Hamlet of Rhinecliff · New York

Rhinecliff Recommends

Trash, recycling, donations and the things that fit in none of those. Worked out by neighbors, one question at a time.

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15PLACES
34NEIGHBOR ANSWERS

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Trash & recycling

3

Rhinebeck Transfer Station

Stone Church Road, Rhinebeck

  • Household trash
  • Recycling
  • Brush (monthly drop-off)
  • E-waste
  • Christmas trees
  • Free for town residents.
  • Closes at 1:45pm — check the day's hours before you load the car.
  • Worth calling ahead: some days they won't take particular things.
Where this came from (5 neighbors)

Chad is a rockstar and set up ewaste collections at the transfer station!

Dana C. · Jun 2026

the dump aka Rhinebeck Transfer Station often takes them, open today till 1:45. But worth calling ahead because some days they don't.

Matt Sh. · May 2024

You can drop off brush at the transfer station once a month

George B. · Apr 2024

The Rhinecliff recycle station closes at 1:45 today

Betsy J. · Dec 2022

they stopped doing brush pickups; best bet is to run it out to the transfer station on Stone Church Road, free for town residents.

Jake E. · Nov 2021

Welsh / Casella (curbside pickup)

Curbside, by subscription. Also trades as Royal Carting.

  • Household trash
  • Recycling (separate fee)
  • Won't take bulky items like broken outdoor furniture.
  • Neighbors have repeatedly watched crews tip recycling and trash into the same compartment. Welsh says the trucks have two compartments. Worth watching your own pickup.
Where this came from (3 neighbors)

Welsh Trash Collection customers, BEWARE. I just watched as they dumped the contents of both the recycling and the trash containers into the same compartment for several households.

Sarah B. · Oct 2024

I just watched the Welsh guys combine garbage and recycling and drive off. No distinction. Is recycling over with them?

Peter R. · Jul 2024

I called Welsh a couple of years ago about what looked like mixing trash with re-cycs and I was firmly told that there are 2 bins in the trucks, one for each

Sybil B. · Jul 2024

Ulster County transfer station

Route 32, over the Kingston–Rhinecliff bridge

  • Bulky items
  • General waste
  • Open Saturdays.
  • You can turn up in a regular car — no truck needed.
Where this came from (1 neighbor)

You can take things to dump in a regular car on saturdays. Ulster dump on 32 right over bridge

Marita S. · Aug 2025

Garden & organic

4

Morton Memorial Library composter

Morton Memorial Library, Rhinecliff

  • Food scraps
  • Add a layer of browns — straw or dry leaves from the bin to the right — on top of what you drop.
Where this came from (1 neighbor)

Thanks to all of you who've been bringing food scraps to the composter at Morton! Just a reminder to please add a layer of browns — the straw or dry leaves in the bin to the right of the composter—on top of yours

Margot D. · Jun 2022

The Epicurean (coffee grounds)

The Epicurean, Rhinecliff

  • — gives away, doesn't take —
  • Bring a bucket and they'll fill it with used coffee grounds for your garden or compost.
Where this came from (1 neighbor)

if you'd like to drop off a bucket of sorts, we'll fill it with our used coffee grounds for your garden or compost

Cris · Apr 2022

Brush & leaf pickup (Town Highway Dept)

Curbside, Rhinecliff

  • Leaves
  • Brush — sometimes
  • Leaves and brush are collected separately, and brush pickup has stopped and restarted over the years — confirm with the Highway Department rather than assuming.
  • There is usually a second leaf pickup later in the season.
  • When brush pickup isn't running, the transfer station takes it free.
Where this came from (2 neighbors)

Brush drop off at the Rhinebeck transfer station is Saturday, 9/27 9am-1pm. It's free.

Kristin L. · Sep 2025

They are picking up brush today. They do it separately from leaves. They will do a second leaf pickup later on in the season. I confirmed with town Highway Dept. just now.

George B. · Nov 2021

Christmas tree bonfire

Fireman's Field, Rhinecliff

  • Christmas trees
  • The Rhinecliff Fire Company burns the hamlet's trees at Fireman's Field, usually late January or early February.
  • Date slips for weather and field conditions — watch the group.
Where this came from (2 neighbors)

The Fireman's Field Christmas Tree bonfire that had been scheduled for this Saturday has been postponed to the following Saturday, 2/4. 4 pm.

Zach B. · Jan 2023

the Christmas tree Bonfire will be moved to next Saturday, February 12th starting at 4 PM. The Xmas trees are all covered in ice and the field is[n't] exactly safe for hanging out on.

