Auburn, AL Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 20-24 splits placement by property type: business containers go at locations and times set by the director of solid waste, residential garbage cans not on cart service are placed near the back entrance in plain view on the designated day, and collection personnel may not enter houses, buildings, garages or porches to retrieve garbage. on the scheduled pickup day, and once it has been emptied the cart should be pulled back from curbside rather than left there overnight; no cart may be set out for collection on a day when no collection is scheduled.

The same section makes the customer financially responsible for negligent or intentional damage to a city-owned cart, billed at the city's repair or replacement cost, and bars loading a cart with concrete, bricks, dirt, scrap metal, rock or other heavy material, requiring the customer to separate such waste for proper pickup instead. Carts are city property: only carts authorized by the solid waste department may be used, and a resident who relocates within the city must have the cart moved to the new address and notify the department rather than simply leaving it behind.