5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Verified from official government sources
The City Solid Waste Department collects residential refuse once a week. Apartment complexes of five or more units and commercial businesses are collected twice each week. Murfreesboro holds a right of first refusal over all refuse collection.
Murfreesboro City Code Sec. 14-8(A)
Refuse accumulated by residences shall be collected once each week except that apartment complexes consisting of five or more units shall be collected twice each week.
Set your 96-gallon cart curbside by 6 a.m. on your collection day, or the night before, and remove it the same day. Between pickups, carts must be stored out of view from the street.
Murfreesboro Solid Waste (Resident Information Sheet)
We recommend that you place your garbage container at the curb the night before or by 6:00am the day of pickup.
Bulk items such as furniture, boxes, and mattresses require a scheduled pickup for a fee. Confirm a date with Solid Waste first. Collection is limited to one pickup per 30 days, four items or fewer, placed five feet from the curb.
Murfreesboro City Code Sec. 14-6(A)(2)
No bulk refuse item should be placed outside for collection before 7:00 p.m. prior to the day of collection and no later than 6:00 a.m. on the day of collection. All bulk items shall be placed on the private property of the occupant not less than five feet from the curb.
Recycling in Murfreesboro is voluntary, not mandatory. The Recycle Murfreesboro program accepts glass, steel, tin, aluminum, plastic bottles, cardboard, and newspaper through curbside and drop-off collection. Hazardous, infectious, and commercial waste is excluded.
Murfreesboro City Code Sec. 14-203
The recycling program may include any or all of the following materials: clear, brown, green food glass only and; steel, tin and aluminum; paper plastic bottles; cardboard; newspaper or any other item approved by the Solid Waste Department Director.
Dumping garbage, rubbish, or waste anywhere other than an approved dump, sanitary landfill, or convenience center is unlawful in Murfreesboro. Littering streets, lots, waterways, or another's property is separately prohibited, and Tennessee law also criminalizes illegal dumping.
Murfreesboro City Code Sec. 14-18
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose or cause to be disposed any garbage, rubbish, or other waste materials upon any property other than a garbage dump, convenience center or sanitary landfill.
1 cities in Rutherford County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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