Springfield, OR Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard can size
- 32-gallon maximum capacity
- Standard can weight limit
- 60 pounds when full
- 90-gallon cart weight limit
- 200 pounds when full
- Sunken receptacles
- Prohibited
- Overweight container
- Collector may skip and leave notice
Summary
Springfield, Oregon caps standard household garbage cans at 32 gallons and 60 pounds when full. Municipal Code section 4.410 bars sunken receptacles and overloaded cans, and the collector can leave an overweight container behind with a notice to the customer.
No resident or householder shall use any receptacle for this purpose other than a standard garbage can not in excess of 32 gallons capacity. No resident or householder shall use any sunken receptacle. ... No person shall overload containers beyond the point where covers can securely be replaced. ... Standard 32 gallon garbage cans shall not exceed 60 pounds in weight when full. If the container is overweight, licensee will not empty the container and will leave notification to the customer of the overweight limit.
Full Breakdown
Municipal Code section 4.410(1)(b) sets the baseline container rule for Springfield households: no resident or householder may use anything other than a standard garbage can not exceeding 32 gallons, and sunken receptacles are prohibited outright. Section 4.410(3) adds that no person may overload a container past the point where its cover can be securely replaced, and section 4.410(4) fixes a hard weight ceiling of 60 pounds for a full standard can; if a can is overweight, the licensee is not required to empty it and instead leaves the customer a notice of the overweight limit.
The same weight-and-notice structure carries over to the optional mechanized cart service: section 4.410(5)(b) caps a full 90-gallon rolling cart at 200 pounds, with the identical right for the collector to skip an overweight cart and leave notice. Section 4.410(2) separately requires that garbage, decaying matter and similar refuse be kept in a closed, leak-proof container at all times so it does not create an offensive smell or become a public nuisance, and section 4.412 requires garbage to be wrapped in paper or placed in paper sacks before going into any can.
Development and Public Works oversees the franchise that carries out these standards, and the franchised collector, not city crews, physically enforces the weight limits at the curb on every route in the City of Springfield, Oregon.
Violations & Fines
An overweight or improperly contained can is not automatically ticketed. Section 4.410(4) lets the collector simply skip an overweight standard can or cart and leave the customer written notice of the limit. Beyond that operational remedy, violating the container standards of section 4.410, including overloading or using a sunken receptacle, is a non-criminal code violation subject to a fine of up to $720.00 under section 1.205(3), with each day of continuing violation a separate offense.
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