Your collection has NOT changed! Please put out your recyclables and PINTO Recycling tote before 7 AM on your collection day.

If you’re still not sure, click here to see the Collection Schedule for Grand Island.

To acknowledge our nation’s holidays and allow our employees time with their families, your garbage and recycling services will be impacted on the following days:

New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day

** Garbage & Recycling services will run one day behind throughout the Holiday week, beginning with the services scheduled for the Holiday. **

Visit our Collection & Holiday Schedule page for more information

Please put out your trash and recyclables before 7 AM on your collection day.

You may have up to 10 Bags/containers which should not exceed 60 lbs in weight per bag/container, excluding bulk item. All garbage, refuse and waste material intended for collections shall be placed in material-tight plastic bags or in water tight containers, with a min capacity of (20) gallons and max capacity of (30) gallons. All containers shall be equipped with handles and fitted with a cover.

1 Bulk item per week can be put out on your collection day.

Call Pinto Sanitation 716 775 0123 before putting 2nd bulk item to the curb. Only 1 bulk item to be collected weekly.

Bulk items shall include , but is not limited to – Furniture, Mattresses, box springs, rolls of carpet properly bundled, Christmas trees, Large appliances, etc.

If you are unsure what you have to dispose of is classified as a bulk item, call us at 716 775 0123.

Call or text Pinto Dumpsters at 716-239-1009 for discounts on a dumpster rental

No construction debris curbside, call Pinto dumpsters for a Grand Island discounted dumpster rental.

YES, 1 tire per week curbside (no rim).

Place yard waste/leaves in secured bags by curb with a maximum capacity of 30 gallons or 60 lbs/bag.

Please securely tie trees, branches, and twigs in a bundle left curbside (not to exceed 4ft in length.) Anything larger or not bundled will be collected by the Town of Grand Island Highway Department.

We Do NOT accept Liquids of any kind during curbside collection. However, you can mix Cat litter with the paint and allow to Dry. For best results use equal amount cat litter with paint.

We Do NOT dispose of Chemicals and Hazardous Materials.

Every season Pinto will Sponsor a E Waste Collection Drive at the Town Hall of Grand Island. No Charge for Grand Island residents to recycle their old electronics. (With proof of residency) There will be a $50 flat rate fee for CRT (tube-type) TVs and computer monitors.

Visit our Electronic Recycling Page for more information.

The do’s and don’t are listed on the recycling guidelines page. When in doubt, throw it out.

If you still have questions you can contact Pinto Sanitation at (716) 775-0123.

No, not in our curbside collection program. Some items like Styrofoam packing peanuts can be reused at local shipping business, but larger block Styrofoam cannot be recycled and must be taken with trash.

Pinto does not collect motor oil or oil filters.

Did you know: any service establishment that sells at least 500 gallons per year of new oil and performs vehicle servicing must accept from the public at no charge up to 5 gallons of used oil per person per day. Retailers who don’t service vehicles but sell at least 1,000 gallons per year of new oil must either accept used oil from the public, as service establishments do, or contract to have another service or retail establishment accept it on their behalf

Pinto does not collect electronic waste as part of our weekly pick up, but will will sponsor E waste drives throughout the year to collect electronics and TV’s. Stay tuned for information regarding these Events.

No, as they are a contaminate and cause problems for the sorting machinery at the recycle facility.

* This also means you should not be recycling plastic shopping bags! *

In your Pinto provided black recycling Tote.

If your tote is stolen or gone missing , please call Pinto Sanitation at 716-775-0123. When you call, please reference your name, address and # on the side of the tote (if available).

No, totes belong to Pinto Sanitation. If you are moving, the tote stays with the house.

If your tote happens to break, please call Pinto Sanitation at 716-775-0123.