Casper, WY Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Commercial placement
- Private property by alley, or curb
- Alley storage
- Must shield refuse from animals, weather
- Min. container size
- 90 gal (.45 cu yd) per week
- Max container weight
- 50 lbs loaded (non-lift trucks)
- Tampering
- Only owner or licensed hauler may touch cart
- Condemned container grace
- Two pickups before violation
Summary
Casper Municipal Code § 8.32.050 tells residents and businesses exactly where a trash container has to sit for pickup: on private property next to the alley, or at the curb where no alley exists, in a spot city trucks can reach. Alley storage must be sealed against animals and weather, and nobody but the owner or a licensed hauler may touch the container.
A.Containers or other materials as herein prescribed serving commercial entities shall be placed on private property adjacent to the alleyway where such exists or at the curb of the street on all lots contiguous to an adjacent alleyway in such a manner as to be readily accessible for collection. Vehicles that prevent such accessibility may be ticketed. ... B.Where storage of refuse is in an alley, such accumulation of refuse shall be stored in containers in such a manner that protects it from animals, shelters it from weather and otherwise secures it in a sanitary and clean manner. ... F.Tampering with refuse, garbage, or refuse container prohibited. No person other than the owner, or the agents or employees of such owner, or a person or company authorized by the city to collect and dispose of refuse and rubbish shall tamper with any refuse container.
Full Breakdown
Section 8.32.050(A) requires commercial containers to be placed on private property adjacent to the alleyway, or at the curb on lots that border an alley, positioned so the collection truck can reach them; a parked vehicle that blocks that access can be ticketed. Subsection B extends the same placement logic to alley storage generally: any refuse kept in an alley has to sit in containers that protect it from animals, shelter it from weather and keep the area sanitary and clean. Container specifications reinforce the placement rule under § 8.32.040: residential containers must hold at least 90 gallons (0.45 cubic yards) per dwelling per week and cannot exceed 45 gallons individually or 50 pounds loaded, except where the city's mechanical lift trucks are used.
Section 8.32.050(F) separately bars tampering: no one but the owner, the owner's agent, or a hauler authorized by the city may move, open or take contents from a placed container, and removing a container from where the owner put it is itself a violation. A container that fails these specifications or poses a health hazard can be condemned under § 8.32.040(B)(7); if the owner has not replaced it after two missed pickups, they are in violation and subject to prosecution.
Violations & Fines
Tampering with a placed container or moving it without authorization violates § 8.32.050(F) and is punished under § 8.32.200 through the Chapter 1.28 general penalty, up to a $750 fine plus $10 in court costs. A condemned container left unreplaced after two pickups under § 8.32.040(B)(7) is also a chargeable violation of Chapter 8.32.
Frequently Asked Questions
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