Collierville, TN Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

The pickup rules in Chapter 50 of the Collierville Code of Ordinances start with the cart. Section 50.15(A) requires each residential owner, occupant or other responsible person to keep its refuse containers covered, and provides that all refuse shall be placed within the containers and only refuse within Town-distributed regulated containers will be collected. Refuse set beside a cart or in a non-regulated container is outside what the Town picks up. Section 50.02(E) sets container capacity at 90 to 95 gallons.

Section 50.15(B) adds two limits that crews rely on: the combined weight of any refuse container and its contents shall not exceed 75 pounds, and no refuse shall be placed in a refuse container until it has been drained of all free liquids. Additional carts are available at the current administrative rate set yearly with the adoption of the Town budget, and they remain Town property. The Town provides all normal maintenance, while a cart damaged through neglect or stolen is the property owner's responsibility.

Section 50.01 defines refuse broadly to include garbage, rubbish, leaves, brush and bulk refuse, or any other goods or materials left for abandonment or disposal in a place other than one designated by the Town. Section 50.33 then prohibits disposal of refuse in any quantity, by any person, in any place public or private, other than the sites designated by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

On the truck side, § 50.32 requires collection vehicles to have beds constructed so there is no leakage of liquids onto streets and alleys, with closed beds or coverings that prevent scattering of refuse. Yard waste has its own rules in § 50.35, covered on a separate page. Section 50.18 bars any unauthorized person from rifling or disturbing a container assigned to another.