Trash & Recycling in Missouri (2026)

Missouri's Solid Waste Management Law requires every city and county to ensure regular collection and disposal of solid…

St. Louis County Code §607.181 defines a minimum level of service with three components: once-per-week trash…

Columbia, Missouri assigns residential refuse service by building size: single-family homes and small duplexes get…

Licensed haulers may collect garbage or rubbish in Florissant only between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., per Code Sections…

Independence bars residential refuse collection before 6:00 a.m. under City Code § 19.05.014, and requires every…

Unincorporated Jackson County residents must dispose of solid waste one of three ways: self-hauling on their own…

Every property owner and occupant in unincorporated Jefferson County that produces solid waste must sign up with a…

Kansas City collects curbside refuse weekly, but residents may not set carts or bags out before 3:00 p.m. the day…

Kirkwood requires garbage and recycling carts to be set within three feet of the curb, lids facing the street, and bars…

Lee's Summit residents may not set trash carts, tree limbs or yard waste at the curb or alley until their regularly…

O'Fallon treats an uncovered, leaking or improperly timed trash or recycle can as a public nuisance under Section…

Springfield, Missouri's residential solid waste containers must hold no more than 96 gallons, stay leakproof and…

St. Charles County requires every permitted hauler to collect solid waste and recyclables at least once a week, and…

St. Louis bars residents from setting refuse containers on the public right-of-way before noon the day ahead of…

Outside of collection day, Columbia, Missouri residents must keep refuse and recycling carts stored right next to the…

Florissant bars leaving garbage, yard waste, trash or refuse containers in front of a building for more than 24…

Independence requires refuse containers to be made of refuse-grade material and bans storing them in the front or side…

Unincorporated Jackson County requires garbage stored in 20-35 gallon leakproof containers with flytight lids, kept in…

Jefferson County requires trash and yard-waste containers to sit at a spot on the owner's property that the hauler and…

Kansas City requires households to use their city-issued KCart for weekly curbside refuse, set it out no earlier than 3…

Kirkwood residents must set recycling and garbage carts within three feet of the curb, lids facing the street, no…

Lee's Summit requires every residential solid waste container to be stored on the resident's own property, in a spot…

Springfield caps residential trash containers at 96 gallons and bans curbside storage except a 24-hour set-out window…

St. Charles County requires trash and recycling carts to be set out at the curb no earlier than dusk the day before…

St. Louis roll-out trash carts must sit at or within two feet of the curb, never on the sidewalk, and only between 6…

St. Louis County treats a trash container as something that lives behind the house. SLCRO §607.120 requires containers…

Missouri bans certain bulk items from sanitary landfills statewide, including major appliances, whole waste tires…

No county bulk pickup exists in unincorporated Clay County. Arrange large-item removal through your private hauler or…

Independence requires every licensed refuse collector to provide bulky waste pickup once per year for customers within…

In unincorporated Jackson County, commercial trash haulers must offer bulky rubbish collection at least once a year…

Jefferson County guarantees bulky rubbish pickup, discarded appliances, furniture and other oversized items too heavy…

Kansas City picks up bulky items curbside by appointment only, capping each item at 500 pounds and barring construction…

Kirkwood's Sanitation Division offers curbside pickup of large bulky items as a paid "special service" under Code §…

Lee's Summit does not automatically collect bulky rubbish, items too large or heavy for a hauler's regular truck, with…

O'Fallon collects bulky items only by request, not on the regular weekly route. Tree limbs and brush must be bundled to…

Your hauler must collect bulky waste like furniture and white goods from your home at least once every six months, with…

St. Louis requires oversized refuse to be bundled to no more than 3 feet long, 1 foot across, and 75 pounds, then set…

Bulky household items in St. Louis County fall under SLCRO §607.120, which requires them to be stored at least 3 feet…

Columbia, Missouri gives curbside refuse customers one free bulky-item pickup a year, scheduled at least a week ahead…

Missouri requires every state department and agency to recycle at least 25% of paper products used or 50% of paper…

Columbia, Missouri provides weekly curbside recycling pickup to residential refuse customers, issuing three annual…

Kansas City provides weekly curbside recycling to eligible dwellings, but only from units using a city-approved KC…

Every non-multifamily residential unit in Kirkwood gets City curbside single-stream recycling collection along with…

Lee's Summit does not force residents to recycle, but Code Sec. 25-126 requires every licensed hauler to offer curbside…

O'Fallon folds curbside recycling into every home's basic trash service: single-family, two-family and attached…

Any hauler licensed to collect residential trash in Springfield must also offer curbside recycling at least twice a…

Any hauler holding a St. Charles County solid waste permit must collect a customer's separated recyclables on request…

St. Louis defines recyclables by ordinance, newspapers, cardboard, mixed paper, aluminum and steel cans, glass bottles…

Before St. Louis County will license a hauler under Section 607.170, Section 607.183 requires the company to file a…

Florissant doesn't run a mandatory curbside recycling program in its Code of Ordinances, but § 220.040 does regulate…

When a holiday falls on your regular collection day in Columbia, Missouri, the city moves refuse and recycling pickup…

Columbia, Missouri makes it unlawful to dump refuse in alleys, streets, vacant lots or waterways within the Boone…

Florissant makes it unlawful to operate a garbage or rubbish dump or to fill ground with garbage or rubbish anywhere in…

Greene County's zoning code bans dumping refuse, yard waste, or litter into the storm sewer system or any waterway in…

