Taunton, MA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Approved bag size
- 30 to 33 gallons
- Bag cost
- $2 per bag
- Who collects
- City or its contractor
- Effective date
- February 21, 2012
- Administered by
- Commissioner of Public Works
Summary
Every household on Taunton's curbside program must bag its trash in City-approved bags of 30 to 33 gallons, sold for $2 apiece, before it will be collected by the City or its contractor. Recyclables go separately into City-issued bins, not these bags.
§ 420-4. Collection of solid waste and recyclables. ... A. For collection by the City of Taunton or its contractor, each household participating in the curbside trash and recycling program must place solid waste in City-approved collection bags, having a capacity of 30 to 33 gallons, and available for purchase at a cost of $2 per bag.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4508986; v12 updated 2025-09-22; through 09-22-2025).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 420-4, added February 21, 2012 and amended June 19, 2012, requires that for collection by the City of Taunton or its contractor, each household participating in the curbside trash and recycling program place solid waste in City-approved collection bags with a capacity of 30 to 33 gallons, available for purchase at $2 per bag. C to establish and administer the day-to-day policies and procedures carrying out the bag program. The requirement replaced the prior fee structure at former §§ 8-4 and 8-5, which set collection fees and abatements and were repealed June 19, 2012 when § 420-4 took effect.
Waste placed at the curb outside the required bags, or material that is not household solid waste eligible for the program, falls back on § 420-2, which bars anyone other than City public-works employees from depositing, transporting or carrying house offal, filth or other noxious refuse through any public street or place without a Board of Health permit.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 420 does not fix a standalone dollar fine for setting out trash in non-approved bags; the practical consequence is that the material is left uncollected under the Commissioner's administered curbside procedures. Depositing noxious refuse in public ways without a Board of Health permit under § 420-2, or dumping outside the approved program entirely, is separately punishable, with illegal dumping fined $300 under § 420-10.
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