Trash & Recycling in Oakland County, MI (2026)
2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Oakland County, Michigan.
Verified from official government sources
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Oakland County does not run countywide trash collection. Refuse service is provided by each of the 62 cities, villages, and townships either directly or through one of two regional authorities: SOCRRA (Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority, 12 communities including Royal Oak, Troy, Berkley) and RRRASOC (Southwest Oakland, 9 communities including Farmington Hills, Novi, Southfield). SOCRRA rules require trash at curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day, no bag over 40 lb, no can over 60 lb, no container larger than 35 gallons.
Oakland County, MI Trash Pickup Rules
Some RestrictionsSOCRRA Curbside Trash Guidelines (12-community service area)
Place trash out to curb by 7 am on your collection day. Bags cannot weigh more than 40 pounds. Trash cans cannot weigh more than 60 pounds. Bags or cans of trash cannot be larger than 35-gallons. No Sharps collected curbside.
Bin Placement Rules
Oakland County has no countywide refuse-container ordinance: rules are set by each of its 62 cities, villages, and townships. Across the largest jurisdictions the pattern is consistent: carts and bags must be placed at the curb no earlier than the evening before pickup (typically after 5:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m.) and no later than 7:00 a.m. on the collection day, and emptied containers must be removed from the right-of-way the same day. Royal Oak limits each container to 20–32 gallons and 60 pounds; bags cap at 30 gallons and 40 pounds. Most communities prohibit storing bins in the front yard between collection days and require enclosure behind the front building line. Violations are municipal civil infractions with fines starting around $50–$100 per occurrence.
Trash Bin Placement and Removal in Oakland County, Michigan
Few RestrictionsCity of Royal Oak Code Chapter 633 (Solid Waste) — set-out, weight and removal rules; representative of practice in SOCRRA-member Oakland County communities
All material must be placed at the curb no later than 7:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. the night before your collection day per ordinance. The weight of any refuse bag cannot exceed 40 pounds each, trash container cannot exceed 60 pounds each and yard waste containers cannot exceed 50 pounds. Emptied containers must be removed from the curb as soon as possible after collection.
Trash & Recycling by City in Oakland County
1 cities in Oakland County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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