Glasgow Rules and Regulations ordinance (§ 230.310)
Chapter 230: Solid Waste
In short: The Mayor can make and enforce reasonable rules on trash: how garbage is wrapped, container type, size and weight limits, storage, pickup schedules, routes and collection points, disposal fees, and handling of special wastes like tires, ashes, construction debris and bulky items.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. The Mayor may make, amend, revoke and enforce reasonable and necessary rules and regulations governing, but not limited to:
1. Preparation, drainage and wrapping of garbage deposited in solid waste containers.
2. Specifications for solid waste containers, including the type, composition, equipment, size and shape thereof.
3. Identification of solid waste containers and of the covers thereof, and of equipment thereto appertaining, if any.
4. Weight limitations on the combined weight of solid waste containers and the contents thereof, and weight and size limitations on bundles of solid waste too large for solid waste containers.
5. Storage of solid waste in solid waste containers.
6. Sanitation, maintenance and replacement of solid waste containers.
7. Schedules of and routes for collection of solid waste.
8. Collection points of solid waste containers.
9. Collection and disposal of solid waste.
10. Processing facilities and fees for the use thereof.
11. Disposal facilities and fees for the use thereof.
12. Records of quantity and type of wastes received at processing and/or disposal facilities.
13. Handling of special wastes such as toxic wastes, sludge, ashes, agriculture, construction, bulky items, tires, automobiles, oils, greases, etc.
Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 230.310
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.