JMT-branded pink trash bag tied off on a roadside.

Pay-as-you-throw

Pink Bags

The service

Pre-paid bags. Pickup baked in.

Pay-as-you-throw bags. Buy a pack at any of our local retail partners, then call us or drop your address below so we know to add you to the route. Buy a pack, fill a bag, set it on the curb on your pickup day, and we grab it on our regular route. Pink Bag pickups run on the same route day as the tote route in your area.

$45 / pack of 10$4.50 per bag
Call (231) 268-1925

    What you get

  • ✓Sold at 10 local stores
  • ✓Call or sign up online to start service
  • ✓Great for cottages and light users
  • ✓Pack of 10 heavy-gauge bags

At the store

Look for this pink bag.

Hot-pink plastic, with JMT and our phone number (231) 268-1925 printed in black. Each pack of 10 is the same bag pictured here — sold at local retailers across Emmet County. Fill one, set it at the curb on your pickup day, and we grab it on our normal route.

JMT pink trash bag laid flat showing the JMT logo and phone number 231 268 1925 printed in black — the same bag sold at local retailers.

How it works

Four steps from pack to pickup.

  1. Buy a pack

    Grab a pack of 10 at any of our 10 local retailers in Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Pellston, Carp Lake, Mackinaw City, or Bay Shore.

  2. Let us know

    Drop your address into the signup below so we know to watch for your bag on route day.

  3. Fill and curb it

    Tie off the bag and put it at the curb on the same route day as the tote pickup in your area.

  4. We grab it

    Same driver, same day. The pickup is already paid for in the pack you bought.

Where to buy

10 local retailers across Emmet County.

The store finder maps them all and sorts by distance.

  • Bill & Carol's Party Store & Deli

    523 Charlevoix Ave, Petoskey, MI 49770

    $45 / pack of 10

  • Tom & Dick's

    921 Emmet St, Petoskey, MI 49770

    $45 / pack of 10

  • Pellston General Store

    45 N US Highway 31, Pellston, MI 49769

    $45 / pack of 10

  • Cook's Hardware

    68 Stimpson Dr, Pellston, MI 49769

    $45 / pack of 10

  • Carp Lake General Store

    6420 E Gill Rd, Carp Lake, MI 49718

    $45 / pack of 10

  • Mackinaw Family Market

    101 E Central Ave, Mackinaw City, MI 49701

    $45 / pack of 10

  • Harbor Springs Market

    300 W Lake St, Harbor Springs, MI 49740

    $45 / pack of 10

  • Bay Shore Food Market

    6012 US Highway 31 N, Charlevoix, MI 49720

    $45 / pack of 10

  • Oleson's Food Store

    2000 N US Highway 31, Petoskey, MI 49770

    $45 / pack of 10

  • Meyer Ace Hardware

    1371 US Highway 31 N, Petoskey, MI 49770

    $45 / pack of 10

Get on the pickup list

Drop your address so we know to look.

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