Trash & Recycling in Michigan (2026)

Ann Arbor's Chapter 26 requires the city, its contracted haulers, or franchise haulers to collect refuse from every…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, refuse and recycling go out no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day before collection…

Licensed haulers in Clinton Township cannot collect solid waste, recycling or compost before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00…

Dearborn requires every household on city refuse service to use the city-issued 96- or 64-gallon cart; loose bags left…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, waste and receptacles cannot go to the curb before 6:00 p.m. the day before collection…

Detroit assigns one Courville cart per household and sets a strict curbside window: out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the…

Only Department of Public Works and Utilities employees, licensed haulers and other City-authorized collectors may pick…

Genesee County does not collect residential trash. Collection is arranged community-by-community through private…

Grand Rapids requires residential premises to keep one or more rigid, rodent-proof refuse carts of no more than 100…

Lansing requires solid waste picked up by Public Service Department crews to go out in City-approved plastic bags or…

Livonia collects municipal refuse at least once a week from every home and business, restricts collection to 7 a.m. to…

Novi Code Section 16-62 requires everyone at a site of generation to store and place solid waste and recyclables for…

Oakland County does not run countywide trash collection. Refuse service is provided by each of the 62 cities, villages…

Pontiac's Department of Public Works runs residential refuse collection from dedicated street rights-of-way under City…

Rochester Hills limits how long trash, recycling and yard-waste containers can sit at the curb under Property…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 633-5 sets exact curbside hours: solid waste, recycling and yard waste containers…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, garbage goes in watertight, tight-lidded containers of five to 20…

Southfield City Code Sec. 2.5 spells out how household trash has to be prepped before the Department of Public Works…

If Sterling Heights' waste contractor rejects your trash for not meeting the rules, it gets tagged at the curb with 24…

Troy collects up to two cubic yards of residential refuse per week at the curb; anything beyond that is the owner's own…

Before Warren will collect it, trash has to be prepped a specific way: newspapers bundled under 35 pounds, brush cut to…

West Bloomfield Township requires every single-family and multi-family home with curbside service to use the Township…

Wyoming, Michigan caps how long garbage and rubbish can sit on a property between pickups: seven days for garbage and…

Ann Arbor requires commercial and residential customers to store solid waste in approved containers at locations set by…

In Battle Creek, Michigan, garbage and refuse cannot go out for collection before 1:00 p.m. local time on the day prior…

Clinton Township residents cannot drag garbage carts to the curb whenever they like. Section 1060.04 fixes the window…

Dearborn residents may not set refuse or recycling carts at the curb before 5 p.m. the day ahead of pickup, must have…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, Section 17-35 requires every household to keep waste and its receptacles out of public…

Detroit's Department of Public Works requires curbside Courville trash carts out no earlier than 6 p.m. the night…

Flint requires household trash receptacles kept at the rear of the property except on collection day, set within about…

Grand Rapids requires households to keep solid waste in rigid, rodent-proof carts of no more than 100 gallons and to…

In the City of Kalamazoo, garbage and rubbish containers must sit no closer to the street than the house's front…

Lansing residents may set solid waste and recycling containers at the curb no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before…

Livonia's refuse code fixes exactly where trash receptacles can sit while waiting for pickup: within the property line…

In the City of Novi household refuse receptacles must be tightly covered, never made of wood, and kept in a fully…

Pontiac households using City-provided curbside refuse collection must put the 105-gallon cart at the curb no earlier…

Rochester Hills requires solid waste to be stored in closed containers screened from public view at the site of…

Royal Oak requires garbage receptacles between 5 and 32 gallons with lift handles, stored within the rear yard setback…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, containers go at the curbline in front of the building on scheduled…

Southfield residents must use approved garbage containers, ten to twenty gallon metal cans with tight covers or a…

Carts must reach the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day and can't go out before 1:00 p.m. the day before, or 3:00 p.m…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, no one may set a solid waste or recycling cart at the curb before 6:00 p.m. the night…

Troy bars residents from setting refuse at the curb before 5:00 p.m. the night before collection, and requires empty…

