Trash & Recycling in Arizona (2026)

In Tucson, only the city's Environmental Services Department may collect refuse or recyclables from a residential…

Avondale provides weekly automated trash and weekly recycling collection. Under City Code Section 11-13, containers…

Chandler caps refuse and recycling carts at 200 pounds for curbside service and 600 pounds for alley containers, bars…

There is no countywide curbside trash service in unincorporated Coconino County. Rural residents self-haul to county…

Gilbert requires collection containers to sit at the curb line with at least three feet between them, set out no…

Glendale collects contained refuse at least once a week for bins of ten cubic yards or less, and bars removing bins…

Goodyear's City Code spells out exactly how trash must be packaged before the City will collect it. Sharp materials…

Occupied residential properties in Maricopa must subscribe to refuse service through the city's contracted waste…

Before the City will pick up household or business trash in Mesa, it has to be bagged and tied and placed inside a…

Peoria, Arizona requires residential solid waste containers to go to the curb after 6:00 p.m. the evening before…

Phoenix curbside containers may go out after 6 p.m. the day before pickup and must be off the curb by 5:30 a.m. the…

Unincorporated Pima County refuse must go on the alley side if an alley serves the property, or curbside out front if…

Town Code Section 8.05.090 sets Sahuarita's collection rules: trash goes out at least once but no more than twice a…

Scottsdale residents with 90-gallon containers must place them at the curb on scheduled collection days under Sec…

Sedona requires trash and recycling to fit inside a closed-lid container for collection, with nothing stacked around…

Commercial haulers can't pull trash from a business or industrial property within 500 feet of a home between 6 p.m. and…

City Code Section 11-13 requires carts to be placed in the street in front of the assigned house, wheels against the…

Buckeye lets residents roll carts to the curb after 6 p.m. the night before pickup, requires them out by 5:30 a.m. on…

Chandler requires curbside refuse and recycling carts to be set out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before…

Unincorporated Coconino County sets no curbside set-out rule because it runs no county carts. In Flagstaff and the…

Gilbert requires trash and recycling containers to be stored out of public view when not set out for collection. The…

Glendale requires residential trash and recycling containers to be set out no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before…

Goodyear tells residents exactly where and when refuse and recycling carts can sit curbside. Containers go at the curb…

In Maricopa it's unlawful to dump refuse in a private garbage container you don't own, rent, or have the owner's…

Mesa requires solid waste containers to be set at the front curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before pickup…

Phoenix residents must set carts at the curb between 6 p.m. the night before and 5:30 a.m. on collection day, then pull…

Pima County Code § 7.25.060 governs curbside placement in the unincorporated county, the area outside Tucson, Marana…

Queen Creek residents set carts at the curb, lids closed and facing the street, spaced at least two feet apart so the…

Sahuarita requires garbage to be kept in rigid, fly-tight metal or similar containers rather than loose bags under Town…

Scottsdale requires residential refuse and recycling carts at the curbline only within a tight window: never before…

Sedona limits when solid waste and recycling carts can sit at the curb. Containers may go out no earlier than noon the…

Surprise requires trash and recycling carts to sit at the curb with wheels against the curb and lid facing the street…

Tempe requires trash, recycling and green-organics carts at the front curb, lids facing the street, no earlier than 6…

New Tucson development must screen solid waste and recycling containers from public view and from neighboring…

Yuma sets exact placement windows for residential trash carts: Section 190-35 requires containers at the curbline or…

Yavapai County requires every property owner, occupant or manager to keep trash, garbage and refuse in a container…

Avondale collects bulk trash monthly by zone. Under City Code Section 11-15, materials go in the street in front of the…

Buckeye offers free quarterly bulk and brush pickup capped at 20 cubic yards a year per household, but only once Public…

Chandler covered residences get free scheduled bulk-item pickup as part of basic service, but § 44-6.3 caps the load to…

Unincorporated Coconino County offers no bulk pickup; large items are self-hauled to a county transfer station or the…

