Unlike most Michigan cities its size, Wyoming, MI does NOT operate a city sanitation department and does NOT issue uniform city carts. Instead, the City of Wyoming licenses private haulers and residents select one. As of the 2025-2026 license year, the five licensed haulers are Advanced Disposal, Arrowaste, Kamps Wood Shavings & Refuse Disposal Inc., Republic Services, and Waste Management. Each hauler issues its own carts (typically 35/65/96-gallon wheeled carts) and sets its own container rules, but the City of Wyoming Code (Chapter 30 - Environment, and Chapter 50 - Offenses) requires containers be kept in sanitary condition and that no trash be placed or stored in a manner that creates a nuisance or attracts vermin.
Wyoming, MI uses an open-market subscription model rather than a municipal contract: by City policy, 'You can choose any licensed trash hauler to collect garbage, yard waste, and recycling.' The City's role is licensing the haulers (currently five for the 2025-2026 cycle: Advanced Disposal, Arrowaste, Kamps Wood Shavings & Refuse Disposal Inc., Republic Services, and Waste Management) and dividing the City into geographic regions so that 'all trash in that area is collected on the same day each week.' That means the container that arrives at a Wyoming household is determined by the contract the resident signs with their chosen hauler - not by a City-issued grey or blue cart program. Most local haulers offer wheeled, lidded carts in 35-gallon, 65-gallon, and 96-gallon sizes; some still offer bag-only or can-only service for very-low-volume customers. Wyoming overlays this with general nuisance and refuse-container language in Chapter 30 of the City Code (Environment) and Chapter 50 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions): containers must be kept in sanitary condition, must not be allowed to overflow, and must not be stored in a way that attracts rodents or creates a nuisance to neighbors. Chapter 82 (Trees and Weeds) ties into the broader yard-condition framework. Beyond the local rules, Kent County's Solid Waste Management Ordinance applies countywide: as of January 1, 2026 (with the amended Flow Control ordinance taking effect February 6, 2025), all licensed haulers servicing Wyoming and the five other bonded metro cities (Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kentwood, Walker) must deliver collected municipal solid waste to the Kent County Waste-to-Energy Facility. The Michigan state floor is NREPA Part 115 (Solid Waste Management, MCL 324.11501 et seq.). Wyoming is a home-rule city under the Michigan Home Rule City Act (MCL 117.1 et seq.), which is the authority to license haulers and enact local refuse rules.
Because containers are issued and rules are set by the private hauler, a noncompliant container (uncovered, leaking, overflowing, set out improperly) is first a contract issue between the resident and the hauler - the hauler may refuse pickup or charge extra. Underlying City enforcement runs through Chapter 30 (Environment) and Chapter 50 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions) of the Wyoming Code as a nuisance/refuse violation, with Code Enforcement (Building Inspections division) issuing notices and, on noncompliance, civil-infraction tickets returnable to 62A District Court (Wyoming/Kentwood). Civil-infraction fines in Wyoming are set by court schedule and generally run from $100 to a few hundred dollars for first-tier refuse-container violations, with municipal civil-infraction authority capped under MCL 600.8727. The City may abate (collect/dispose of accumulated refuse and clean the site) and lien the cost to the property under the Michigan Home Rule City Act (MCL 117.4l, blight) and MCL 117.4q (administrative hearings authority where adopted). Containers that obstruct the sidewalk or right-of-way separately violate Wyoming Code Chapter 70 (Streets, Sidewalks, and Other Public Places).
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