Grand Rapids trash pickup: cost and carts

Recycling is paid through the City property tax millage. City of Grand Rapids Public Works.

Grand Rapids charges per tip of your trash cart, so your bill depends on how often you set it out. Recycling is paid by the property tax millage. Shown at one tip a week.

Changing your cart

Customers may exchange their cart once at no additional cost; any further request to change the cart requires a $28.50 fee

Ways to pay less

• Pick the smallest trash cart that works. Trash is charged per tip by cart size, and the City says a smaller cart will work if you recycle often. How: Swap carts once at no cost through the City.

Pay or manage it

• Trash services and cart payments ↗

Sources

1. City of Grand Rapids: Trash Services (per-tip prices)
2. City of Grand Rapids: Service guidelines, PAYT & recycling

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