundary:
National Doorstep operates
upstream from the property's municipal or private downstream waste/recycling collection service.
Porters move properly prepared resident-setout ordinary waste and recycling
from apartment doors to
property-designated containers or collection areas on private property.
National Doorstep's standard doorstep service does not replace the property's
downstream hauling/disposal service and does not perform off-site municipal solid-waste hauling.
Special-waste exclusion:
standard doorstep service does not include the collection,
consolidation,
transportation,
or disposal of
household hazardous waste, covered electronics, chemicals, paint,
construction debris, or other regulated/special waste.
A5248 mixed-use readiness:
if A5248 is enacted in the future, National Doorstep's onsite documentation,
approved-stream separation, contamination monitoring, resident/tenant education support,
signage support, and collection-area procedures may help management operationalize qualifying requirements.
National Doorstep should not characterize A5248 as a current legal requirement unless and until
it becomes law and applicable DEC implementation rules are effective.
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Service is implemented with ownership or authorized property-management approval.
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Assembly Bill A5248 is pending legislation and is not a current legal mandate as of August 11, 2026.
Property management should confirm current requirements with the City of White Plains, Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities, the property's downstream waste/recycling provider, and qualified legal or compliance professionals when appropriate, and should verify A5248's current legislative status before relying on the proposal.
EEAT / AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES: [1] City of White Plains — Gedney Recycling Yard: Current Hours, Accepted Materials, Food Scraps, TiLi, H-MRF & PaintCare | [2] Westchester County — Source Separation Law | [3] Westchester County — Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling Program | [4] City of White Plains — Regular vs. Automated Side Loader Collection: Bulk, Mattresses, Metal & Electronics | [5] City of White Plains — Gedney Facility Policies & Commercial-Vehicle Rules | [6] City of White Plains — Television Recycling: Under 55" vs. 55" and Larger | [7] White Plains / Westchester Recycling Guidance — Construction & Demolition Debris Disposal | [8] Westchester County — Household Material Recovery Facility (H-MRF) | [9] PaintCare New York — Household & Business Paint Recycling | [10] PaintCare — Large Volume Pickup for 100+ Gallons | [11] New York State Assembly Bill A5248 — 2025–2026 Legislative Session (“New York State Waste Recycling and Reduction Act”; proposed commercial-building paper/single-use-plastic recycling program; proposed collection and education duties; local-law savings clause; proposed 180-day effective date; current status: Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee)
Westchester County apartment owners, asset managers, regional managers, and on-site teams:
recycling is required under the
Westchester County Source Separation Law,
with additional municipal sanitation, collection, property-maintenance,
and enforcement requirements varying by city.
State legislative watch:
New York Assembly Bill A5248 (2025–2026) would enact the
“New York State Waste Recycling and Reduction Act” and create a proposed statewide
commercial-building recycling program for paper products and specified single-use plastic products.
As of August 11, 2026, A5248 remains
active in the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee and has not been enacted into law.
The County requires solid waste and recyclables to be separated at the point of generation and maintains a Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling Program specifically to assist apartment building owners, managers, and residents. Property management should therefore maintain an operational recycling system, current resident education, appropriate recycling capacity, and a documented downstream collection arrangement.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY — MULTIFAMILY SOURCE-SEPARATION BASELINE
The Westchester County Source Separation Law requires solid waste and recyclable materials to be separated at the point of generation.
Westchester County specifically operates a Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling Program to assist apartment owners, managers, and residents with recycling-law compliance.
Property-manager operating priority: maintain a practical onsite system that allows residents to separate required recyclables from ordinary trash and ensures those materials enter the property's applicable downstream recycling arrangement.
Westchester County — Source Separation Law | Westchester — Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling
YONKERS CODE CHAPTER 92 — 3+ UNIT OWNER / MANAGER RULE
Yonkers Chapter 92 expressly includes the owner or manager of a habitable building with three or more dwelling units within the definition of a Residential Waste Generator.
Under §92-4, every residential waste generator is responsible for source separation of residential recyclable material from household waste at the point and time of generation.
The residential waste generator must also provide for removal of the separated recyclables and household waste in accordance with applicable City procedures.
Property-manager consequence: for a Yonkers building containing three or more dwelling units, Chapter 92 expressly reaches the owner or manager rather than placing responsibility solely on individual residents.