Warren bars residents from putting trash, compost, or recyclable containers at the curb before 6:00 p.m. the calendar…

In West Bloomfield Township, residential trash, recycling and yard-clipping carts cannot go to the curb before 6:00…

Westland requires trash, recycling, and yard waste receptacles to sit on private property between collections, not in…

Wyoming, Michigan's Code of Ordinances tells residents where garbage and rubbish containers may sit outside the home…

Ann Arbor's solid waste haulers will not curbside-collect bulky items like furniture, mattresses, and appliances…

Under Section 1064.26 of the Battle Creek, Michigan code, bulky waste on curbside unlimited service goes at the…

Clinton Township will not haul away a washer, dryer or water heater on a regular collection day. Code Section 1060.09…

Dearborn residents can set out up to five bulk items, furniture, appliances, mattresses, at the curb each week for free…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, large items collected through the city's special pick-up program do not need to go in…

Detroit puts bulk items and brush at the curb no more than 24 hours before your scheduled bulk collection day…

The City of Flint caps curbside collection at 20 approved bags or receptacles plus three pieces of furniture per…

Kalamazoo's regular curbside collection will not take any solid waste item too heavy for two average-size people to…

Lansing runs a weekly residential bulk item pickup: buy a City sticker for each item and set it curbside between 4 p.m…

Novi's solid waste code counts bulk items, Christmas trees and small construction debris as regular collectible solid…

Pontiac's curbside program does not collect bulky waste matter such as tree stumps, large tree branches, construction…

The City of Royal Oak lets residents set out bulk rubbish and brush for pickup only if it is bundled to code: Royal Oak…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, bulk rubbish from commercial or manufacturing buildings, such as…

Southfield draws a hard line on how big residential trash can be before it stops being curbside pickup and becomes the…

Sterling Heights requires large items like furniture and appliances to be broken down and tied in bundles under 50…

Refrigerators, stoves, water heaters and other bulky household items too large for the regular cart go out through a…

Troy caps bulky curbside items at 250 pounds and requires refrigerator doors removed before pickup. Smaller large items…

Large items that don't fit in a regular bin, rugs, furniture, mattresses, appliances, go next to the waste receptacles…

Westland requires oversized trash cut to 3 feet and bundled under 60 pounds before curbside collection, with fees…

West Bloomfield Township's designated waste hauler is contractually required to collect bulk items like furniture…

Ann Arbor requires every customer to separate recyclables from refuse and compostables and store them in approved curb…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, refuse intended for recycling must be rinsed free of food or beverage residue…

Recyclables in Clinton Township must go out in the Township- or hauler-issued 18-gallon bin or 64-gallon cart, not…

Dearborn requires every owner, lessee or occupant to separate recyclables from trash and use the city recycle cart, and…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, Section 17-35(b)(2) requires items to be recycled that are stored outdoors to be kept…

Detroit's Department of Public Works offers curbside recycling to homes and businesses that pay the solid waste…

Farmington Hills has required curbside recycling separation since July 1, 1991 under City Code Sec. 14-6. Owners…

Grand Rapids requires households enrolled in its Single Stream Recycling Program to keep a cart sized for at least 14…

Kent County offers free residential recycling drop-off and single-stream processing at its Recycling & Education…

Lansing requires every residential, multifamily and nonresidential property to separate recyclable materials and yard…

Livonia's curbside program runs on city-owned recycling receptacles: the city issues one to each single-family…

Recycling in Ottawa County is voluntary, not mandated. The county's Solid Waste Ordinance promotes resource recovery…

Rochester Hills requires recyclables not mixed with trash to be site-separated and placed in a recycling container, or…

Royal Oak requires recyclables to go out in a City-approved 18-gallon or 6-gallon plastic container marked for…

Since October 30, 1996, Saginaw County Ordinance #108 has required residential generators countywide to recycle five…

Sterling Heights requires single-family homes, duplexes, residential condominiums and townhouses to set recyclables at…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-185(a) requires every owner, lessee or occupant of a residential dwelling to…

