Commerce City, CO Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Because Commerce City is not a municipal-hauler city, residents and businesses contract individually with a private waste hauler, and Sec. 6-2003(a) sets the outer limit on how long trash can accumulate rather than dictating a fixed weekly pickup day for everyone. The thirty-day ceiling is a maximum, not a target: the section separately requires intervals 'as often as necessary to prevent the creation of a public heath nuisance,' so a property generating more waste, such as a multifamily building or a restaurant, can be cited for infrequent service well inside the thirty-day window if the accumulation itself becomes a nuisance under Sec.

6-2010's public-health-nuisance definition. Storage rules apply at all times between pickups: containers must be watertight and corrosion-resistant with tight-fitting lids, which keeps out moisture, pests and scavenging wildlife, a real concern with the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge bordering the city. Sec. 6-2003(c) separately bars dumping trash on another person's property or in someone else's container without permission, and Sec. 6-2003(d) requires any garbage chute in the city to be metal and kept clean and odor-free. A property that misses the thirty-day ceiling or lets waste attract pests can be cited under the general nuisance-abatement process in Sec. 6-1004, and repeated failures can be treated as a public health nuisance carrying the enhanced penalties in Sec. 1-3003(f) for related illegal dumping.