Scottsdale, AZ Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest set-out time
- 6:00 p.m. day before pickup
- Cart pickup deadline
- Removed from curb same day
- Weight limit, 90-gal cart
- 200 pounds
- Weight limit, 300-gal cart
- 500 pounds
- New-subdivision container cost
- $108.00 per container
- First-violation fine cap
- $500.00 (Sec. 24-52)
Summary
Scottsdale requires residential refuse and recycling carts at the curbline only within a tight window: never before 6:00 p.m. the evening before pickup, and pulled back off the curb the same day the truck empties them. Blocking access to a set-out container is a separate offense, and violations carry escalating civil fines.
Residential refuse and recyclable material generators with ninety (90) gallon containers shall place containers at the curbline in front of their residences on the scheduled collection days. Containers shall not be placed for collection before 6:00 p.m. on the day preceding the date of collection, and after the containers are emptied, they shall be removed from the curbline on the day of collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 80).
Full Breakdown
the day before, and must come off the curbline the day of collection once emptied. Subsection (d) covers alley-served containers: city-owned containers serving more than one residence must sit along the rear or side alley no more than 100 feet from the serviced property line. Subsection (e) sets weight ceilings so collection crews aren't injured: 60 pounds for twenty-gallon containers, 200 pounds for ninety-gallon containers, and 500 pounds for three-hundred-gallon containers. For new construction, Sec. 00 each for both the solid waste and recycling units.
Separately, Sec. 24-48 makes it unlawful to park a vehicle so as to obstruct access to a refuse or recycling container placed out for collection, or to obstruct collection operations in any other manner, and bars closing or obstructing an alley or right-of-way in violation of Sec. 19-3 or 19-4.
Violations & Fines
Under Sec. 24-52, violating any provision of the solid waste chapter, including the curbline timing and container-obstruction rules, is a civil fine of up to $500 for a first violation and up to $700 for a second or later violation within two years of the first. A second violation of most provisions within one year can be charged as a class one misdemeanor, and burning refuse or illegal disposal of prohibited substances (Secs. 24-46, 24-49) are misdemeanors outright.
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