PENDING NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATION — ASSEMBLY BILL A5248
2025–2026 Legislative Session: Assembly Bill A5248 would enact the “New York State Waste Recycling and Reduction Act.” The official New York State Legislature page currently lists the bill as ACTIVE — In Assembly Committee, with the current committee identified as Assembly Environmental Conservation. The latest listed action is January 7, 2026: referred to Environmental Conservation.
Not current law: A5248 has not been enacted. Westchester County property managers should treat it as a legislative-monitoring and readiness item, not as a present State, County, or municipal compliance mandate.
Proposed “commercial building” definition: A5248 would apply to a building—or any portion of a building—used for buying, selling, or otherwise providing goods or services, or for lawful business, commercial, professional-services, or manufacturing activities.
Critical Westchester multifamily distinction: Westchester's multifamily recycling requirements, Yonkers' 3+ unit owner/manager rule, and municipal collection classifications should not be treated as automatically establishing A5248 coverage for a purely residential apartment building. Under the proposed bill, the relevant issue is whether the building—or a portion of it—is actually used for qualifying commercial/business activity.
Mixed-use multifamily relevance: if enacted in its current form, A5248 is most clearly relevant to retail, restaurant, office, professional-services, leasing-office, manufacturing, school, institutional, medical/office, or other qualifying commercial portions of mixed-use properties. Residential multifamily and commercial/mixed-use analyses should remain separate.
Proposed recycling mandate: the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation would be directed to establish a commercial recycling program requiring each covered commercial building to recycle paper products and specified single-use plastic products produced or used on site.
Proposed collection options: a covered commercial building could arrange collection through a private carter, transport qualifying materials itself, or process qualifying materials onsite where DEC determines adequate recycling processes exist.
Proposed owner / management education duty: commercial property owners and commercial-building management would be required to provide collection and educational resources, including regular guidance, training, updates, signage, and flyers for the workforce, tenants, and the public to support effective recycling sorting procedures.
Proposed single-use plastic categories: A5248 identifies plastic bags; cling-film plastic food packaging; non-recyclable plastic bottles; plastic straws; plastic plates; non-reusable plastic containers; plastic cups, lids, and stirrers; plastic cutlery; plastic packaging rings; specified Styrofoam plates, take-away containers, and trays; and other single-use plastic products DEC may designate.
Local-law protection: A5248 expressly states that it would not limit a local governmental agency from adopting, implementing, or enforcing recycling requirements that are more stringent or comprehensive. Westchester County's Source Separation Law and municipality-specific rules would therefore remain independently relevant.
Proposed effective date: A5248 states that the Act would take effect on the 180th day after becoming law. Because the bill has not been enacted, there is currently no A5248 compliance-effective date.
- A5248 mixed-use legislative watch: identify retail, restaurant, office, professional-services, leasing-office, medical/office, school, institutional, manufacturing, and other qualifying commercial portions separately from residential operations. If enacted, A5248 could add a State paper / single-use-plastic recycling and education layer. Until enactment, this is readiness planning—not a current mandate.
- Confirm jurisdiction: determine the exact Westchester municipality before applying local container, setout, bulk, collection, or penalty rules.
- Maintain source separation: ordinary trash and County-designated recyclable materials should remain separate.
- Provide practical recycling capacity: size containers and downstream collection frequency to actual resident volume.
- Educate residents: provide current accepted-material instructions, preparation requirements, bulk procedures, and special-waste guidance.
- Monitor contamination: document recurring mixing of trash and recyclables and provide corrective resident communication.
- Check mixed-use areas: leasing offices, restaurants, retail, offices, schools, institutional uses, and public-facing amenities may trigger additional nonresidential requirements.
- Document operations: retain service schedules, vendor records, photographs, resident education, contamination notices, and corrective actions.
At a Glance: Yonkers, White Plains, Westchester County + A5248 Statewide Watch
City of Yonkers
- A5248 — pending State legislation: Yonkers' 3+ unit Residential Waste Generator rule does not itself establish A5248 commercial-building coverage.
- Chapter 92: applies to every waste generator in the City.
- 3+ unit owner/manager: expressly included as a residential waste generator.
- Duty: source-separate recyclables and provide for removal of separated recycling and household waste.
- First Chapter 92 violation: may be addressed by either a written warning or Class III enforcement.
- Continuing Chapter 92 violation: each day constitutes a separate violation and offense.
