Mar 6, 2025 | News, Service Updates
The program accepts grass clippings, sod without dirt, twigs (less than two inches in diameter), leaves, and other yard vegetation.
Avoid placing root balls, soil, stumps, tree trunks, large shrubs, rocks, or bushes in your yard waste.
Please use a 20-35 gallon can with handles, weighing no more than 50 pounds, labeled with a yard waste sticker OR a paper lawn and leaf bag.
2025 Yard Waste Pickup Dates Begin:
- Monday Routes: Start April 7, 2025
- Tuesday Routes: Start April 8, 2025
- Wednesday Routes: Start April 9, 2025
- Thursday Routes: Start April 10, 2025
- Friday Routes: Start April 11, 2025
For more resources, visit https://www.recyclemotion.org/yardwaste/.
Feb 10, 2025 | News, Service Updates
The upcoming Presidents’ Day holiday on Monday, February 17, 2025 will not cause any delays in trash and recycling services provided to the 34 communities served by the Mid Michigan Waste Authority. Residents should prepare and set out materials on their regularly scheduled collection day.
Jan 7, 2025 | News, Service Updates
The upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, January 20, 2025, will not cause any delays in trash and recycling services provided to the 34 communities served by the Mid Michigan Waste Authority. Residents should prepare and set out materials on their regularly scheduled collection day.
Dec 13, 2024 | News, Service Updates
The upcoming Christmas Day and New Years Day holiday does impact solid waste collection services provided to the 34 Mid Michigan Waste Authority (MMWA) member communities. There will be no trash and recycling collection provided on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, and January 1, 2025. With the holidays falling on a weekday, collection services will be delayed one day for every community with a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday collection the week of Christmas Day and New Years Day. Residents should prepare and set out materials one day later than they normally do during the holiday weeks.
Nov 19, 2024 | News, Service Updates
A friendly reminder to our MMWA member community residents. Due to the upcoming Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday, November 28th, if your trash is normally collected on Thursday, you should have your properly prepared materials at the curb no later than 7 a.m. on Friday. If your trash is normally collected on Friday, have your properly prepared materials at the curb no later than 7 a.m. on Saturday.
Nov 7, 2024 | News, Service Updates
The upcoming Veterans Day holiday on Monday, November 11, will not cause any delays in trash and recycling services provided to the 34 communities served by the Mid Michigan Waste Authority. Residents should prepare and set out materials on their regularly scheduled collection day.
Nov 1, 2024 | News
The Mid Michigan Waste Authority will kick off their 10th annual Holiday Light Recycling Drive on America Recycles Day, November 15, 2024, and run through January 15, 2025. Recycle your broken, old, or out of style holiday string lights this season and put some sparkle back into your holiday!
Residents can drop off their lights throughout Saginaw County at the following locations: Brady Township Hall, Bridgeport Twp Govt Center, The CAN Council office in the City of Saginaw, Carrollton Township DPW, Frankenmuth City Hall, James Township Hall, Kochville Twp Office, Lakefield Township Hall, Mid Michigan Waste Authority Office, Merrill Village Office, Richland Township Office, Saginaw City Public Works, Saginaw Township DPS Bldg., Spaulding Township Office, St. Charles District Library, Swan Creek Township Office, Thomas Township Public Safety Bldg., Tittabawassee Township Office, Zilwaukee City Office plus one location in Gratiot County located at the Wheeler Township Office. A collection bin will be located at Hayes Park during the Freeland Light Show from December 1 to January 1.
Over the nine years of the popular project, nearly six tons of unwanted holiday lights were collected, keeping thousands of strings of lights out of the landfill. When deposited in a landfill, it takes between 100 and 1,000 years for holiday lights to decompose, but through the recycling drive old lights will find new life. All sizes, styles and colors of indoor and outdoor string lights can be donated. Only string lights – not other lighted holiday decorations – can be accepted.
MMWA again has joined forces with Gary Shepard, organizer of the beloved Freeland Light Show, which runs through January 1 at Hayes Park. Visitors to the show may drop off lights at the collection bin located in the park.
The lights will be processed by Rifkin Scrap Metal and Iron, a local company that will send the constituent materials to a processor. The refined materials will then move on to manufacturers to be used in new products. Rifkin is providing a rebate for the lights, with all proceeds going to the CAN (Child Abuse and Neglect) Council.
Residents should not place holiday lights in their recycling bins or cans at home, as they are not an item accepted through the MMWA curbside recycling program.
Getting rid of old holiday lights is also a great opportunity to make the switch to LED lights, which last longer, and are more energy efficient and durable.
Oct 7, 2024 | News, Service Updates
The Columbus Day holiday on Monday, October 14, will not cause any delays in trash, recycling, and yard waste services provided to the 34 communities served by the Mid Michigan Waste Authority. Residents should prepare and set out materials on their regularly scheduled collection day.
Aug 26, 2024 | News, Service Updates
The upcoming Labor Day holiday does impact solid waste collection services provided to the 34 Mid Michigan Waste Authority (MMWA) member communities. There will be no trash, recycling, or yard waste collection provided on Monday, September 2, 2024. With the holiday falling on a weekday, collection services will be delayed one day for every community the week of Labor Day. Residents should prepare and set out materials one day later than they normally do during the holiday week.
Jun 24, 2024 | News, Service Updates
A friendly reminder to our MMWA member community residents. Due to the upcoming 4th of July Day holiday your regular trash, recycling and yard waste collection is delayed by one day beginning Thursday, July 4, 2024. For example, if your regular collection day is on Thursday, you should have your properly prepared materials at the curb no later than 7:00 a.m. on Friday. Check your schedule here!
