Longmont, CO Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

It is a violation of this chapter:

A.To refuse, fail to surrender, accommodate, or arrange for the authorized retrieval by designated city employees, of any city-provided containers when so demanded by the city, for reasons including, but not limited to, the termination of city collection services within the time specified by the director.B.To place for recycling collection services anything other than accepted recyclable materials, or otherwise to contaminate any recyclable materials by introducing non-accepted recyclable materials into the recycling collection system.C.To place for organics collection services anything other than accepted compostable materials, or otherwise to contaminate any compostable materials in the organics collection services system.D.To fail to contract for waste collection, recycling collection, or organics collection as required in this chapter, in the absence of an applicable exemption.E.To store, transport, or dispose of infectious waste in any city-provided container in a manner that violates applicable federal, state and local statutes, rules and regulations.F.To place containers for collection within the public right-of-way, before 4:00 p.m. of the day before the scheduled collection, or to fail to remove containers from the public right-of-way no later than 8:00 p.m. the day following collection.