Prescott Valley, AZ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Article 9-01 of the Prescott Valley Town Code, Garbage and Trash Collection, puts refuse collection in the Town's hands. Section 9-01-020 says the Town, or other collectors authorized by the Town, shall collect all refuse within the Town, and it bars any other person from collecting or gathering refuse, except as the Chapter provides. Section 9-01-010 defines the terms: garbage is putrescible waste including food-related organic waste, trash is all nonputrescible waste, and refuse is garbage and trash together.

The schedule itself is delegated. Section 9-01-040 provides that the days and hours of collection of residential refuse are established, and can be amended, by resolution of the Council. Article 9-01 prints no weekday schedule, so a resident looking for a pickup day has to look to the current Council resolution. Section 9-01-030 adds that the Council fixes the classifications for garbage and trash collection from time to time and makes the other rules and regulations needed to administer and enforce the Chapter.

Collection has carve-outs for large producers. Under Section 9-02-010(F), a commercial or manufacturing establishment that creates an unusual amount of by-product refuse can be required by the Town to dispose of its own wastes instead of using Town service. Section 9-02-010(E) makes builders responsible for hauling away construction refuse at their own cost, and Section 9-02-010(G) points dangerous waste to Article 9-05. Hauling refuse over Town streets in violation of the Chapter is unlawful under Section 9-03-010, and placing refuse on public or private property other than as the Chapter permits is unlawful under Section 9-03-040.