Accepted Waste
Trashed batteries start fires!
DO NOT mix lithium batteries in with your trash. Store them in a refrigerator or in a cool, dry place until you can drop them off to be recycled. Greene County Solid Waste Transfer Stations are official drop-off points for lithium batteries. So are Lowe’s, Home Depot, & Staples.
Rules & Rates
Household trash must be bagged.
30 Gallon Bags & Under – $3/bag
Bags Over 30 Gallons – $5/bag
Please do not include any of the following non-acceptable items:
- Explosives or ammunitions
- Combustible liquid or gas containers, bottles, cylinders or cans
- Caustic acids, corrosives, chemicals or other hazardous wastes, radioactive or other contamination or pollutants prohibited by mandatory and binding laws or regulations of the United States and New York State
- Liquid or slurry wastes
- Asbestos materials
- No lawn clearing debris including grass, leaves, stumps, tree trunks or limbs
- Dirt, stone, concrete chunks
- Medical waste
- Paint
- Animal wastes, carcasses or parts of animals other than normal household garbage
- Solar panels
- Electric vehicle lithium batteries
- Any material classified as infectious, hazardous wastes
- No barrels or drums
- No incinerated or partially incinerated materials without prior approval
- Wastes that are not easily recognizable or wastes that may pose a health risk
- Fluorescent bulbs
- Smoke detectors
Any other questionable materials contact the main office 518-943-4600
$125/ton; minimum scale charge $15
Mixed loads containing furniture will be charged at the MSW rate plus $4/furniture item.
We accept couches, chairs, mattresses, box springs, and sleeper couches (remove metal frame). $10/each
All fees for acceptance of electronics items for recycling have been eliminated. You can now bring your worn out, broken or obsolete electronic items to any transfer station for recycling at no cost.
Accepted Electronics:
- Computers
- Keyboards and mice
- Laptops
- CRT Monitors
- LCD Monitors
- Scanners
- Small copiers and printers
- Televisions
- Fax machines
- VCRs
- DVD Players
- Portable digital music players
- CableSatellite receivers
- Electronic video game consoles
- Small scale servers (under 100 lbs)
- Cell phones
Washers, Dryers, & Ovens $8/each
Appliances containing freon (refrigerators/freezers) – remove door. $15/each
20lb. Propane Cylinders Only $4/each
12″- 19″ $6/each
20″ – 24.5″ $25/each
Super Single Truck Tire $35/each
**any tire with rim add $2
No Loader or Farm Equipment Tires