Pima County, AZ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

040 opens with the collector's basic duty and frequency floor, quoted below. Subsection B lists what a collector must pick up, garbage, ashes, rubbish and dead animals under seventy-five pounds, while dangerous materials, construction debris, industrial waste, oversized or condemned animals and manure are collected only at the hauler's discretion when it has the right equipment. 200, and the director publishes notice of the proposed variance in a newspaper for two consecutive weeks and holds a public hearing before deciding. Every customer whose service would be affected must also get individual mailed or hand-delivered notice of the request; failing to notify them is itself grounds to deny the variance.

If the director denies a variance, the same hauler cannot reapply for six months. Subsection D makes clear the twice-weekly and variance rules are only a floor: a collector can always agree to serve a customer more often. 060, this chapter binds only licensed collectors operating in the unincorporated area of Pima County; Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita and South Tucson run separate collection programs.