Yuma, AZ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Exclusive collector
- City holds exclusive right (§ 190-16)
- Excluded service
- Roll-on/roll-off not exclusive
- Container mandate
- Approved receptacle required (§ 190-19(A))
- Upgrade trigger
- 90 gal / 150 lb per period (§ 190-38)
- Penalty
- Class 3 misdemeanor, § 190-99
Summary
Yuma runs an exclusive municipal collection system: Section 190-16 gives the city the sole right to collect refuse citywide, and Section 190-19 requires every residential and commercial generator to use suitable, approved containers for collection, whether the receptacle was supplied by the resident, a contractor or the city.
The city, its duly authorized representative, servants or employees have the exclusive right to collect refuse within the city without limitation to the city's authorization of collectors by license, franchise, permit or contract. This exclusive right to collect refuse does not include roll-on/roll-off collection and disposal service. ... It shall be the responsibility of every person, commercial or residential refuse generator to place, or cause to be placed, all refuse accumulating on the premises in suitable receptacles or containers, approved by the Director of Public Works, whether the receptacles or containers are provided by such person, a contractor, or the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-74: Current through May 20, 2026).
Full Breakdown
' That exclusive right carves out one exception, roll-on/roll-off collection and disposal service, which commercial generators may instead contract out separately under Section 190-50. For everything else, residents cannot simply hire an outside hauler to take household garbage; refuse collection inside city limits runs through the city or through collectors the city has specifically licensed, franchised, permitted or contracted. ' The Director of Public Works sets collection schedules and can require any residential generator who regularly exceeds 90 gallons or 150 pounds of refuse per collection period to upgrade to a commercial disposal arrangement under Section 190-38. Violations of either section carry the chapter penalty at Section 190-99.
Violations & Fines
Failing to use an approved container or arranging unauthorized private hauling in place of the city's exclusive collection service violates Sections 190-16 and 190-19, punishable under Section 190-99 as a class 3 misdemeanor: up to a $500 fine or one day in jail under the citywide schedule at Section 10-99, with each day of continued noncompliance a separate offense.
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Sources & Official References
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