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Greeley, CO Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

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Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Legal basis
§ 8-372, Refuse Service Providers chapter
Resident mandate
None: subscription service only
Provider
State PUC-licensed private haulers
Hauler report due
Annually by January 31
Noncompliance penalty
License suspension or revocation

Summary

Greeley runs no city recycling program: curbside recycling is an optional subscription add-on sold by state-licensed private haulers, who must report customer participation and tonnage to the city every year.

For refuse haulers, the number of customers within each category that subscribe to each level of solid waste, recycling, yard trimmings, or food scrap collection services, and the number of containers provided to residential customers, by size.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 6 Update 1).

Full Breakdown

Under Greeley Municipal Code § 8-372, refuse service providers, the PUC-authorized private haulers licensed under § 8-367, must file an annual report by January 31 listing, among other things, how many customers in each category subscribe to solid waste, recycling, yard trimmings, or food scrap collection, plus containers by size. Recycling in Greeley is not a citywide mandate or a single municipal program; it is a subscription tier residents and businesses choose (or skip) through their licensed hauler, and the city's role is limited to licensing haulers and auditing what they report.

Violations & Fines

Residents face no penalty for not recycling. Haulers that submit inaccurate, incomplete, or late annual reports risk having their city refuse-service license suspended or revoked under § 8-372(b).

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Greeley require residents to recycle?
No. Greeley Municipal Code § 8-372 shows recycling is one of several subscription levels, solid waste, recycling, yard trimmings, food scraps, chosen through a licensed private hauler; there is no citywide mandate to participate.
Who picks up recycling in Greeley?
A state PUC-authorized, city-licensed private refuse hauler under § 8-367, not a city sanitation department. Haulers must report customer counts and tonnage by category to the city every January 31.

Sources & Official References

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