Last-minute chometz: Where and when to dispose of it

With the first Seder just hours away, Sanitary District 1 will collect last-minute chometz on Friday, April 22. 

Residents are encouraged to drop-off trash to garbage trucks that will be parked by the Lawrence and Cedarhurst Long Island Rail Road stations, and outside the Young Israel of Woodmere and Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, from 7 am to 2 pm.

There will be all-day pick-up services available throughout the Five Towns for trash placed at the curb in securely tied garbage bags between 7 am and 1 pm. Residents are asked not to store tied bags in garbage cans.

Residents can request a trash pick-up during the hours of 7 am and 1 pm by calling 516-239-5600, but an exact time for pick-up cannot be guaranteed.

The last time to eat chametz is 10:14 am, and the last time to burn chametz is 11:35 am, according to the Young Israel of Woodmere.

Sanitary District 1 provides sanitation and recycling services to 16,000 commercial, institutional and residential properties throughout the villages of Cedarhurst, Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett Neck, Lawrence and Woodsburgh, hamlets of Hewlett, Inwood and Woodmere, and portions of unincorporated areas of Lynbrook and Green Acres.