Pickup of household garbage is once per week based on the household address. Holiday schedules may vary.
The City of Mobile will assign an initial 96-gallon or 64-gallon garbage cart to newly constructed residential units. All existing households eligible for collection are required to have a City assigned garbage cart. An additional or replacement garbage cart may be assigned to the address by the City for a fee (for a total limit of 2 per household). Title of the garbage cart shall at all times remain with the City. Payment options can be found by checking the City of Mobile website at www.CityofMobile.org or by calling Mobile 311 at 251-208-5311.
All household garbage shall be contained inside plastic bags and placed inside of a city-issued garbage cart. All garbage carts shall be closed to prevent animals from scattering the garbage. Garbage carts overloaded so that lids will not close will not be picked up.
No intentional marking, drawing, or writing, or the intentional etching onto the exterior of the garbage cart is allowed. Address may be added to the inside of the lid using any preferred method except etching. Removal of garbage cart from the assigned address shall be prohibited.
Do not place yard debris, scrap tires, construction material/debris, metal, concrete, sod, sand, dirt, rocks, plaster, hot ashes, flammable products, chemical products, liquid paint, toxic materials, automobile parts, batteries or dead animals in your garbage cart. It is unlawful to place hazardous waste in your garbage cart.
No other containers other than the carts issued by the City will be picked up. Loose bags, boxes or other items will not be collected. The driver is not responsible for loose garbage that is not placed in your cart.
If the garbage cart is damaged by the City of Mobile beyond the point of serviceability, it will be replaced or repaired at no cost to the homeowner.
Each household shall be limited up to two (2) city issued garbage carts. Unauthorized garbage carts will not be picked up.
Garbage carts that have deteriorated to the extent of having jagged or sharp edges capable of causing injury to the garbage collectors or others whose duty it is to handle these carts, will not be collected. Deteriorated carts must be replaced at the cost of household. Garbage carts shall be kept cleaned, maintained, sanitized, and free of any other forms of deterioration inside and outside.
All garbage carts shall be placed curbside and not placed in the street. Garbage carts should be placed with the handle facing away from the street to ensure the cart is aligned with the garbage truck loading mechanism. Carts placed in medians or on vacant lots will not be collected. Carts shall not obstruct the flow of traffic. Garbage carts shall be placed at least 3 feet away from any obstruction included but not limited to: vehicles, fire hydrants, trees, utility/power poles, against or near fences, and under low hanging power lines/cable lines, low tree limbs. Garbage carts not serviced on the scheduled route due to placement or obstruction (i.e., blocked by vehicles, etc.) will not receive additional/return service.
Household garbage containers shall be placed by the curb by 6:00 a.m. on the regular collection day, and empty containers should be returned to the household as soon as possible, but not later than 11:59 p.m. on collection day. If a resident does not know the collection day for their area, they may request this information by contacting Mobile 311 at 251-208-5311 or check the City of Mobile website at www.cityofmobile.org.
Garbage pickup on private roads can be arranged if the roads are sized, and owner maintained sufficiently to allow for the access and movement of City Public Services vehicles. Contact Public Services for procedures and requirements. The City reserves the right to deny or cease service.