Chad · Feb 2022

Donations

5

Habitat ReStore

Kingston

  • Furniture in good shape
  • Solid doors
  • Building materials
  • DVDs, records, costume jewelry
  • Will NOT take granite, or ovens and ranges.
  • Doors must be solid — no hollow-core.
  • Sofas need to be in very good shape; send photos first.
  • They will come and pick up.
Where this came from (5 neighbors)

I'm at Habitat's Restore in Kingston and they need DVD's, Records and costume jewelry.

Patricia F. · Apr 2026

Habitat cannot take granite or ovens/ranges

Dana C. · Aug 2025

Habitat wants sofas in very good shape. I had to send photos.

Patricia F. · Jul 2025

Restore by Habitat for Humanity will also take doors that are not hollow core and in good condition.

Dana C. · Jun 2024

People's Place in Kingston is a terrific organization. Also the ReStore, which funds Habitat for Humanity.

Kelly · Oct 2022

Zaborski's Emporium

Kingston

  • Antique doors
  • Architectural salvage
  • Old hardware and oddities
  • The place for anything old and architectural that ReStore won't take.
Where this came from (1 neighbor)

If they are antique doors, Zaborski's emporium in Kingston may want them.

Zach B. · Jun 2024

People's Place

Kingston

  • Clothing
  • Household items
  • Food
  • Has specific donation guidelines — check before loading up.
  • Susan organizes a hamlet run roughly once every three months.
Where this came from (2 neighbors)

People's Place in Kingston is a wonderful organization. Note their specific guidelines as to donations, also their schedule for delivering.

Kelly · Apr 2026

I'll post an announcement when a trip to Peoples Place is planned—which seems to be once every three months or so. Peoples Place can use clothes and household items

Susan · Apr 2026

Rhinebeck Buy Nothing (Facebook)

Facebook group

  • Anything still usable
  • Things move fast — often claimed within hours.
  • The Kingston Buy Nothing group is a different, less well-run thing.
Where this came from (3 neighbors)

If it's still decent, list it for free on Rhinebeck buy nothing on Facebook. otherwise, check the hours and fees for the local transfer station.

Sharon C. · Jul 2025

Rhinebeck Buy Nothing usually Hoovers things up right away.

Dana C. · Jun 2024

There's a new local "Buy Nothing Rhinebeck" site on Facebook and it's been great!

Sharon C. · Jan 2024

Rhinebeck Reformed Church food pantry

6368 Mill St, Rhinebeck

  • Non-perishable food
  • Garden produce
  • Personal care items
  • Susan keeps a cooler outside 72 Orchard Drive and runs donations over regularly — easiest drop-off in the hamlet.
  • In summer, coolers go out at Morton for garden produce.
  • Donations are brought inside before nightfall so they don't freeze.
Where this came from (2 neighbors)

If you have items to donate there's a cooler on the front stoop at 72 Orchard Dr. We bring donations inside before nightfall so they don't freeze.

Susan · Jan 2026

we'll start collecting produce for Rbk Reformed Church's food pantry this Monday! The coolers will be out in front of the library from 12-4pm

Margot D. · Jun 2022

Special items

3

Dutchess County hazardous waste & electronics days

Usually the Rhinebeck highway department, spring

  • Paint and solvents
  • Chemicals
  • Electronics
  • Batteries
  • Free, but it's an event, not a facility — it runs on specific days and is easy to miss.
  • Watch for the announcement in spring.
Where this came from (1 neighbor)

I think every year Rhinebeck holds a free hazardous waste disposal day at the highway department. It's usually in the spring.

Patricia W. · Apr 2024

Textiles & clothing

Various — see notes

  • Wearable clothing
  • Worn-out textiles and linens
  • Clothing bins at the Cross Roads traffic light on the way to Red Hook.
  • O-Zone has a textile recycling drop-off for things too worn to wear.
  • Salvation Army Kingston has often refused donations; Poughkeepsie generally accepts.
  • The Goodwill on Ulster Avenue has closed.
Where this came from (4 neighbors)

We have a bunch of clean but not useable clothing and linens that I'd like to recycle. It looks like the O-Zone has a drop-off bin

Sarah B. · Aug 2025

there's the clothes drop if you turn right at the Cross Roads on the way to Red Hook

Joan · Oct 2022

The Salvation Army in Kingston is unfortunately not taking donations

Kate K. · Oct 2022

They always take stuff at the Salvation Army in Poughkeepsie but usually not in Kingston.

Dana · Oct 2022

Furniture pickup (Catholic Charities / Habitat)

They come to you

  • Furniture in good condition
  • Both will collect from the house rather than making you haul it.
  • Condition matters — expect to send photos.
Where this came from (1 neighbor)

you can call Catholics Charity or Habitat for Humanity, they will pick up.

Anne · Jul 2025

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