What's New 

Welcome new residents! Handle your moving materials, recyclables, trash, yard wastes easily and correctly.

Worm bin workshop at the MRF open house on Saturday, Feb. 13. Pre-registration required. Some fees apply if participants wish to pre-order a worm bin kit for $25. Details at www.a2gov.org/mrf. Press release attached (1-page pdf)

Recycle Ann Arbor Drop-off Station Announces New Fee Structure Effective Jan. 2, 2010. $3 per vehicle fee to apply to all customers except for compost sales; quantity discount pricing available (PDF)

A seasonal reminder to clear snow around from solid waste and recycling carts, stacking bins, and dumpsters and maintaing access roads and sidewalks (for disabled pickups) free of snow and ice. Snow memo attached (1-page PDF).

Christmas tree recycling options: Free drop-off area available next to the Drop-Off Station from Dec. 15, 2009 to Jan. 30, 2010. Residential curbside pickups provided the week of January 19-22, 2010 on normal solid waste collection days. Additional options are provided on the press release, attached here.

A Web page devoted to a proposal for source-separated, single-stream recycling for Ann Arbor is now available at this link.

NEW! Fall 2009 uncooked fruit and vegetable food wastes are now accepted in the city's seasonal compost cart collection program. Press Release (2-page pdf). Also see the Compostables collection page.

Compost collection resumes for the growing season on Monday, Apr. 5, 2010. Other drop-off and on-site management options are available. The press release is attached here.

Outstanding Business Recycler award recognition program is coordinated by Recycle Ann Arbor. Link to Web page listing current and past business award winners.

Free refrigerator pickups for recycling and $50 rebate when customers replace their refrigerators with energy-efficient models.  See DTE customer program information at: http://dteenergy.com/residentialCustomers/saveEnergy/rebates/recyclingProgram.html (released July 1, 2009)

NEW federal DOT requirements: used rechargeable household batteries must covered with clear tape at the positive ends before recycling. New press release from Oct. 1, 2009. 

Commercial Recycling Improvement Initiative 

Compost Collection Pilot for 2006/2007 for neighborhood of 260 residents.

Year-end Holidays Waste Reduction Tips (2-page PDF) 

Education Pages including information on free tours of the city's municipal recycling plant (MRF). 

Guide to Recycling Computer Monitors & Televisions; City's ban on landfill disposal of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) (2-page PDF)

Cutting the Waste Stream in Half, US EPA report 1999, listing Ann Arbor as one of the topo 20 communities in North America for Waste Reduction (48-Page PDF)

Questions? Contact customerservice@a2gov.org