Trash & Recycling
Stutzman Refuse Disposal provides residential and commercial solid waste pickup services in Sterling. Residential service is billed through the City on each customer's monthly utility bill. Commercial service is billed directly to the business, and carts and bins can be ordered through Stutzman. Effective July 1, 2025, the rates for service are:
Residential
1 95-gallon trash cart and 1 95-gallon recycling cart: $8.95 / month
Each additional trash cart: $4.16 / month
Each additional recycling cart: $4.16 / month
Commercial
1 95-gallon trash cart: $16.32 / month
1 95-gallon trash cart (carry out service): $20.40 / month
1 95-gallon recycling cart: $6.12 / month
Each additional trash cart: $9.18 / month
Each additional recycling cart: $6.12 / month
2026 Trash & Recycling Calendar
Trash Service
Trash service can be ordered through City Hall and will be during the regular billing cycle. Trash pick-up is every Wednesday. If a holiday falls during the week, then trash pick-up will be a day behind.
Recycling
Recycling service is voluntary and is included with the cost of trash disposal. Recycling is picked up every other Wednesday, if a holiday falls during the week, then recycle will be a day behind.
Acceptable Materials
- Aluminum & steel (tin) beverage & food cans
- Cardboard & pasteboard (flatten for better use of space in container)
- Glass containers (all colors of food & beverage jars & bottles)
- Magazines, junk mail, office paper, books, phone books & catalogs
- Newspapers (including inserts)
- Plastic beverage, food & soap containers (containers #1 thru #7)
Non-Acceptable Materials
- Batteries
- Other glass (windshields or glass panes)
- Other plastics not listed above
- Paint cans and other hazardous chemical containers (ex. motor oil)
- Plastic bags
- Shredded Paper
- Styrofoam
Plastic bags and shredded paper can harm the equipment and potentially cause a fire at the material recovery facility because they can get tangled in the belts and gears.