Trash & Recycling
Trash pickup is weekly on Thursday. Recycling is every other Thursday.
Pickup
Trash pickup is weekly on Thursday. Recycling is every other Thursday. Single stream: plastics, paper, glass, and metal.
Put totes out the night before or by 6 a.m.
One large item is picked up weekly.
Totes
Totes are 96 gallons.
Totes are $60.
Trash totes are black with a green lid.
Recycling totes are green with a black lid.
To order a second tote, call GFL directly at (989) 588-6000 to pay and order it.
Holidays
A holiday delays pickup only when that week's service day changes. Otherwise Thursday service stays on its regular day.
- Saturday, July 4, 2026 — Independence Day
Thursday service is unchanged.
- Monday, September 7, 2026 — Labor Day
Pickup that week is Friday, September 11, 2026.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving
Trash moves to Friday, November 27, 2026.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas
Thursday service is unchanged.
- Friday, January 1, 2027 — New Year's Day
Thursday service is unchanged.
- Monday, May 31, 2027 — Memorial Day
Thursday service is unchanged.
Recycling dates, July 2026–June 2027
Trash is also collected on these days. Other Thursdays in this calendar are trash only.
- Thursday, July 2, 2026
- Thursday, July 16, 2026
- Thursday, July 30, 2026
- Thursday, August 13, 2026
- Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Friday, September 11, 2026 (Labor Day week)
- Thursday, September 24, 2026
- Thursday, October 8, 2026
- Thursday, October 22, 2026
- Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Thursday, November 19, 2026
- Thursday, December 3, 2026
- Thursday, December 17, 2026
- Thursday, December 31, 2026
- Thursday, January 14, 2027
- Thursday, January 28, 2027
- Thursday, February 11, 2027
- Thursday, February 25, 2027
- Thursday, March 11, 2027
- Thursday, March 25, 2027
- Thursday, April 8, 2027
- Thursday, April 22, 2027
- Thursday, May 6, 2027
- Thursday, May 20, 2027
- Thursday, June 3, 2027
- Thursday, June 17, 2027
GFL / American Waste
GFL trash and recycling calendar 2026–27 (PDF)The PDF legend says red holidays bump service one day. On the 2026–27 calendar, only Labor Day week (Friday, Sep 11) and Thanksgiving week (Friday, Nov 27) shift. July 4, Christmas, New Year's Day and Memorial Day weeks keep Thursday pickup.
Township Treasurer, June 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026, and the official GFL 2026–27 calendar.