Rochester Hills, MI Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential collection hours
- 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
- Commercial collection hours
- 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
- Program start date
- March 30, 2009
- Billing
- Quarterly invoices in advance (§ 86-103)
- Delinquency
- 90 days late becomes a tax lien
Summary
Rochester Hills residents must use the city's single designated waste hauler for solid waste and recyclables, collected curbside only between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Bypassing the contracted hauler or setting out material outside those hours violates Rochester Hills Code §§ 86-70(1)(a) and 86-102.
(1)Collection hours.a.Domestic. Solid waste, recyclable materials and yard clippings shall be collected within the city from the curbside of residential sites of generation only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; except solid waste, recyclable materials and yard clippings may be so collected on a Saturday between those hours when a legal holiday has occurred on a weekday in the immediately preceding week or when scheduled weekday collections have been delayed in the immediately preceding week due to collection vehicle equipment failure beyond the control of the waste hauler. ... Commencing on March 30, 2009, collection and disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials from single-family generation sites shall be in accordance with the following provisions: ... No person shall dispose of any solid waste or recyclable materials (excluding yard clippings removed by landscapers in accordance with section 86-6(3)(b)) generated from single-family generation sites within the city other than by means of the designated waste hauler contracted by the city for such purpose.
Full Breakdown
Since March 30, 2009, section 86-102 of the Rochester Hills Code has required single-family generation sites to use the designated waste hauler under contract with the city for solid waste and recyclable materials; no other business may collect, transport or dispose of that material from a single-family site, and no resident may use a different hauler for it. Yard clippings removed by a landscaper under section 86-31(3)(b) are the one carve-out from the exclusive-hauler rule. Section 86-70(1)(a) sets the collection window for residential curbside pickup at 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; Saturday pickup is allowed within those same hours only when a legal holiday fell on a weekday the preceding week, or when equipment failure beyond the hauler's control delayed a scheduled weekday run.
Commercial and industrial sites get a longer window under section 86-70(1)(b), 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The designated hauler must bill quarterly in advance under section 86-103, and an invoice unpaid 90 days after its due date becomes delinquent, draws a city council-set penalty, and after three months becomes a lien collectible on the property tax roll like delinquent real property taxes. No one may knowingly place hazardous waste at curbside for the designated hauler to pick up, per section 86-102(5).
Violations & Fines
Using a hauler other than the city's designated single hauler for solid waste or recyclables from a single-family site violates Rochester Hills Code § 86-102(1) and (3). Owners and occupants face municipal civil infraction penalties under section 86-104(c), and an unpaid quarterly bill that goes delinquent 90 days past due draws a council-set penalty and can become a tax lien under section 86-103.
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