Montgomery County, VA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 9.1-16, placement for collection
- Where
- Curb or edge of street/alley
- Earliest set-out
- Regularly scheduled collection day
- Container removal
- By end of collection day
- Applies in
- County outside Blacksburg, Christiansburg
Summary
In Montgomery County outside Blacksburg and Christiansburg, county-collected trash has to be set at the curb or street edge in adequate containers, and only on the regularly scheduled collection day, not earlier. Empty containers must come back off the curb by the end of the same collection day.
All solid waste from premises to which collection services are provided by the county shall be placed at the curb or edge of the street or alley for collection in adequate containers. Any solid waste containers to be placed at the curb or edge of the street or alley for collection shall not be so placed until the regularly scheduled collection day. The empty containers shall be removed from the street curb by the end of the collection day.
Full Breakdown
1-16, Placement for Collection, governs how and when residents put out containers for county collection. All solid waste from premises receiving county collection service must be placed at the curb or edge of the street or alley for collection, and it has to be in adequate containers, not loose. The section specifically bars early set-out: containers cannot be placed at the curb or street edge until the regularly scheduled collection day itself. Once collection happens, the resident's obligation continues: the empty containers have to be removed from the street curb by the end of that same collection day, so they do not sit out overnight or block the right-of-way.
1-16 traces to the county's 1992 solid waste ordinance (Ord. No. 1-10, since each town sets its own placement rules for its own collection program.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 9.1 does not print a standalone dollar fine inside § 9.1-16 for early set-out or a container left at the curb past collection day; the county administrator's collection rules and regulations administer day-to-day compliance, and repeated noncompliance can affect continued service to the premises under § 9.1-17.
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Sources & Official References
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