The residential curbside program is not designed for the disposal of all items, for example, things like fencing. However, small amounts of properly prepared fencing materials may be collected by the trash driver.
For best results:
- Fence pieces should be bundled, with bundles no larger than three feet by four feet and no heavier than 50 pounds.
- If pieces are too large to bundle, they can be set out as individual pieces or panels. Residents are allowed up to two bulky items per week.
- Make sure there are no nails or sharp or jagged edges that could injure the driver.
For items like this you may want to contact a waste hauler about dumpster rental or contact the landfill about disposal costs.
People’s Landfill
4143 E. Rathbun Rd.
Birch Run (Taymouth Twp)
(989) 341-7251
MMWA residents are allowed up to two bulk items per week. Bulk items should be placed at the curb, along with other properly prepared materials, no later than 7:00 am on your regular service day. MMWA does not schedule bulk pick-up in advance. The trash driver is responsible for collecting your properly prepared bulk item and getting it scheduled for pick up. If the truck is full, or the driver is not able to collect the item by himself, the driver should be placing an orange (WM communities) or yellow (Priority Waste communities) sticker on the material marking the box that reads item pick up scheduled do NOT remove from the curb. The bulk truck runs 1-2 business days behind the regular trash truck. For example, if you have a Monday collection day, your items should be collected by the bulk truck by the end of the day on Wednesday. If your item was tagged for collection and is not picked up by the end of the second business day, please give us a call.
If your bulk item does not have an orange (WM communities) or yellow (Priority Waste communities) sticker, please call either on your collection day or within one business day of your collection day. That is our window of time to look into it.