Peoria, AZ Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out window
- After 6 p.m. day before, by 6 a.m. collection day
- Container return deadline
- Day after collection, behind setback
- Clearance required
- 4 feet around container
- Schedule authority
- City Manager or designee, § 22-27(b)
- Blocking a container
- Civil traffic violation, § 22-6(b)
Summary
Peoria, Arizona requires residential solid waste containers to go to the curb after 6:00 p.m. the evening before collection and come back behind the front setback by the day after pickup. City Code Chapter 22 also sets a four-foot clearance zone, lid-closure rules, and collection-hour authority for the Solid Waste Division.
All residential solid waste containers of one-hundred- (100) gallon size or less shall be placed in the curb/street after 6:00 p.m. on the evening prior to collection, but no later than 6:00 a.m. on the day of collection, and removed from the curb/street and returned to private property located behind the residence setback (front of house) by the day following collection. Containers placed in the curb/ street or parkway after 6:00 a.m. on the day of collection are considered late put-outs and may not receive service.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-9: Supplement contains: LLocal legislation current through Ord. 2026-15, passed 6-16-26).
Full Breakdown
on the day of collection, and returned to private property behind the residence's building setback by the day following collection. on collection day are "late put-outs" and may not be serviced. Section 22-24(b) requires a minimum four-foot clearance around every container, with the lid facing the collection vehicle, so mailboxes, parked cars, landscape statues and other obstructions within that four-foot zone will prevent service. Section 22-24(d) makes clear the container is assigned to the property, not the occupant, and no one may remove it from that address.
Section 22-23(a) and § 22-26 require lids to stay completely closed at all times; a lid propped open by overflowing trash is treated as unserviceable because it risks vector infestation and spillage. Collection days and times themselves are set by the city manager or designee under § 22-27(b), with reasonable advance notice given before any schedule change. Section 22-6(b) separately makes it unlawful to park a vehicle or place any obstruction within four feet of a container set out for collection, or to block access to a residential or commercial bin.
Violations & Fines
Blocking access to a container or obstructing it within four feet under § 22-6(b) is a civil traffic violation. A late put-out or a lid that will not close under §§ 22-24 and 22-26 simply means the truck skips the container that week rather than a fine. The Director of Public Works may also redirect container placement to the sidewalk on streets with traffic or access restrictions under § 22-24(c), overriding the normal curb placement rule.
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