Gilbert collects bulk trash on a regular recurring schedule for single-family homes under Code of Gilbert § 66-288(d)…

Glendale offers curbside bulk trash pickup on a City Council-approved schedule. Residential owners and occupants must…

Goodyear includes bulk pickup free with residential sanitation service, but caps each collection at five cubic yards…

Bulky refuse and furniture in Mesa must be tied in bundles or boxed by the customer and set at the front curb, with…

There is no county bulk pickup in unincorporated Mohave County. Large items are self-hauled to a county landfill for a…

Peoria, Arizona splits large-item disposal into two lanes: free bulk trash and brush left curbside within strict size…

Phoenix caps bulk trash at 20 cubic yards per pickup, placed out no more than 7 days early and by 6 a.m. on collection…

Queen Creek's Contractor collects bulk waste, furniture, cardboard and large appliances, once each month as part of…

Sahuarita lets residents put oversized bulk items curbside only on their regular garbage collection day, and only if…

Scottsdale caps bulk rubbish piles at 10 feet long, 6 feet wide and 4 feet high, set out no earlier than three days…

Surprise residents get free curbside pickup of large household items and yard brush under City Code Sec. 58-130, but…

Bulky items and brush that won't fit in a City cart go curbside as 'uncontained items,' capped at ten cubic yards and…

Tucson residential customers get free brush bulky collection twice a year, up to 10 cubic yards per visit, capped at 15…

Yuma collects bulk rubbish like furniture, appliances and crates only on request. Section 190-20(A) requires generators…

Sedona's code recognizes bulk items like brush, construction debris and metal goods as their own waste category and…

Arizona forbids selling plastic bottles and rigid containers unless they carry a molded resin identification code, the…

Avondale provides weekly blue-cart recycling. Under City Code Section 11-14, recyclables must be clean, empty, and…

Buckeye offers weekly automated recycling that residents can decline, but participants must set materials out loose…

Every covered residence in Chandler gets a City-issued recycling container as part of basic solid waste service, and §…

Neither Arizona nor Coconino County requires households to recycle. Flagstaff provides curbside single-stream recycling…

Gilbert requires curbside recyclables to be clean, empty, dry and loose, never bagged or sealed in a box, before they…

Goodyear requires every single-family sanitation customer to accept the City's recycling container along with the trash…

Occupied residential properties in Maricopa must use a contracted waste hauler for refuse and recycling, with narrow…

Phoenix runs an opt-in curbside recycling program giving participants a second labeled cart, collected weekly alongside…

Pima County Code § 7.25.120 requires every licensed hauler in the unincorporated county to offer weekly curbside…

Recycling isn't optional for most Queen Creek homes: any residential unit served by Town water within the designated…

Every covered Sahuarita residence has had to subscribe to weekly town-contracted waste collection since September 1…

Every recycling and solid waste container in Sedona, wherever it sits in the city, must be secured or stored so…

Surprise runs a weekly automated curbside recycling program under City Code Sec. 58-120(a), giving each serviced…

Tempe bans putting anything but recyclables into a recycling container and bans leaving material outside one. City Code…

Tucson requires curbside customers to place only city-approved recyclables in city-issued recycling containers, per…

Glendale runs a City-only curbside recycling program: only the City may collect residential recyclables absent a formal…

Mesa's Fire Code adopts the 2024 International Fire Code's Appendix O by reference, making valet trash and recycling…

Chandler runs a dedicated Christmas tree collection window from the first business day after December 25 through the…

Sahuarita's trash contractor collects Monday through Thursday under Town Code Section 8.05.090. When a scheduled…

Avondale prohibits illegal dumping under both its Property Maintenance Ordinance and Solid Waste Code. City Code…

Dumping trash, debris or recyclables anywhere in Goodyear, public or private property, is a class 1 misdemeanor under…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, dumping rubbish, trash, filth or debris on property you don't own or control is a…