City of White Plains
- A5248 — pending State legislation: qualifying commercial portions of mixed-use properties could face an additional State paper / single-use-plastic recycling and education layer if enacted.
- County baseline: Westchester Source Separation Law applies.
- City operations: follow current White Plains sanitation and recycling requirements.
- Collection: verify whether the specific property receives applicable municipal service or maintains another permitted downstream collection arrangement.
- Special materials: Gedney Yard, H-MRF, PaintCare and City bulk programs each have distinct eligibility and handling rules.
- Enforcement: penalties depend on the particular White Plains code provision involved; do not apply Yonkers' Class III schedule to White Plains.
Westchester County
- A5248 — pending State legislation: if enacted, qualifying commercial buildings/portions countywide could face an additional State layer, while current County and municipal rules remain independently applicable.
- Mandatory source separation: applies to waste generators throughout Westchester County.
- Multifamily program: County resources specifically address apartment owners, managers, and residents.
- DEF enforcement: Westchester Department of Environmental Facilities has authority to enforce the Source Separation Law.
- Oops! notices: municipalities may use County-provided “Oops!” stickers to identify improperly separated material left uncollected.
- Municipal overlay: local collection, container, nuisance, property-maintenance, and enforcement rules still apply.
Westchester's current Source Separation Law includes additional requirements for Nonresidential Waste Generators with areas open to the public or visitors.
Such areas must provide separate, clearly marked and identifiable receptacles for solid waste and recycling. The paired receptacles must be placed in close proximity and be available in applicable public/visitor areas, floors, and food-service areas.
The County also states that nonresidential waste generators, including applicable lessees, operators, managers, and assigns, must comply with reasonable DEF access requests during inspections.
Multifamily application: evaluate leasing offices, retail areas, restaurants, commercial amenities, schools, medical/office space, and other public-facing or nonresidential portions of mixed-use communities separately.
A5248 legislative watch: these mixed-use/nonresidential areas are also the portions most likely to require a separate A5248 analysis if the bill is enacted in its current form. Proposed A5248 duties would be an additional State layer and would not replace Westchester's current nonresidential/public-area source-separation requirements.
The city matrix below describes current County and municipal requirements. Assembly Bill A5248 is pending State legislation and does not replace any current rule shown below. If enacted in its current form, it could create an additional statewide recycling layer for commercial buildings or commercial portions of mixed-use buildings. Keep residential multifamily analysis separate from commercial/mixed-use analysis.
Westchester County Cities — Multifamily Property-Manager Compliance Matrix
Westchester County has six incorporated cities: Yonkers, White Plains, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Peekskill, and Rye. The County Source Separation Law provides the common recycling baseline, while each City can impose its own collection, container, sanitation, service-fee, bulk, nuisance, and enforcement provisions.
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| City | Verified Framework | Relevant Property-Manager Information | Official / Authoritative Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonkers | Chapter 92 + Westchester County Source Separation |
Yonkers Chapter 92 applies to every waste generator.
The definition of Residential Waste Generator expressly includes the owner or manager of a habitable building containing three or more dwelling units. Residential waste generators must source-separate residential recyclables and provide for removal of recyclables and household waste. A first Chapter 92 violation may receive either a written warning or Class III enforcement. If the first violation was addressed by warning, a second violation within three years constitutes a Class III offense. Chapter 92 expressly provides that each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation and offense. Current Yonkers general penalty provisions allow a Class III civil penalty up to $1,500. Do not describe $1,500 as an automatic fine for every first violation. |
Yonkers Chapter 92
Yonkers Refuse & Bulk |
| White Plains | Westchester Source Separation + current City sanitation/recycling rules |
Multifamily properties remain within the County's source-separation framework.
White Plains currently provides municipal sanitation and recycling services to qualifying residential properties and some small commercial buildings, while larger or site-specific developments may have other approved collection arrangements. Property managers should verify the actual property's service route before applying City curbside, ASL, bulk, Gedney Yard, or special-material instructions. White Plains requires mattresses to be wrapped in plastic and sealed with tape before City Sanitation collection. Gedney Recycling Yard is a material-specific recycling facility and should not be treated as a general apartment trash or renovation-debris facility. White Plains enforcement depends on the specific City sanitation, property-maintenance, or other provision involved. Do not apply the Yonkers Class III schedule to White Plains. |
White Plains Sanitation
Gedney Recycling Yard |
| New Rochelle | Westchester Source Separation + New Rochelle Chapter 163 |
New Rochelle's solid-waste code contains specific multifamily provisions.
