Livonia, MI Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. only
- Sunday collection
- Prohibited absent emergency Public Works approval
- Minimum frequency
- At least once per week
- Residential service charge
- None, if properly containerized
- Enforcing department
- City of Livonia Department of Public Works
Summary
Livonia collects municipal refuse at least once a week from every residential unit and commercial establishment under Section 13.36.180, and crews may only work between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., never on Sunday except in an emergency approved by the Director of Public Works, per Section 13.36.560.
Collection and disposal of garbage, rubbish and refuse in the city shall take place only between the hours of seven a.m. and seven p.m., provided that such collection and disposal shall not occur at any time on a Sunday, except under emergency or extraordinary circumstances and as approved by the director of public works.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 64 | Zoning: Supplement 3).
Full Breakdown
180 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances requires that municipal refuse be collected, removed, and disposed of no less frequently than once each week from every residential unit and commercial establishment, and that garbage alone be collected at least weekly from every industrial plant or factory, except when an act of God or another circumstance beyond the control of the Department of Public Works or its contractor interrupts service. 190 backs that frequency with a mandatory disposal rule: all municipal refuse, waste, trash, garbage, and rubbish must be disposed of at least once each week, though the section carves out an exception for the reasonable use of fertilizer or manure to improve land in an RUF or AG district.
, and never on a Sunday unless the Director of Public Works approves an emergency or extraordinary exception. 380 to handle commercial, industrial, or building refuse. 090, can issue additional rules governing storage, preparation, collection, transportation, and disposal that residents and haulers must follow week to week.
Violations & Fines
Collecting or disposing of garbage, rubbish, or refuse outside the seven a.m. to seven p.m. window, or on a Sunday without Director of Public Works approval, violates Section 13.36.560. A hauler or resident who fails to have municipal refuse disposed of at least once a week, absent an act-of-God exception, is out of compliance with Sections 13.36.180 and 13.36.190, and the Department of Public Works enforces both provisions through its administrative rules under Section 13.36.090.
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