Flint, MI Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Free limit
- 20 bags/receptacles
- Plus
- 3 pieces of furniture
- Excess items need
- Treasurer's office permit sticker
- Penalty
- municipal civil infraction, per item/day
Summary
The City of Flint caps curbside collection at 20 approved bags or receptacles plus three pieces of furniture per pickup; putting out more requires a paid permit sticker from the City Treasurer's office on each excess item.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to place more than 20 approved receptacles or bags along with three pieces of furniture at the place designated for collection unless an appropriate permit has been acquired from the City of Flint Treasurer's office.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2016 Code: Local legislation current through Ordinance 3821, passed 3-1-2012).
Full Breakdown
Flint households may set out up to 20 approved bags or receptacles, plus three pieces of furniture, at their collection point without extra paperwork. Anything past that limit, extra furniture, bulky junk, oversized loads, needs a City Treasurer's office permit, sold at a fee set in the master fee schedule, with the sticker conspicuously affixed to each item over the cap. Items too large for a bag or receptacle must also carry a permit sticker even under the 20-item threshold.
Violations & Fines
Placing excess trash without a permit is a municipal civil infraction under Chapter 1, Sections 1-10 through 1-21. Each unpermitted item over the limit is a separate violation, and each day the violation continues is a separate violation too.
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