Flint trash pickup: cost and carts

Trash service in Flint costs about $19 a month ($227 a year). Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

City of Flint. Billed by: The waste collection fee is charged on the July tax bill.

Pay or manage it

CartA monthA year
Waste collection fee (yearly, on the July tax bill)$18.88$227

Billed once a year on the tax bill, not monthly; the page shows one twelfth.

How Flint compares with nearby cities

Trash, a month

  1. Mount Pleasant · 67 mi$13
  2. Bay City · 40 mi$19
  3. Flint$19
  4. Saginaw · 30 mi$21
  5. Battle Creek · 93 mi$39

The standard cart in each city. Cities that pay for trash through property tax are not listed.

Sources

  1. City of Flint recycling and carts

Checked October 22, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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