For a multifamily building containing three or more dwelling units, an owner or manager may enter into a contract with the City for additional solid-waste collections beyond the City's regular multifamily schedule. Where that additional-collection program is used, the Code requires the building to have an aggressive recycling program already in place with 100% participation by tenants and the owner. City Code also establishes residential refuse fees on a per-dwelling-unit basis. Property managers should verify the property's normal City collection schedule, any additional-collection agreement, recycling setup, access requirements, and applicable annual refuse fees. |
New Rochelle — Article IV Collection
New Rochelle DPW Online |
| Mount Vernon | Westchester Source Separation + Mount Vernon sanitation system |
Mount Vernon's Bureau of Sanitation currently provides
weekly recycling collection for residents and business owners
and states that the City adheres to New York State and Westchester County
recycling and waste-reduction goals.
City Code authorizes the DPW Commissioner to establish rules governing the manner in which garbage, rubbish, and other refuse must be sorted, placed, removed, and collected. Mount Vernon also licenses private garbage/rubbish collectors and regulates their collection vehicles and operating hours. Property-manager financial note: the City's current Refuse Sustainability Fee page states that rented apartments are subject to a $200 per-unit fee. Management should verify current assessment and billing treatment for the actual property. |
Mount Vernon Sanitation
Mount Vernon Chapter 140 Refuse Sustainability Fee |
| Peekskill | Westchester Source Separation + Peekskill Chapter 485 |
Peekskill operates municipal solid-waste and recycling collection
through its East and West sanitation districts.
Property managers should use the property's current address-specific collection calendar and confirm local rules for bulk, refuse, recycling, and special materials. A significant current owner-level provision was added in 2025: Peekskill Local Law No. 6 amended §485-8 so that unpaid municipal or municipally contracted solid-waste and recycling fees, penalties, interest, bulk-pickup fees, and applicable violations may be added to the annual tax levy on the real property receiving the service when statutory conditions are met. This makes timely resolution of sanitation/recycling billing and violation issues particularly important for ownership and management. |
Peekskill Collection Schedules |
| Rye | Westchester Source Separation + Rye Article III Solid Waste |
Rye City Code requires persons responsible for
premises used for residential purposes
to prepare and segregate materials for municipal collection.
Recyclables for which separate collection is provided must be separated from municipally collected solid waste and prepared in accordance with DPW rules. Current City operations provide curbside trash twice weekly, separate paper and container recycling, scheduled electronics/metal collection, bulk collection, green-waste service, and a resident recycling center. Rye has also publicly stated that trash and recycling collection within the City is performed by City DPW. Property management should therefore verify municipal procedures before representing a private onsite service as replacing City collection. |
Rye — Article III Solid Waste
Rye Trash & Recycling |
Westchester / Yonkers Enforcement Snapshot
- Westchester County: the Department of Environmental Facilities has authority to enforce the Source Separation Law, including through inspections and recycling-complaint follow-up.
- County “Oops!” stickers: while supplies remain, municipal sanitation departments may use County-provided “Oops!” stickers to identify improperly separated waste/recycling left at the curb. An “Oops!” sticker should be treated as a collection/compliance tool, not described as a statutory fine.
- Yonkers Chapter 92 — first violation: may be punishable by either a written warning or as a Class III offense.
- Yonkers after a warning: if a first violation was punished by written warning, a second Chapter 92 violation within three years constitutes a Class III offense.
- Yonkers Class III civil maximum: up to $1,500. This is a maximum civil penalty—not an automatic fine for every recycling violation.
- Yonkers continuing Chapter 92 violation: each day constitutes a separate violation and offense subject to a separate penalty.
- White Plains: sanitation, nuisance, property-maintenance, and recycling enforcement depends on the specific City/County provision involved. Do not use Yonkers' Class III penalty schedule for a White Plains property.
- Municipality-specific enforcement: Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Peekskill, Rye, and the County's towns/villages can impose their own collection, service-fee, property-maintenance, nuisance, and violation consequences in addition to the County source-separation framework.
