Scottsdale, AZ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Curb set-out time
- Not before 6:00 p.m. day before pickup
- Cart removal
- Same day, after emptied
- No-collection hours
- 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. citywide
- 90-gallon cart weight cap
- 200 lbs
- Shared-alley cart spacing
- Max 100 ft from property line
- First violation fine
- Up to $500
Summary
Scottsdale residents with ninety-gallon carts must hold containers off the curb until 6:00 p.m. the evening before pickup and pull them back in the same day they're emptied. Citywide, no refuse or recycling truck may run a route between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. under the Solid Waste Services chapter of the city code.
(a)Residential refuse and recyclable material generators with ninety (90) gallon containers shall place containers at the curbline in front of their residences on the scheduled collection days. Containers shall not be placed for collection before 6:00 p.m. on the day preceding the date of collection, and after the containers are emptied, they shall be removed from the curbline on the day of collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 80).
Full Breakdown
the day before, and come back off the curb the same day they're emptied. Underground containers get no city service at all (§ 24-17(b)). Where carts serve more than one residence along a shared alley, the city positions them no more than one hundred feet from the property line of any residence served (§ 24-17(d)); if there's no alley, the city issues individual portable carts instead. Weight limits apply per container size: twenty-gallon containers cap at sixty pounds, ninety-gallon carts at two hundred pounds, and three-hundred-gallon containers at five hundred pounds (§ 24-17(e)); a generator who routinely exceeds those limits can be required by the director to buy additional containers.
, and § 24-14(a) ties commercial pickup frequency to state health department rules, with at least weekly service for containers eight cubic yards or smaller and twice-weekly service for restaurants. New single-family construction must supply its own city-approved containers at the owner's or developer's expense before occupancy (§ 24-18).
Violations & Fines
Chapter 24 violations carry a civil fine of up to $500 for a first offense and up to $700 for a second violation within two years (§ 24-52(c)). The city manager, a designee, or any peace officer can issue a civil citation (§ 24-56), and the defendant must appear in city court within ten days or face a default judgment of up to $250 (§ 24-57). A second violation of most chapter 24 provisions within one year can be charged as a class one misdemeanor (§ 24-52(d)), and the city may physically remove city-owned containers from a noncompliant address (§ 24-55).
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