Battle Creek, MI Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 1064.26(b) of the Battle Creek Codified Ordinances governs how bulky items reach the curb in the City of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. For curbside unlimited collection, all containers, bags, bundles and bulky wastes must be placed at the curbside in a manner to prevent scattering, and the City contractor can decline to collect any item not so placed. Doors from white goods must be removed before the appliance is stored and placed for collection.

The definitions in Section 1064.06 fix what the rule covers. Bulky waste means stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines, furniture and other household waste of this nature. White goods are large household appliances such as clothes washing machines or dryers, stoves, refrigerators, freezers and water heaters. A bundle is tree, shrub and brush trimmings, newspapers or magazines securely tied together into an easily handled package not to exceed four feet in length or fifty pounds in weight.

Section 1064.23(d) relaxes the container rule: containerization is not required for bulky waste, but the items must be secured to prevent scattering. Section 1064.25 addresses timing, saying white goods can be collected no later than the following day unless published to the contrary. Backyard pickup customers are different, because Section 1064.06 limits that service to two containers or plastic bags of residential refuse. Commercial refuse, construction waste, hazardous waste and industrial waste are outside the program under Section 1064.21, which says the City contractor is not required to collect refuse not generated from normal residential use of premises.