Dumping, littering or scattering solid waste or recyclables on any private or public property in Peoria is a class one…

Dumping solid or hazardous waste on any street, alley, right-of-way, or property in Phoenix is a violation carrying a…

Pima County Code § 7.29.040(C) makes it unlawful to dump, deposit or dispose of solid waste anywhere in the county…

Dumping litter, trash or debris on any public place or private property you do not own is banned outright in Sahuarita…

Scottsdale bans dumping outright: Sec. 18-6 makes it unlawful for anyone to throw, deposit or dump litter or debris on…

Dumping rubbish, trash, filth or debris on property you don't own or control is a class 1 misdemeanor in Sedona, or a…

Dumping solid waste on any property you don't own or control is a Code violation in Surprise under § 58-134, and each…

Dumping garbage or solid waste on any Tempe street, alley, or private lot is a City Code violation, not just a mess…

Dumping refuse on property you don't own or control is banned outright under Tucson City Code § 16-33, and the…

Yuma's nuisance code makes illegal dumping a public nuisance: Section 134-01(9) defines it as accumulating, throwing or…

Dumping refuse, animal waste, or other objectionable material on public or private property in Buckeye is a class 1…

Dumping rubbish, trash, filth or debris on property you don't own or control is a Class 1 misdemeanor in Chandler under…

Code of Gilbert § 66-266 makes it unlawful to place refuse on any public or private property in town except as…

It is unlawful in Queen Creek to place or cause to be placed any refuse on public or private property outside…

City Code § 8.05.020(C) makes it unlawful to place or cause to be placed any refuse on public or private property…

Mesa's solid waste code makes it unlawful to dump into someone else's collection container or to dump unauthorized…

Buckeye collects yard waste and brush through its quarterly residential bulk collection program, capping piles at 6 by…

Gilbert lets residents bag yard waste into the regular black roll-out container if there's room, or set out a combined…

Glendale requires grass clippings, weeds, and leaves to be cut to five feet or less, bagged, and containerized before…

Goodyear residential customers get free bulk pickup for green waste like tree limbs, branches, palm fronds and grass…

Peoria residents must bag grass clippings, leaves and small tree cuttings before setting them out, and City Code…

Phoenix lets residents set out tree limbs and yard trimmings with bulk trash only if pieces are under 4 feet long and…

Queen Creek has no separate leaf or brush pickup. Section 10-9-2 defines grass clippings, tree trimmings and brush as…

Scottsdale requires yard trimmings to go out as containable rubbish, in closed boxes, or bagged, with tree branches and…

Surprise caps free curbside brush and bulk collection at ten loose cubic yards per residence per scheduled pickup, with…

Yuma's Garbage and Refuse chapter caps what brush and yard debris the city will collect: trimmings, limbs and stumps…

Maricopa's mandatory trash-collection law makes room for yard debris. Under City Code § 8.05.020(G)(5), lawn, tree and…

Every business in Avondale must contract with a city-authorized solid waste collector, and City Code Sec. 11-16 bars…

Commercial dumpsters in Buckeye must sit within 300 feet of the business entrance they serve and stay accessible to…

Chandler does not collect trash for businesses - Section 44-8 requires business establishments to provide their own…

Gilbert requires commercial refuse containers and compactors to sit in an inconspicuous location and lets the public…

Business establishments in Glendale must place refuse bins and dumpsters on their own property at a location the solid…

Goodyear requires commercial refuse haulers to place roll-off containers and dumpsters so they never block vehicular or…

Maricopa requires a city engineer permit before placing a temporary storage unit or dumpster in the public right-of-way…

Commercial developments in unincorporated Maricopa County must screen dumpster and refuse collection areas from public…

Private haulers permitted to collect commercial or industrial refuse in Mesa must furnish customers with containers…

Commercial dumpsters and roll-off containers larger than two cubic yards, or any container accessible to the public…

Phoenix requires commercial dumpsters and roll-off bins to be screened from street view and kept in a sanitary 25-foot…

