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Trash should be placed in clear, transparent bags (not brown, black, or dark green) or in a container with a lid. You have several trash disposal options. You may bring your waste to one of Oswego County's five transfer stations, using a residential sticker or punch card that can be purchased at the transfer stations. You may also have trash picked up at your home by a contracted waste hauler.

Oswego County has mandatory recycling. Click here for recycling instructions.

Payment Options

• Cash or Check
• Credit cards are accepted with a $3.50 surcharge for purchases under $100 and 3.5% for over $100
• Checks made payable to Oswego County Deptartment of Solid Waste
• There is a $20 fee for all returned (bounced) checks. Permits will be locked until the returned check clears and $20 fee is paid.

Hiring a Private Hauler

• Some local governments contract waste removal services for their residents. Before you contract with a waste hauler, contact your local town, village or city government to see if this is the case in your area.
• You may contract with a private waste hauler for disposal service of trash and recyclables. (see names and phone numbers of local haulers in yellow pages of telephone directories)
• Keep in mind that haulers will not pick up items such as: household batteries, used motor oil, furniture, refrigerated, appliances or electronic items (these can be taken to a transfer station)

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Payments

• When your major/minor/industrial hauler permit application is approved, you have established a billing account.
• After receiving your monthly invoice, you will have until 12-noon of the last weekday of the month, to pay the amount due in full.
• Any outstanding balances will be charged a late fee at a rate of 2% per month. If your account is past due two billing cycles or more, your privileges to use Oswego County Solid Waste Facilities will be revoked.
• Accounts past due two billing cycles or more will be sent to the County Attorney for legal prosecution.
• There is a $20 fee for all returned (bounced) checks. Hauler accounts will be locked until the returned check clears and $20 fee is paid.

• All loads entering facilities must be weighed in and out.
• All loads must be properly secured/covered.
• All haulers must follow the instructions of the transfer station attendant (Local Law III of 1990, section 4.2(b).
• No waste generated from outside of Oswego County will be accepted for disposal. Sealed containers are NOT accepted for disposal.
• Liquid wastes are NOT accepted for disposal.
• Loads must be sorted (i.e. no recyclables mixed with wastes, or vice versa) or they will NOT be accepted for disposal.

• Burnable C&D includes wood, asphalt siding and shingles, roofing, plastic pipes, etc. A pickup truck, or less, of burnable C&D can go to the transfer stations. Larger loads are at the discretion of the transfer station attendant and may be required to go to the Energy Recovery Facility (ERF). A valid hauler permit and swipe card is required to use the ERF.
• Nonburnable C&D includes sheetrock, plaster & lath, asbestos or fiberglass shingles & siding, ceramic tubs, sinks, tiles, asphalt, stone, brick, etc. Loads of nonburnable C&D go directly to the Bristol Hill Landfill.
• Clean Wood C&D accepted at the Energy Recovery Facility (ERF). A valid hauler permit and swipe card is required. Minimum load size: 20 cu. yd. roll off box or 10 wheel dump truck. At a minimum the load must be 95% wood. Wood must be broken up to less than 4 ft. in length, profile no bigger than 6" x 6". Load cannot contain unacceptable materials (hazardous waste, steel, concrete, brush or tree waste).
• Small amounts, less than a pick up truck load, of mixed (burnable and nonburnable) loads of C&D can go to the transfer staion.
• All scrap metal, metal sheeting, pipes, plumbing fixtures, etc., must be separated.
• Petroleum Contaminated Soil (ACD), all loads must be brought to the Bristol hill Landfill, call office for directive at 591-9200.