St. Charles County requires waste go to a licensed landfill, processing facility, or transfer station, and bans dumping…

Dumping debris, trash, or refuse on another's property or public land without permission is a misdemeanor in St. Louis…

St. Louis County writes its dumping ban around a licensing test rather than a list of banned materials. Under SLCRO…

Independence prohibits throwing, depositing, or scattering waste of any kind on any sidewalk, alley, street, bridge, or…

Jackson County bans dumping solid waste on the ground or in any water body outside an approved disposal facility, with…

Dumping garbage, rubbish, yard waste or litter on public or private property in Kansas City, Missouri is a…

Kirkwood bans open dumping of solid waste anywhere in the city, with narrow exceptions for permitted grading fill and…

Cass County Code § 205.530 makes it an offense to place or deposit glass, cans, garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish on…

Clay County bans dumping trash of any kind in its park and recreation system under Code of Ordinances § 90.21. Section…

Jefferson County bans dumping, depositing, throwing, or leaving litter on any public or private property or in any…

Lee's Summit makes it unlawful to deposit, spill, drop or track dirt, mud, rock, debris or rubbish onto any city…

O'Fallon makes it an offense to throw or place glass, cans, garbage, trash, refuse, or rubbish on public rights-of-way…

Dumping solid waste at any site the city hasn't approved is a declared public nuisance and misdemeanor in Springfield…

Boone County bans dumping yard waste, leaves, grass clippings and brush into storm drains, the MS4 system or any…

Columbia, Missouri defines yard waste as leaves, grass, brush, limbs and yard vegetation and bans setting it at the…

Independence defines yard waste as leaves, grass clippings, garden vegetation, and Christmas trees, and lets residents…

Kansas City collects leaves and brush curbside on a schedule the director sets each year, but only if it's bagged in…

Kirkwood collects yard waste only in special degradable kraft paper bags bought from the City, or a bag carrying a City…

Lee's Summit requires tree limbs under four inches thick and brush to be bundled no longer than 48 inches and 18 inches…

O'Fallon requires tree limbs under four inches thick and brush to be tied into bundles no bigger than 48 by 18 inches…

Springfield classifies grass clippings, leaves and tree trimmings as 'unacceptable waste': it is exempt from the…

Every licensed hauler in unincorporated St. Charles County must offer weekly yard waste pickup from April 1 through…

St. Louis limits yard waste bins to leaves, grass clippings, and garden vegetation from residential lots, bars lawn…

St. Louis County Code Section 607.182 has required every hauler licensed to collect residential municipal waste in the…

Jefferson County defines yard waste as grass clippings, leaves and debris from dead, fallen or felled trees, and…

Florissant requires a Public Works permit before any dumpster, construction storage unit or portable on-demand storage…

Commercial and industrial lots in O'Fallon need a temporary use permit before placing a roll-off dumpster or storage…

Columbia, Missouri requires commercial properties generating excess refuse to keep a director-approved bulk container…

Independence lets residents place roll-off trash containers of 10 to 40 cubic yards on their property for up to 15…

In unincorporated Jackson County, commercial and multi-family trash and dumpster enclosures must be screened from…

Non-residential trash containers and dumpsters in unincorporated Jefferson County must be screened from off-property…

Kansas City requires multiplex, multi-unit residential, and nonresidential properties to screen dumpsters, trash…

Multifamily, commercial and industrial properties in Kirkwood must contract with a City-authorized hauler, and every…

Lee's Summit caps roll-off trash containers and portable storage units at 14 days per stay, up to three uses a year…

County code bars overfilling a mobile/roll-off waste container used for demolition or construction debris, requires…

St. Louis requires nonresidential refuse containers to be screened from street view and emptied weekly, with no…

Kirkwood requires every residential property owner (except multifamily) to subscribe to City sanitation service, with…

Columbia, Missouri requires curbside residential refuse customers to use city carts collected once weekly on a…

Florissant requires every property generating solid waste to have an active collection agreement under § 220.015. Where…

Independence requires licensed refuse haulers to collect at least once a week and bars collection before 6:00 a.m. in…

In unincorporated Jackson County, a permitted hauler must collect residential solid waste at least once per week…

Every residence in unincorporated Jefferson County must have its solid waste picked up at least once a week under…

Kansas City picks up curbside refuse once a week at buildings with six or fewer units, with a strict set-out window…

Lee's Summit collects residential solid waste at least once a week, and commercial waste at least weekly or more often…

O'Fallon's Section 245.030(F) sets residential solid waste collection at once weekly City-wide. Containers, tree limbs…

Springfield, Missouri's solid waste code sets a minimum collection frequency of once every 14 days and limits curbside…

St. Charles County requires every residential and non-residential property to contract with a County-permitted hauler…

The Refuse Commissioner sets St. Louis's residential collection days by route, and every dwelling unit pays a $14.00…

St. Louis County requires waste haulers to collect residential municipal waste and recyclables from every serviced…

New commercial and industrial development in unincorporated Cass County must show best-management-practice plans for…

Kansas City runs weekly curbside recycling pickup for eligible dwelling units, but only from units displaying a…

Kirkwood runs a City recycling depository at 350 South Taylor Avenue that accepts only specific materials such as…

St. Louis defines recyclables by ordinance and bans scavenging from any refuse or recycling container citywide…

Trash haulers licensed to serve one- and two-family homes in unincorporated St. Louis County must file a recovered…

O'Fallon doesn't run a standalone recycling ordinance; recycling is folded into the mandatory basic solid waste service…