For a large scale retail establishment (over 80,000 square feet) in unincorporated Pima County next to a residential…

Queen Creek's Zoning Ordinance requires every commercial dumpster, roll-off and solid-waste storage area to sit inside…

Scottsdale's commercial roll-off program bills a flat $651.05 fee covering three tons per pull on 20, 30 or 40…

Surprise lets the city manager provide roll-off container service to residential, commercial, and municipal customers…

Commercial dumpsters and roll-off boxes in Tempe must stay painted, clean and marked with the hauling contractor's name…

Commercial roll-off dumpsters in Tucson need a service agreement classed as scheduled or unscheduled depending on how…

Commercial refuse generators in Yuma must provide adequate storage for dumpsters and roll-off containers with…

Goodyear does not let anyone opt out of trash service. City Code § 10-2-1 requires every property owner, tenant or…

Buckeye requires every eligible residence to subscribe to the city's automated trash service, which runs weekly, and…

Sahuarita requires nearly every house, duplex, triplex and fourplex to subscribe to the town's single contracted weekly…

Every occupiable residential establishment in Tucson must receive standard city collection service and pay the fee, per…

Avondale sets its own solid waste collection days, posted on the city website, and residents must have containers out…

Chandler doesn't let residents opt out of trash service, § 44-4.1 requires every covered residence's solid waste to be…

Gilbert's public works director sets the days and hours for trash pickup, and regular refuse service runs once a week…

Glendale requires contained refuse pickup at least once a week for bins ten cubic yards or smaller, and it locks…

Every occupied residential property inside Maricopa city limits must receive solid waste collection through the city's…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, garbage, refuse, rubbish and ashes must be picked up at least once a week. The…

Every owner, tenant, and occupant of property within Mesa city limits is personally responsible for properly…

Peoria's Solid Waste Division holds an exclusive right to collect residential trash within city limits, and the City…

Phoenix collects residential solid waste once per week under the automated "Phoenix Recycles" system, with each…

Pima County Code § 7.25.040 requires every licensed hauler in the unincorporated county to collect from each signed-up…

Queen Creek runs curbside pickup on a fixed weekly window: carts can go out no earlier than 6 p.m. the evening before…

Scottsdale residents with ninety-gallon carts must hold containers off the curb until 6:00 p.m. the evening before…

Surprise bans trash and recycling collection between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. under City Code Sec. 58-113 whenever the…

Tempe runs a closed collection system: only the City or a contractor it has licensed may pick up solid waste anywhere…

Yuma runs an exclusive municipal collection system: Section 190-16 gives the city the sole right to collect refuse…

Sedona's code does not print a citywide trash pickup calendar. Every responsible party must put solid waste and…

Gilbert requires anyone placing a private recycling drop-box in town, the kind churches or nonprofits host in a parking…

Chandler residents must keep only genuine recyclable materials in their City recycling container and can't bag them, §…

Goodyear requires every sanitation customer to accept both a refuse container and a recycling container, and the city's…

Maricopa lets residents recycle materials with commercial value or donate them free of charge, but an unattended…

Mesa's residential recycling program gives participating customers a second barrel for specified recyclables and…

Peoria's recycling containers are only for the acceptable materials the City lists, and putting non-recyclable items in…

Phoenix's "Phoenix Recycles" program gives participants a dedicated blue container collected weekly, but recyclables…

Queen Creek's recycling handling rule is simple but strict: no bags. Residents must place Program Recyclables loose…

Sahuarita's town-contracted hauler collects recycling no more than once a week, and can pick it up the same day as…

Scottsdale's curbside recycling program bans seven categories of material from the blue cart, from animal and human…

Sedona treats recycling containers the same as trash containers when it comes to upkeep: they must stay clean and…

Anyone who wants to maintain a recycling container within Tempe, from bottle-and-can bins to donation-style drop…

Glendale enforces its recycling program through notice and container removal, not fines: put the wrong material in the…