Fort Smith, AR Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

City code bars residential garbage cans, recycling containers, solid waste, and yard waste from being set out at the street right-of-way for collection before 12:00 noon on the day before the scheduled pickup. Once collection is finished, emptied cans, recycle containers, and any uncollected material over the service limit must be removed from the right-of-way no later than midnight the day of collection. A separate section requires all residential containers to sit at curbside or beside the alley, and bars collectors from entering houses or buildings to retrieve garbage. Alley rights-of-way are exempt from the noon-before rule.