Westchester Multifamily Recycling Compliance Checklist
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| Task | Property-Manager Action | Compliance / Operating Detail | Helpful Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☑ Monitor A5248 | Identify whether the property contains retail, restaurant, office, professional-services, leasing-office, school, institutional, medical/office, manufacturing, or another qualifying commercial portion. |
A5248 is pending legislation, not current law.
If enacted in its current form, covered commercial buildings/portions would be subject to
a proposed State recycling program for paper products and specified single-use plastics,
together with owner/management collection and education-resource duties.
Do not infer A5248 coverage from residential unit count, Yonkers' 3+ Residential Waste Generator classification, or Westchester multifamily status alone. |
NY Assembly Bill A5248 |
| ☑ Confirm Jurisdiction | Identify the exact City, Town, and Village containing the property. |
Westchester County establishes the regional source-separation baseline,
but municipalities maintain different collection,
container, bulk, nuisance, property-maintenance,
and enforcement rules.
Do not apply Yonkers or White Plains procedures to another municipality merely because the property has a similar building type. |
Westchester Municipal Profiles |
| ☑ Maintain Source Separation | Keep required recyclable materials separated from ordinary solid waste. |
The Westchester County Source Separation Law requires separation
of solid waste from recyclable material at the point of generation.
Resident instructions should reflect the County's current accepted-material guidance and the property's downstream recycling arrangement. |
County Source Separation Law |
| ☑ Provide Practical Recycling Capacity | Maintain clearly identifiable recycling containers sized to resident volume. |
Container quantity,
location,
configuration,
and collection frequency should support the property's source-separation obligation
and prevent contamination or overflow.
This is an operating recommendation unless a specific City, site-plan approval, lease, or other controlling rule imposes a more exact standard. |
Multifamily Recycling Program |
| ☑ Check Yonkers 3+ Unit Rule | For a Yonkers property, determine whether the building contains three or more units. |
Yonkers Chapter 92 expressly includes the
owner or manager of a habitable building with 3+ dwelling units
as a Residential Waste Generator.
Management should therefore maintain a documented system for resident source separation and removal of the separated materials. |
Yonkers Chapter 92 |
| ☑ Verify Collection Provider | Determine whether collection is municipal, private, or another property-approved arrangement. |
Collection models vary substantially across Westchester.
For example, Rye states that trash/recycling collection is performed by City DPW, while individual properties in other cities may use City or private collection depending on building type and local service rules. |
Westchester DEF |
| ☑ Evaluate Mixed-Use Areas | Review leasing offices, commercial tenants, restaurants, amenity spaces, offices, schools, and other public-facing areas. |
Westchester's current law requires qualifying
nonresidential public/visitor areas
to provide clearly identifiable separate trash/recycling receptacles
in close proximity.
Do not assume a residential apartment recycling arrangement satisfies all obligations of a mixed-use building. A5248 watch: if enacted, qualifying commercial portions could also face proposed State paper/single-use-plastic recycling and owner/management education-resource duties. |
2024 County Requirements |
| ☑ Check Large Nonresidential Plan Duties | Determine whether a mixed-use or institutional component qualifies as a large nonresidential generator. |
Westchester County requires qualifying large nonresidential generators
to maintain a solid-waste disposal/source-separation plan.
County guidance generally focuses this category on substantial business, school, institutional, healthcare, or similar operations, rather than ordinary residential unit count alone. |
Businesses, Schools & Others |
| ☑ Educate Residents | Provide recurring recycling instructions at move-in and throughout occupancy. |
Resident education should identify:
• accepted recyclables; • prohibited contaminants; • cardboard preparation; • container locations; • property pickup procedures; • electronics/battery rules; • bulk-item procedures; • special-waste pathways. |
Multifamily Resources |
| ☑ Monitor Contamination | Inspect recycling areas and correct recurring mixing of trash and recyclables. |
Municipal sanitation programs may leave improperly separated material
uncollected and may use educational notices or County-provided
“Oops!” stickers.
Privately serviced properties should follow the contamination procedure established with their downstream collector. |
County Source Separation |
| ☑ Control Bulk / Special Waste | Maintain separate procedures for furniture, mattresses, electronics, paint, HHW, appliances, batteries, and renovation debris. |
Do not assume that an ordinary apartment trash or recycling container
is the lawful route for special or regulated material.
