06/17/2025
We want to make sure everyone has a positive trash experience, so this we’re passing along a few reminders to ensure your garbage gets collected without a hitch:
👉 Trash
Loose trash is prohibited; all trash must be bagged in garbage bags inside your bin. If your trash is bagged in grocery bags or loose in your bin, your trash will not be collected.
👉Recycle
Recycled items should be loose in your recycling bin. Emterra can refuse to collect your recycling if you have unaccepted items in your bin, so please review the accepted and unaccepted items on our website, bit.ly/gbttrash2025. Pizza boxes are no longer accepted in recycling!
👉Compost
Yard waste should either be in brown yard waste bags or in a plastic container clearly marked with an X or with a yard waste sticker, which can be picked up from our office, free of charge. Dirt, mulch, wood chips, tree stumps, and animal waste are not accepted.
👉Overflow Items
Each week, you may place one additional large item curbside to be taken away. Building materials and sleeper sofas are not accepted.
🚨Collection Information
Please place all items curbside, in plain view, before 7:00 a.m. on collection day. If your trash wasn’t picked up on collection day, we recommend leaving your items curbside overnight and calling our office on Thursday morning (we open at 8:00 a.m.) at 810-424-2600 ext. 2906. We will work with Emterra to investigate the reason for the missed pickup.
