5 rules for unincorporated Weld County, Colorado.
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Unincorporated Weld County has no municipal trash route; residents hire a private hauler or self-haul to a licensed landfill. In Greeley, only PUC-authorized, city-licensed haulers may collect refuse, and residents may still haul their own waste.
Greeley Municipal Code § 8-371
The city, by and through its duly authorized agents, employees, contractors or city-licensed operators, shall be the sole agency for the collection and disposal of refuse, and no person except such duly authorized agents... shall collect or dispose of any refuse... within the city.
In Greeley, refuse containers may be placed on the public right-of-way for only one 24-hour period within a seven-day period. Unincorporated Weld County sets no bin-placement rule, so follow your private hauler and any HOA.
Greeley Municipal Code § 12-269(a)
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the placement of trash, garbage or refuse containers for pick-up on public rights-of-way for one 24-hour period within a seven-day period.
There is no free countywide bulk pickup. Weld County's code defines refuse to include discarded furniture, appliances and inoperable vehicles; residents dispose of bulky items through their hauler or a licensed landfill. Abandoning them on a lot or roadside is prohibited.
Greeley Municipal Code § 20-974
'Refuse' means garbage and all other waste matter or discarded or unused material such as... salvage materials, scrap metal... discarded furniture, machinery, motor vehicles or other such items which have been abandoned, demolished or dismantled... discarded or inoperable vehicles, machinery parts and tires.
Unincorporated Weld County does not mandate recycling; it is voluntary through private haulers and drop-off sites. Greeley's 2025 refuse-service-provider ordinance requires licensed haulers to deliver and report on recycling and food-scrap/yard-trimming collection.
Greeley Municipal Code § 8-372(a)(1)
The specific manner in which trash collection, recycling services and collection of food scraps and yard trimmings have been delivered in compliance with this chapter.
Weld County's littering ordinance makes it unlawful to deposit, throw or leave any litter on public or private property in the unincorporated county, on roadsides, waters, or farm and ranch land. A first offense carries a mandatory fine of $50-$100.
Weld County Code § 14-1-20(A)
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, throw or leave, or to allow, sanction, suffer or permit any person to deposit, throw or leave any litter on any public or private property or in any waters within the County, except those portions of the County which are within the limits of any incorporated municipality.
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