Taylor, MI Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest set-out
- 6:00 p.m. night before collection
- Latest removal
- 8:00 p.m. collection day
- Cart size
- City-issued 64 or 96-gallon container
- Enforcing agency
- Department of Public Works
- First offense fine
- $150.00 civil infraction
Summary
In the City of Taylor, Michigan, no one may set a solid waste or recycling cart at the curb before 6:00 p.m. the night before pickup, and every empty cart must come back off the curb by 8:00 p.m. the day of collection. Only the city-issued 64 or 96-gallon container may be used; each address gets one for trash and one for recycling.
(6)Time for placing and removing containers. No person occupying or in possession of any premises where solid waste is scheduled to be picked up shall place any container containing solid waste at the place of pickup before 6:00 p.m. of the day preceding the scheduled collection of the solid waste. No person shall leave any such container at the place of collection after 8:00 p.m. of the day of actual collection.
Full Breakdown
Taylor City Code § 20-186 governs how residential solid waste and recycling carts must be stored and set out. Subsection (b)(6) sets the collection window: containers cannot be placed at the pickup point before 6:00 p.m. of the day preceding the scheduled collection, and any empty container left at the curb after 8:00 p.m. on collection day is a violation. The Department of Public Works issues one 64 or 96-gallon cart for trash and one for recycling to every residence; the cart remains city property and must stay at the address, though residents may lease extra containers.
Section 20-186(b)(1) specifies the cart itself: a wall thickness of not less than 10.6 mils, a minimum weight of 2,507 grams, handles able to support 300 pounds, and a snaplock lid weighing at least 522 grams. Containers must be waterproof and free of ragged or sharp edges under subsection (b)(5), and the director of public works may seize and destroy a cart found unusable, after giving the owner or tenant seven days' written notice to replace it under subsection (b)(7). Rubbish itself must be bagged in plastic before it goes into the container per subsection (b)(4).
Bulky items that will not fit in the cart, along with building debris such as brick, gravel and concrete, are handled separately under subsection (d).
Violations & Fines
A cart set out before 6:00 p.m. or left at the curb after 8:00 p.m. is enforced as a municipal civil infraction under the penalty scheme in § 20-183(d): $150.00 for a first offense, $300.00 for a second, and a misdemeanor carrying up to a $500.00 fine or 90 days in jail for a third or subsequent offense, with each day of a continuing violation counted as a separate offense.
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