Traverse City, MI
(231) 632-2272

Bulk bins + plans

Recycling for Business

Service plans and bulk bins: general recycling, cardboard, electronics, appliances, mattresses and compostable serviceware.

Call (231) 632-2272Schedule a Pickup

A service plan built around your dumpster, not ours

Every business throws away a different mix, so BARC writes each service plan around what your building actually produces. A restaurant, a motel, a machine shop and a property manager all end up with different bins and different pickup days.

Tell the Traverse City office what moves through your loading dock and the plan follows from there. The bin menu runs from a general recycling bin to bulk cardboard, bulk electronics, bulk appliances, bulk mattresses, composting and compostable serviceware.

Service reaches Grand Traverse, Antrim, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Benzie and Manistee counties. Call (231) 632-2272 and describe the waste stream before you pick a bin, because the right bin is usually one step smaller or one step more specific than the first guess.

Industrial and large volume, priced by the job

Warehouse clean-outs, pallet yards and plant shutdowns do not fit a standard plan, so industrial and large-volume work is quoted by special pricing. BARC sends labor, trucks and containers, and the sheet below shows the building blocks: labor at $75 an hour, freight at $4 a mile with a box truck or semi, gaylord boxes, steel drums and pallets.

Prices differ by job and by the skills the work needs. The Kaleva facility processes and ships out electronic waste, mattress materials and industrial recycling, and the fleet includes 4 semi trucks and 15 semi-trailers for larger projects.

If your project is a one-day event rather than ongoing service, the large scale recycling events page covers hotel clean-outs, e-waste events and county programs.

Business composting waitlist and compostable serviceware

Business composting is at capacity for new customers, and a waitlist is open. Call (231) 632-2272 to be added, and start the rest of your recycling plan now so only the compost stream is waiting.

Compostable serviceware is a separate line and it is available now. BARC supplies affordable compostable products to local businesses, ordered by emailing Barb Tholin at sales@mybarc.org or calling 231-632-2272.

A heap of flattened cardboard under a blue RECYCLING ONLY sign

A heap of flattened cardboard under a blue RECYCLING ONLY sign

Describe your waste stream to BARC at (231) 632-2272 and get a plan built around it.

Bin options

Seven streams

Pick the stream, then the bin

Mix and match across one account. If a stream is not on the list, ask: BARC will find a home for it or tell you who can. Check item prices on the pricing sheet, or read about bulk mattress removal.

  • General Recycling BinEveryday mixed recycling for offices, shops and kitchens.
  • Bulk CardboardFlattened boxes in volume, kept apart from the mixed stream.
  • Bulk ElectronicsAnything with a cord or a battery, processed with eRecycle TC.
  • Bulk AppliancesWashers, dryers, dishwashers and the like, collected in quantity.
  • Bulk MattressesHotels, hospitals, colleges and nursing homes clearing rooms at once.
  • CompostingWaitlist open while business composting is at capacity.
  • Compostable ServicewareCompostable products for businesses, ordered through Barb Tholin.

2026-27 sheet, industrial rows

The building blocks of a big job

These are the printed rates for industrial work, plus the start-up fee that opens a residential or commercial recycling account. Pickup adds $100 within a 35 mile radius of both facilities. Call (231) 632-2272 for a quote on anything bigger than a pallet.

ItemPrice
BARC labor per hour (Prices differ by job and skills)$75
Educational training or consulting (1 hr)$100
Freight with box truck or semi, per mile$4
Gaylord boxes 40x48 w/flaps (Call for availability)$20
Steel 55-gal drum, light duty$30
Steel 55-gal drum, heavy duty$40
Standard 40x48 pallet$5
Odd or oversized pallet$10
Start-up fee, residential and commercial recycling$25

The complete sheet, with every row, is on the pricing page. Staging an event instead? See zero waste events.

Related services

Large Scale Recycling EventsCompostable ServicewareElectronics RecyclingCompostingAll services