Troy residents put recyclables in a city-approved bin, or an approved container carrying a recyclables sticker, placed…

Warren requires every household in the serviced area to source-separate glass, cans, and paper from trash and set it…

Wayne County bars landfills from accepting a Michigan municipality's waste unless that municipality certifies it runs a…

West Bloomfield Township Code Sec. 13-92 establishes a mandatory curbside recycling and composting program covering…

Novi's trash and recycling system runs through one city-contracted hauler under City Code Chapter 16, Article IV. Under…

Ann Arbor enrolls every eligible customer in city compost collection by default: opting out requires an approved…

Clinton Township requires every licensed hauler to offer composting service to each household and business from April 1…

West Bloomfield Township requires compostables set out for curbside pickup, twigs, shrub clippings and household food…

Ann Arbor's solid waste code exempts valet trash services moving waste within a single property or development to a…

Clinton Township trash pickup stops on six observed holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas (December 25) and New…

When a holiday falls on a Battle Creek, Michigan collection day, Section 1064.25 has the City contractor collect refuse…

In the City of Kalamazoo, when New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas…

Troy's posted 2026 holiday list says Thanksgiving, Thursday 11/26/26, delays only Thursday's collection by one day…

Bay County's Nuisance Code makes it unlawful to place or deposit refuse, rubbish or garbage in an unsanitary manner on…

Clinton Township bans dumping soil, sand, gravel, trash, rubbish or garbage on any land in the Township without a…

Dumping bottles, cans, junk, old cars, or other refuse on Dearborn streets, alleys, or public land is unlawful, and…

Farmington Hills bans burying, dumping or using solid, hazardous or industrial special waste as fill anywhere in the…

Flint bans dumping rubbish, garbage or waste on any property without a licensed site or permit, treating violations as…

Dumping litter or waste on public or private property in Genesee County without permission is illegal under Michigan's…

Grand Rapids bans throwing or depositing garbage or rubbish on any street, alley, or public or private property, and…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-10 makes it unlawful to dump, deposit or leave refuse, debris or litter on public or private…

Illegal dumping in Macomb County is a Michigan state offense under NREPA's littering law, with civil fines rising by…

In the City of Novi it is a misdemeanor to dump, place or leave rubbish, refuse, garbage, mud, dirt or debris on any…

Ottawa County's Environmental Health Regulations make it unlawful to deposit refuse on any roadway, street, alley…

Rochester Hills bans dumping litter, garbage, refuse or debris on public or private property without the owner's or…

Dumping solid waste without a permit or license in Saginaw County triggers a mandatory report to the Solid Waste…

In the City of Southfield, dumping, depositing, throwing or leaving litter on public or private property or water…

Sterling Heights, Michigan bans depositing waste, filth, or offensive materials on any public or private property in…

West Bloomfield Township bars dumping refuse, oil or other waste into any lake, street, drain or public place under…

Westland bans dumping litter, refuse or garbage on any private property, occupied or not, and makes unauthorized…

Wyoming, Michigan's Code of Ordinances bars dumping garbage or rubbish on any premises, public or private, unless the…

Ann Arbor prohibits storing or leaving solid waste or containers anywhere but permitted locations, including the public…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, Section 17-33 bars anyone from placing offal, garbage, refuse, animal or vegetable…

Dumping solid, medical, or hazardous waste anywhere in Detroit without a permit is a blight violation; five cubic yards…

Dumping litter on public or private property or water without consent is a misdemeanor in Livonia, punishable by up to…

Dumping or removing earth or other material on any property in the City of Pontiac without the landowner's express…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-183(b) bans placing litter, trash or rubbish on public or private property…

Warren bans dumping litter on public or private property without the owner's consent under City Code Sec. 16-5(d). The…

Wayne County fines illegal dumping of scrap autos, tires, construction debris and litter starting at $250 as a civil…

Section 642.02 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances bars knowingly dumping, depositing, throwing or…

Jackson County bans discarding household refuse, litter or pollutants on Parks and Recreation Commission property…

Dumping trash on public or private property in Kent County is illegal under Michigan's NREPA litter statute (MCL…

