Livonia, MI Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

020 to cover plant material, grass cuttings, tree trimmings, hedge clippings, bushes, flowers, branches, tree limbs, and similar biodegradable material. 080(A)(8) directs that yard waste be mulched or composted on the premises where it is generated to the maximum extent possible; whatever cannot be handled that way must be separated from other refuse and placed in containers or bags the Department of Public Works has approved. on the scheduled collection day. 070 covers the common case of a landscaping or tree-trimming company doing the work instead of the resident.

Nothing in the chapter stops that company from hauling yard waste off a customer's premises, but the company takes on the legal duty to dispose of it lawfully, either by composting it, delivering it directly to the city's waste hauler, or taking it to a location outside Livonia. The same section separately bars anyone, unless the city authorizes it, from placing or maintaining a yard waste or recycling receptacle that is visible from public view for the purpose of collecting those materials, and it confirms that a resident remains free to donate or sell recyclable materials out of their own refuse instead of setting it out for pickup.