Avondale, AZ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Container placement deadline
- By 5:00 a.m. on designated collection day
- Single-family service
- Weekly automated garbage and recycling
- Collection noise curfew
- No disturbing noise 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Late payment penalty
- 1.5% per month on unpaid balance
Summary
Avondale sets its own solid waste collection days, posted on the city website, and residents must have containers out by 5:00 a.m. on the designated day. Single-family homes get weekly automated garbage and recycling pickup, and refusing service does not excuse the monthly fee.
The days of the city solid waste collection shall be as designated by the director and shall be posted on the city website. Containers must be placed in the proper location for collection by 5:00 a.m. on the designated collection day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Sec. on the designated collection day. Sec. 11-6(a) entitles single-family residences meeting the access standards in sec. 11-10 to weekly automated residential garbage collection and weekly automated residential recycling collection, with individual containers and curbside pickup, while sec. 11-6(b) leaves multi-family collection to an authorized solid waste collector unless the director permits otherwise. Sec. 11-5 requires every person or business in the city to accept collection service and bars refusing service as a way to avoid paying the collection charge, though actual waste producers may personally salvage and dispose of their own waste under sec. 11-5(b) if they comply with the chapter. Sec. , enforced at the director's discretion.
Violations & Fines
Fees for collection under sec. 11-8 are billed monthly, and a delinquent bill draws a 1.5 percent per month late penalty and can result in a lien recorded against the property after 30 days' notice; unpaid solid waste charges on a city water account can also lead to utility service being shut off under sec. 11-8(a)(3). Refusing collection service does not exempt a resident or business from the collection charge under sec. 11-5.
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