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Request a Curbside Recycling Tote and/or Cart

Can I get free curbside recycling carts or totes?

If you live in a single-family home in one of the following towns or townships, you have curbside recycling service and we will deliver recycling totes and/or a cart to you for FREE*!

  • Village of Alanson
  • Resort Township, including Bay Harbor
  • Little Traverse Township
  • Bear Creek Township, including Bay View
  • Harbor Springs
  • Petoskey

*The township or municipality pays for the service and Emmet County operates it for them.

Learn more about Curbside Recycling Service.

If you are an Apartment, Condominium, Business or Institution
Each community has made different choices about whether they cover the cost of curbside recycling for apartments, condominiums, businesses and institutions. If in doubt, request a cart or totes and we’ll let you know one way or the other. Learn more about Curbside Recycling for Apartments and Businesses.

 

Tote Lids 

Lids are available for the new larger curbside recycling totes (the longer ones with four handles molded into the rim, as opposed to the older ones which are more square and have just two handles).

Lids are currently FREE while supplies last—thanks to help from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation—and are available at:

The Department of Public Works Office in the County Building (downtown Petoskey)
200 Division Street, Suite G-76, Petoskey
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays

The Drop-off Center
7363 Pleasantview Road, Harbor Springs
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays / 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturdays

Fill out the form below or call us at 348-0640 to request a cart or totes.

Thank you for your interest in recycling – or recycling more!

  • bin-3A tote may be used for either Paper, Boxes and Bags OR Mixed Containers (plastic, metal and glass)
    Please enter a number from 0 to 3.
  • cart-at-restCarts are for recycling Paper, Boxes and Bags only.  Containers (plastic, metal and glass) must be recycled in a tote.
    Please enter a number from 0 to 1.
  • If you live in a single-family home in one of the following towns or townships, you have curbside recycling service and we will deliver totes for your recycling use at no cost to you! The township or municipality pays for the service and Emmet County operates it for them.
    • Resort Township, including Bay Harbor
    • Little Traverse Township
    • Bear Creek Township, including Bay View
    • Harbor Springs
    • Petoskey
    If you are a(n) Apartments, Condominiums, Businesses and Institutions: Each community has made different choices about whether they cover the cost of curbside recycling for apartments, condominiums, businesses and institutions. If in doubt, request a tote and we'll let you know one way or the other.
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