Use the applicable municipal, County H-MRF, PaintCare, manufacturer/retailer, or commercial disposal pathway based on generator and material type. |
Westchester H-MRF |
| ☑ Document Operations | Maintain a property-specific compliance file. |
Recommended records include:
• applicable County/local rules; • unit count and property classification; • downstream service agreements; • collection schedules; • container maps; • resident education materials; • photographs; • contamination notices; • inspection notices; • corrective actions; • special-waste procedures. Documentation supports property-management compliance efforts but does not guarantee the outcome of a governmental inspection or enforcement matter. |
Westchester DEF |
Westchester Property-Manager Operating Priorities
Program Setup
- Identify residential-only vs. mixed-use/commercial portions for A5248 monitoring.
- Confirm municipality.
- Confirm municipal vs. private collection.
- Verify resident recycling streams.
- Right-size trash and recycling capacity.
- Identify mixed-use/nonresidential areas.
- Establish bulk and special-waste procedures.
- Prepare resident education.
Ongoing Operations
- Monitor A5248 status where the property contains qualifying commercial space.
- Inspect collection areas.
- Track contamination.
- Prevent overflow.
- Update resident instructions.
- Document notices and corrective actions.
- Keep special waste out of ordinary streams.
- Review City/County changes periodically.
National Doorstep operates upstream from the property's municipal or private downstream trash and recycling collection service. Porters move properly prepared resident-setout ordinary waste and recycling from apartment doors to property-designated containers or collection areas on private property.
National Doorstep's standard doorstep service does not replace the property's downstream hauling/disposal service and does not perform off-site municipal solid-waste hauling.
Special-waste exclusion: standard doorstep service does not include collection, consolidation, transportation, or disposal of household hazardous waste, covered electronics, chemicals, paint, construction debris, or other regulated/special waste.
A5248 mixed-use readiness: if A5248 is enacted in the future, National Doorstep's onsite documentation, approved-stream separation, contamination monitoring, resident/tenant education support, signage support, and collection-area procedures may help management operationalize qualifying requirements. A5248 should not be characterized as a current legal requirement unless and until it becomes law and applicable DEC implementation rules are effective.
Service is implemented with ownership or authorized property-management approval.
Need a documented Westchester multifamily recycling program? National Doorstep can review the property's municipality, collection arrangement, Yonkers 3+ unit status where applicable, recycling-container capacity, resident procedures, contamination controls, mixed-use areas, bulk procedures, and onsite waste/recycling workflow.
National Doorstep provides operational compliance support, including resident education, onsite collection procedures, contamination controls, service documentation, and coordination with the property's established downstream collection arrangement.
The goal is to establish documented operating procedures designed to support property-management compliance and demonstrate consistent onsite waste and recycling practices.
A5248 mixed-use readiness: for properties with qualifying commercial components, management can separately map paper and single-use-plastic streams, tenant/business education, signage, collection responsibility, and downstream routing so the property is prepared to evaluate A5248 if it becomes law. This is readiness planning—not a representation that A5248 is currently enforceable.
This page provides general operational and regulatory information for multifamily property owners and managers and is not legal advice.
Requirements can vary based on municipality, unit count, property classification, residential/nonresidential use, collection arrangement, mixed-use occupancy, material type, facility eligibility, and current County/City rules.
Assembly Bill A5248 is pending legislation and is not a current legal mandate as of August 11, 2026.
Property management should confirm current requirements with Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities, the applicable municipality, the property's downstream waste/recycling provider, and qualified legal or compliance professionals when appropriate, and should verify A5248's current legislative status before relying on the proposal.
Authoritative Ordinance & Property-Manager Sources
Westchester County — Source Separation Law | Westchester — Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling | Westchester — Businesses, Schools & Other Generators | Westchester — H-MRF | Yonkers — Chapter 92 Recycling | Yonkers — Refuse & Bulk Removal | White Plains — Bureau of Sanitation | White Plains — Gedney Recycling Yard | New Rochelle — Multifamily / Collection Provisions | New Rochelle — DPW Online | Mount Vernon — Bureau of Sanitation | Mount Vernon — Chapter 140 | Mount Vernon — Refuse Sustainability Fee | Peekskill — Collection Schedules | Rye — Article III Solid Waste | Rye — Trash & Recycling | New York State Assembly Bill A5248 — 2025–2026 Legislative Session (“New York State Waste Recycling and Reduction Act”; proposed commercial-building paper/single-use-plastic recycling program; proposed collection and education duties; local-law savings clause; proposed 180-day effective date; current status: Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee)
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