Lansing prohibits littering or depositing trash and refuse in any street, alley, park, or public place except in…

Royal Oak bans discharging refuse, gasoline, cleaning solvents, or any sewer-clogging substance into a public or…

Section 22-27 of the Charter Township of Royal Oak code makes it unlawful to deposit, throw or bury garbage, rubbish or…

Shelby's littering ordinance bars dumping yard waste, refuse or debris on streets, private property or into any stream…

Troy's litter ordinance bars throwing or dumping garbage, refuse or rubbish on anyone's private land, not just public…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, brush must be cut into lengths of no more than three feet and tied in…

Ann Arbor's solid waste code defines yard waste as compostable leaves, brush, and tree limbs up to 6 inches thick and 4…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, yard waste that cannot be secured in a container is set out in bundles or…

Leaves, grass clippings and other yard waste in Clinton Township go out in paper compost bags or unbagged in a…

Dearborn residents must set yard waste at the curb in 32-gallon containers bearing a city sticker, or in approved paper…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, yard waste (grass, leaves, brush, Christmas trees, weeds and branches) must go into a…

Detroit collects brush, shrubbery, and tree branch cuttings on your scheduled bulk collection day, but only if pieces…

Since July 1, 1991, Farmington Hills has required owners of detached single-family homes to either handle yard waste on…

Flint calls yard debris like grass clippings, leaves and small branches 'compost material' and requires it be set out…

Grass clippings, leaves, weeds, and hedge or shrub trimmings set out for City collection in Kalamazoo must go in…

Lansing bans plastic bags for yard waste pickup: Section 1060.04(c) requires City-approved containers holding no more…

Livonia lets residents mulch or compost yard waste on their own property, but anything hauled away must go through the…

In the City of Novi, cleared brush and vegetative material must be hauled off a lot within 15 days of cutting or…

Pontiac defines yard waste as leaves, grass clippings, small plant clippings, and brush two inches or less in diameter…

Rochester Hills picks up leaves as yard waste, once a week, from March 23 through the second full week of December, by…

Royal Oak requires yard waste, materials from landscaping set out for composting, to go into SOCRRA- or City-approved…

In the City of Southfield, yard waste means grass clippings, leaves, shrub trimmings and other lawn and landscaping…

Grass clippings, leaves, and bundled brush under six inches thick and four feet long go out in a 39-gallon paper bag or…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-184(a) requires owners and occupants to separate compostable yard waste, such…

Troy collects leaves curbside in paper yard waste bags or in a can of 35 gallons or less carrying a free City yard…

Warren's curbside program requires brush cut to four-foot lengths and bundled under 35 pounds, with no piece thicker…

West Bloomfield Township collects yard clippings, leaves, grass, and brush under four feet long and two inches thick…

Westland requires yard waste, grass, leaves, brush, and branches, bundled to four feet long and three inches thick…

Wyoming, Michigan prohibits dumping leaves, grass clippings, and other yard waste in any public street, alley, or…

Grand Rapids collects yard waste as part of its city-run Solid Waste program. The City Manager sets container types and…

Dearborn bans storing dumpsters and portable storage containers on private property by default, allowing them only…

Large moveable trash receptacles, roll-offs and commercial dumpsters, need the Superintendent of Waste Collection's…

In the City of Kalamazoo, a one-cubic-yard-or-larger dumpster picked up by mechanical means may sit somewhere other…

Commercial dumpsters in Southfield need sign-off before they're placed. Sec. 2.12 bars any dumpster from a…

In Battle Creek, Michigan, a dumpster with a capacity of two yards or more must be fully concealed and enclosed by a…

Clinton Township requires every commercial and multi-family dumpster to sit inside a masonry enclosure under Zoning…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, City Code Sec. 36-253 governs where commercial dumpsters can sit and how they must be…

Any dumpster or roll-off container placed on a Detroit public right-of-way needs a City Engineering Division permit…

Farmington Hills requires every commercial dumpster to be screened from view of adjacent properties and public streets…

