Residential Programs

**HOLIDAY REMINDER**  Please remember that trash and recycle barrels are collected on all holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.  Barrels should be to the curb by 6 a.m. to ensure service.  Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

The Solid Waste Management Department provides its residents with a variety of programs and services to meet their trash and recycling collection needs.  While we do offer numerous disposal options, our primary service continues to be our residential curbside collection program.

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Residential Curbside Collection Program

• The City provides collection service on all holidays.
   
• Each barrel is collected once a week.  Barrels need to be at the curb, with handles facing your house, by 6 a.m. on collection days and should be removed by 6 a.m. the following day. Suggested placement is as follows:

• PLACEMENT EXCEPTION: Customers residing on streets that have a 35 MPH or higher speed limit should place their containers on the sidewalk.
   
• The City of Mesa provides refuse customers with a black barrel for refuse collection and a blue barrel for recyclable material as part of their standard trash service.  60- or 90-gallon barrel service is available.  Selecting the smaller size barrel will reduce monthly trash bill from $23.34 to $20.83 per month, generating a $2.51 monthly savings.
  
  
• Green barrels, designated for green waste material, are available for an additional monthly fee.
  
  
• If you are unsure of your collection days, please call the Solid Waste Management Department at (480) 644-2688 or view our Collection Schedule Map.
  
  
• Extra blue barrels are provided free of charge and extra black barrels are available for an additional monthly fee.
   
• If your barrel is in need of repair (i.e.- broken lid, wheel, etc.), please call us to place a service or replacement request at no charge.
   

Barrel Basics Do's & Don'ts

• DO place the barrel as close to the curb as possible with the handle of the barrel facing the house.
  
  
• DO bring the barrel in from the curb on the same day it is serviced, or no later than 6:00 a.m. on the day after.
  
  
• DO put wet garbage, grass and animal waste in sealed plastic bags before placing them in the BLACK barrel.  Visit our Bag & Tie page for more details.
  
  
• DO NOT contaminate blue barrel with non-acceptable items.  Mesa maintains a "three strikes and you're out" policy, which means that if your blue barrel is found contaminated three times, City inspectors will remove the barrel.
  
  
• DO NOT place barrel near objects that may prevent collection such as vehicles, light poles, mailboxes, planters, etc.)
  
  
• DO NOT park vehicles near or in front of barrels that are placed out for service.
  
  
• DO NOT overfill barrel.  The lid must be closed in order for the container to be serviced.
  
  
• DO NOT place items on the ground around the barrel or on top of the barrel itself.
  
  
• DO NOT use any other containers other than the City provided barrels for garbage, green waste or recyclables.
  
  
• DO NOT put dirt, mortar, concrete, plaster, building materials, toxic or hazardous material, motor oil, or unwrapped animal waste in the barrel.
  
  
• DO NOT put hot ashes, cinders, coals, or any other burning materials in the barrel.
  
  
• DO NOT let children play inside the barrels, or near the collection trucks.
  
  
• DO NOT block the sidewalk preventing free access for pedestrians.

Do you have a question or need information?  Call the Solid Waste Management Department at (480) 644-2688