Mississippi trash pickup is run by cities, counties and private haulers, not by the state.
Your pickup day comes from your city’s or hauler’s own lookup. Among the largest cities, Jackson and Southaven collect curbside themselves; Gulfport contracts a private hauler. Mississippi has no statewide bottle deposit, PaintCare paint, mattress or electronics recycling program.
Find your city
The largest Mississippi cities and their official collection pages:
- Jackson: City of Jackson Public Works Department, Solid Waste Division. Residential garbage is collected twice a week for single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes, and the second collection day also takes up to two bulk items and bagged leaves. Official page ↗
- Gulfport: City of Gulfport Department of Public Works (collection performed under contract by Waste Pro). Garbage in the 96-gallon cart is serviced twice per week and the 96-gallon recycling bin every Wednesday; bulk trash is collected on the same day as garbage. Official page ↗
- Southaven: City of Southaven Public Works Department. Under city ordinance section 7-15(b) the city does not collect trees or similar items cut, trimmed or removed by a contractor or other third party — the owner or occupant must remove them within seven days. Official page ↗
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Who collects in Mississippi
- Local governments are required by Mississippi law to plan and implement an adequate solid waste management system, and MDEQ gives them grant and technical support to do it. Source ↗
- MDEQ’s recycling directory shades grey the counties where, based on its information, access to community recycling programs is not currently available. Source ↗
National haulers (Republic Services, WM, Waste Connections) hold contracts in many places; the city or county names the hauler for each street.
State-level rules
- Container deposit: No statewide container deposit law. Mississippi has no beverage container deposit law; the Connecticut General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Research lists the ten bottle-bill states as California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon and Vermont. Source ↗
- Paint: Not a PaintCare state. PaintCare lists twelve states and the District of Columbia where it operates paint stewardship programs, and Mississippi is not among them. Leftover paint goes through the local household hazardous waste program; see paint. Source ↗
- Mattresses: No statewide mattress take-back program. The Mattress Recycling Council operates programs only in states with mattress recycling laws: California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island. See mattresses. Source ↗
- Electronics: No statewide electronics law. MDEQ describes its Electronics Waste Program as informational; the only Mississippi e-waste law found (Miss. Code Ann. Section 49-2-101 et seq., from 2013) requires state agencies to use certified electronics recyclers, and no manufacturer takeback law or household landfill ban was found. Source ↗
- Yard waste: No statewide landfill ban. No statewide yard waste landfill ban was found; MDEQ’s rubbish site rules list natural vegetation such as tree limbs, stumps and leaves as acceptable waste for disposal at Class I rubbish sites. Source ↗
State agency
- State agency: Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Waste Division — Recycling and Waste Reduction Program (Office of Pollution Control). Permits solid waste facilities, oversees local solid waste planning required of counties and municipalities, and runs the state’s recycling, waste reduction, electronics and waste tire programs. Official website ↗
- Find your local program: Mississippi Recycling Directory by county (MDEQ) ↗
- Contact: 601-961-5739
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Materials with their own rules
Paint · Lithium-ion batteries · Household hazardous waste · Mattresses · Pizza boxes · Christmas trees
Neighboring states
Alabama · Arkansas · Louisiana · Tennessee
Sources
Official pages used: mdeq.ms.gov · mdeq.ms.gov · jacksonms.gov · gulfport-ms.gov · southaven.org · cga.ct.gov · paintcare.org · mattressrecyclingcouncil.org · mdeq.ms.gov · mdeq.ms.gov · mdeq.ms.gov.
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