Montgomery, AL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Garbage collection
- At least twice weekly
- Rubbish/yard waste
- Once weekly
- Curbside window
- 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Trash limit per pickup
- One cubic yard
- Bulky item charge
- Up to $180.00 per load
- Max penalty
- $200 fine or 6 months jail
Summary
Montgomery's sanitation department collects household garbage at least twice a week and rubbish, leaves, grass and shrubbery trimmings once a week, all through city-issued roll-out containers that residents must set at the curb by 7:00 a.m. and bring back in by 7:00 p.m. on pickup day.
There is hereby established in the city a garbage and rubbish collection, hauling and disposal service, to be operated by the department. The collection, hauling and disposal of garbage shall be made by the department no less frequently than twice each week in residential areas and as necessary or required, except on Sundays, in all business areas, and the charges hereby imposed are based on such periodic collection, hauling and disposal. Rubbish, leaves, grass, straw, and shrubbery trimmings shall be collected once per week in residential areas. All collection schedules are subject to change due to legal holidays or weather conditions.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 25-33 establishes the city's garbage and rubbish collection, hauling and disposal service through the sanitation department, requiring garbage collection no less than twice each week in residential areas, and as needed except Sundays in business areas, with rubbish, leaves, grass, straw and shrubbery trimmings collected once weekly in residential areas; all schedules can shift for legal holidays or weather. the same day, with the city repairing or replacing containers damaged or stolen through no fault of the resident. Residents unable to manage curbside placement because of disability, age or health can keep back-door collection by arrangement with the department. 00 per load. 00 administrative fee plus actual removal costs to the bill.
Violations & Fines
Failing to use the required roll-out container, leaving it at the curb outside the 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. window, exceeding the one-cubic-yard trash limit, or leaving trash unremoved after a 72-hour city notice under § 25-35(e) triggers the Chapter 25 general penalty, § 25-32: a fine of $1.00 to $200.00, imprisonment or hard labor up to six months, or both, plus a $150.00 administrative fee and abatement costs where the city has to remove the trash itself.
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