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Street Sanitation

Description of Services

  • 2010 Bulk Trash Schedule
  • Buffalo Recycle
  • Clean, sweep and flush 1400 curb miles of city streets
  • Remove snow and ice from city streets by plowing and salting on a round the clock basis
  • Pick up trash from homes and businesses on a pre-set schedule and transport to disposal sites
  • Pick up recyclable items from homes and businesses as per schedule and transport to recycling facility.
  • To request a Garbage Tote or make changes to the size or number of totes assigned to your property, please call us directly at 311 or 851-4890 and a Call Center Representative will be happy to assist you.  If you are not the property owner, the owner must also confirm essential information with us before a change order can be placed.

Department Head
Steven J. Stepniak, Commissioner,
Public Works, Parks & Streets
Phone Number - (716) 851-5636

Director of Street Sanitation
Paul Sullivian 
Phone Number - (716) 851-5987

Director of Street Cleaning and Snow Removal
Henry Jackson
Phone Number - (716) 851-5661