Garbage & recycling — Woonsocket, Rhode Island

When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?

City of Woonsocket has 1 adopted ordinance on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-05.

Chapter 10 – Garbage and Trash adopted ordinance
collection schedule Solid Waste once per week; Recyclables once per week on an alternating basis Sec. 10-39
sorting required True Sec. 10-33(a); Sec. 10-33(e)
container or bag limit Carts supplied by or at direction of City (no larger than 64 gallons); Bulk Rubbish limited to one (1) item per month Sec. 10-1; Sec. 10-37; Sec. 10-39
accepted or banned Hazardous waste, tires, oil, paint banned. Yard waste, bulk rubbish, appliances have specific collection rules. Sec. 10-29; Sec. 10-38
fee $ 96.00 for Fiscal Year 2013 per calendar quarter per dwelling unit Sec. 10-39
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Woonsocket's waste collection ordinance. Weekly solid waste pickup (burgundy cart) and alternating-week blue/green recycling carts. Mandatory recycling per state law. Curbside hours 6 am–sunset, no Sunday collection. 64-gal max container; hazardous and bulk waste excluded from regular pickup.

Machine-readable: garbage-recycling.json · Official website: none on record · Last verified 2026-06-05 · Garbage & recycling in other municipalities