Connecticut trash pickup is run by cities, counties and private haulers, not by the state, and your pickup day comes from your city’s or hauler’s own lookup. Among the largest cities, Bridgeport, Stamford and New Haven collect curbside themselves. Connecticut has a bottle deposit, a PaintCare paint drop-off program, a mattress recycling program, an electronics recycling law and a ban on yard waste in landfills.
Find your city
- Middlebury — transfer station, residents with a current permit; closed Sunday and Monday. Published fees include $50 per mattress.
Other large cities and their official collection pages:
- Bridgeport: City of Bridgeport Department of Public Facilities, Sanitation and Recycling Divisions. Residential trash is collected weekly and recycling on the same day but every other week. Official page ↗
- Stamford: City of Stamford Recycling and Sanitation, Office of Operations. The city’s pickup-day search covers residential properties, single family or multi family, but it does not include condominiums. Official page ↗ Look up your collection day ↗
- New Haven: City of New Haven Department of Public Works. Curbside city recycling is available to residences with six units or less; larger buildings must file a site cleanliness plan naming their hauler. Official page ↗ Look up your collection day ↗
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Who collects in Connecticut
- Middlebury Transfer Station — self-haul, municipal
- Casella — Northeast brand; confirm the town page first
- Every Connecticut municipality must designate a local recycling contact, and DEEP lists one for all 169 towns because collection days, materials and transfer station hours are set town by town. Source ↗
- Household hazardous waste is collected through regional programs that generally run from April to early November, and a town that does not appear on DEEP’s schedule may be holding no collection that year. Source ↗
National haulers (Republic Services, WM, Waste Connections) hold contracts in many places; the city or county names the hauler for each street.
State-level rules
- Container deposit: Connecticut has a bottle deposit law. Connecticut charges a 10-cent deposit, raised from 5 cents on January 1, 2024, on glass, metal and plastic containers of beer and malt beverages, soda, water, juice, tea, coffee, kombucha and sports or energy drinks. Source ↗
- Paint: Connecticut is on the PaintCare roster. Connecticut’s paint stewardship law, CGS section 22a-904, is implemented by PaintCare, which has collected over 1 million gallons of leftover paint in the state. See paint. Source ↗
- Mattresses: Connecticut has a mattress stewardship program. Public Act 13-42 made Connecticut the first state with a mattress stewardship law, and the Mattress Recycling Council has run the program on a point-of-sale fee since May 1, 2015. See mattresses. Source ↗
- Electronics: Manufacturers finance free recycling of household computers, printers, televisions and monitors, and those covered electronic devices have been banned from disposal since January 1, 2011. Source ↗
- Yard waste: Banned from landfills statewide. Grass clippings are banned from disposal under CGS section 22a-208v, and leaves have been a mandated recyclable in Connecticut since 1989. Source ↗
- Connecticut’s paint stewardship program is being expanded by Public Act 26-107, signed June 2, 2026, which adds aerosol coatings and requires PaintCare to submit a revised program plan to DEEP by July 1, 2028. Source ↗
- Household hazardous waste is collected at regional events, and DEEP’s 2026 schedule shows the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments’ last 2026 collection on September 26, 2026 at Ansonia Public Works, 1 North Division Street. Source ↗
State agency
- State agency: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Reduce, Reuse, Recycle program. DEEP writes Connecticut’s recycling and solid waste rules and permits waste facilities, and it directs residents to their own town’s recycling coordinator for local program details. Official website ↗
- Find your local program: Local municipal recycling coordinators ↗
Flag of Connecticut. Public-domain artwork. Artwork: Jean-Pierre Demailly, xrmap authors, Commons users. Source. Resized to 480 pixels wide.
Materials with their own rules
Paint · Lithium-ion batteries · Household hazardous waste · Mattresses · Pizza boxes · Christmas trees
Mattress disposal in Connecticut: the state’s Bye Bye Mattress rules, fee and drop-off sites.
Neighboring states
Massachusetts · New York · Rhode Island
Sources
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