Commercial dumpsters and other non-residential waste receptacles in Grand Rapids can't go in the front yard, must sit…

Lansing requires commercial and multi-family dumpsters to sit on a concrete pad and be screened on all sides by a…

Any dumpster, roll-off or other refuse container serving a commercial, industrial or multi-family site in Livonia must…

Pontiac's Zoning Ordinance requires every commercial dumpster and trash receptacle area to be screened from view…

Rochester Hills requires trash receptacles, compactors and dumpsters at commercial and multifamily sites to be screened…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, dumpsters for non-residential uses sit in the side or rear yard on a…

Sterling Heights commercial establishments and non-curbside condo complexes must use city-standard mechanical…

Every commercial business in the City of Taylor must keep a solid waste dumpster on site, and Taylor City Code § 20-188…

Warren requires refuse and recycling containers, including commercial dumpsters, to be screened from view of any…

Wyoming, Michigan requires trash and dumpster areas at business, industrial and apartment properties to sit in the rear…

Dearborn requires every household to use the city's Department of Public Works or its licensed contractor for solid…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, Section 17-29(a) bars anyone from disposing of solid waste originating in the city…

Novi residents must use the city's single designated waste hauler for solid waste and recyclables collection, and…

Ann Arbor collects residential refuse at least once a week through its exclusive city, contracted, or franchise…

The City of Battle Creek, Michigan provides residential refuse collection through a City contractor, either curbside…

Clinton Township assigns refuse pickup by geographic district on a schedule the Department of Public Works sets…

Detroit residents must set Courville trash containers at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before collection…

Grand Rapids requires solid waste carts at the curb before 7 a.m. on collection day, and bars setting them out before 7…

In the City of Kalamazoo, every garbage or rubbish collection company must run curbside service only on the single…

Lansing caps residential garbage and recycling pickup at once per week, with collection days set by the Public Service…

Livonia collects municipal refuse at least once a week from every residential unit and commercial establishment under…

The City of Pontiac provides weekly residential refuse collection to every house and four-unit-or-less apartment under…

Rochester Hills residents must use the city's single designated waste hauler for solid waste and recyclables, collected…

The Royal Oak City Manager sets and publishes the citywide solid-waste collection schedule at least once in a local…

The City of Southfield provides regular residential refuse collection on a published schedule under City Code Sec. 2.3…

Sterling Heights runs curbside refuse, recycling, and yard waste collection once a week on the day assigned to each…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-184(b) sets the collection window for solid waste, recyclables and yard waste…

Troy's collection contractor hauls all refuse to the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority on routes…

Warren runs a citywide curbside program for solid waste, compost, and recyclables, with the collection days set and…

West Bloomfield Township requires weekly curbside collection of residential solid waste, recyclables, and yard…

Westland collects solid waste weekly and recyclables every two weeks at the curb in front of each residence.

Wyoming, Michigan collects garbage, rubbish and other refuse only on the days shown on the city's official Refuse…

The City of Flint collects household garbage and rubbish free of charge, but leaves the actual pickup day and frequency…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, the Township Supervisor must provide for collection and disposal of…

Battle Creek, Michigan defines recycling, recycling bins and recycling carts in Section 1064.06 and authorizes random…

Every licensed hauler in Clinton Township, municipal or private, must offer curbside-sorted recycling to every…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, recyclables set at the curb or placed in a city recycling receptacle become the…

Detroit requires curbside recycle carts to be set out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before collection and pulled…

Livonia requires every owner, lessee, and occupant of a residential dwelling to separate designated recyclable…

Section 16-63(b) and (c) of the Novi code set the operating rules for recyclables and yard waste: yard clippings must…

Rochester Hills bans storing or disposing of solid waste, recyclables or yard clippings except as city code allows, and…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-185 of the city code requires residents to separate recyclables into five…

Troy defines what counts as a recyclable each year through the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority…

Warren's curbside program requires every resident to source-separate recyclable material, glass, cans, plastics marked…

Before recyclables reach a West Bloomfield Township curb, Code Sec. 13-94 requires metal, glass and plastic to be…