For more information call 231-724-4100
If you live in the City of Muskegon, then you are eligible for our curbside garbage, yard waste and recycling collection service. Single-family homes and any apartment building with 6 rental units or less are eligible for city services. Small churches and small businesses may also use our cart system for a monthly fee.
Read our flyer for details.
Garbage Cart Service
City residents are required to use a cart for disposing of your garbage. We also offer extra cart rental, hardship stickers and sell extra waste stickers
- Only city-issued garbage carts may be used by City residents for disposal of trash.
- Weekly curbside collection : Monday - Friday depending on location of your neighborhood
- Lost or stolen carts can be replaced by paying a replacement fee of $55.00. City will deliver the replacement.
- New residents not having a cart must pay a fee of $55.00 for a cart.
- Hardship Stickers available to people who are physically unable to use a garbage cart. Call Ted Russell at (231) 724-6908 to make arrangements.
- Extra garbage or bulky items that do not fit in your garbage cart must have a mixed refuse sticker attached in order to be picked up at the curb. Stickers can be purchased at $2.00 each. Buy 5 for $10.00 and get an extra sticker free. You then need to affix the sticker to any extra bag of garbage or bulk item that will not fit in your garbage cart, (one sticker per item) and put it out on your regularly scheduled garbage day.
- Appliances can also be picked up at the curb for a $25.00 sticker fee. Check want ads for a vendor who will pick up your appliance for less cost.
- Fees for carts or stickers can be paid at City Hall (Treasurer's counter), 933 Terrace St. or Public Service Building, 1350 E. Keating Ave.
List of Unacceptable Items for Garbage Pickup
- Appliances
- Hazardous waste material
- Engine Parts
- Building Materials
- Yard Waste
- Car Batteries
- Chirstmas Trees
- Car Parts
- Tires
Spring and Fall Cleanups: Saturday Dumpster Days
- Saturday dumpster days are sponsored by your neighborhood associations and available to neighborhood residents only - contact your association for more information
- Neighborhoods associations contact info and map: Click here
- Schedule: see the spring and fall schedules for neighborhood dumpster days. Download spring and fall schedules
- Collection season is 1st week of April - 1st week of December: see flyer for actual dates.
- Yard wastes such as leaves, grass clippings, plant debris will be picked up at the curb on your garbage day. The City of Muskegon will only accept yard waste in paper yard waste
bags or rigid dumpable containers. Discardable cardboard boxes may also be used so long as the weight does not exceed 30-lbs.
No plastic bags of yard wastes will be picked up. Click here for Yard Waste Policy
- The State of Michigan has banned the disposal of yard waste in landfills so yard wastes are now composted and must be contained in paper bags. Read more
- Loose yard waste can be accepted from dump-able containers. Brush that is bundled in 4-ft lengths will also be collected.
- Yard wastes are collected by a separate truck and may be later in the day than your garbage pickup.
- Paper Bags for yard wastes are sold at all grocery and home improvement stores.
- Bags are also available at the Public Service Building, 1350 E. Keating Ave., at 5 bags for $2.00. This price is subject to change.
- Bulk brush disposal - a $25.00 fee is charged for each pickup truck or trailer load. Call Ted Russell at (231) 724-6908 for an appointment. Available to residents only. No contractors allowed.
- Christmas Tree Disposal - Starts the first Monday in January and runs for 2 weeks on your regularly scheduled garbage day. Please remove decorations.
- Call the Muskegon County Landfill for an appointment and more information. Dial (231) 724-6001.
- Compact fluorescent light fixtures, CFR's, can be recycled at the County Hazardous Waste Program.
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