Per bag - Customers pay for waste collection services on a per bag basis. Full service - Customers pay a fixed monthly fee with a volume limited to the carts provided by haulers or a limit of a specified number of bags if a cart is not used. Recycling services are included in the full service fee. Composting services are charged on a volume basis. The per bag fee is simply the customer pays for each bag individually.
Recycling is an additional service at the customers choice.
Full service is a bit confusing. The hauling industry wanted to provide customers with one price for Full service. To accomplish conservation of resources, reduce the proliferation of landfills and meet our recycling goals a compromise of the volume based and full service was achieved by including a recycling service in all one price full service collection of materials. Every hauling company must meet the requirements of the ordinance. A cart is not a requirement to provide trash collection service in Grand Traverse County.