Battle Creek, MI Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)

Section 1064.25 of the Battle Creek Codified Ordinances covers collection days for the City of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. The City contractor collects refuse for disposal and recycling on the same designated collection weekday, except for holidays, when refuse will be collected on the following day, excluding other holidays or Sundays. The section does not list which holidays count, so the published schedule is the working reference. White goods follow their own clock: they can be collected no later than the following day unless published to the contrary.

The City Manager holds three flexibility powers in the same section. The City Manager can permit collection of recycling on a bi-weekly basis under terms and conditions determined to be in the best interests of the City and its residents. Collection is subject to weather conditions and other conditions beyond the control of the City contractor. And the City Manager can temporarily permit the contractor to collect refuse or recycling at a different time or date under exceptional circumstances in response to emergencies, including forecasted extreme weather events. That last clause was added by Ordinance 01-2023, passed 2-21-23.

A shifted pickup day does not change the set-out clock in Section 1064.27. Garbage or refuse cannot be placed for collection earlier than 1:00 p.m. local time on the day before scheduled collection, and empty containers, recycling bins and carts must be removed from the curb or front door area by 9:00 a.m. local time on the day following collection. Each owner, occupant or person in possession of a residential premises can set out only refuse generated by each residential unit owned, leased or occupied by him or her.