There are several options to get rid of your household trash.

1. You can purchase the yellow Chocolay Township Trash stickers from Kassels Korner, Lofaro’s Market, Waste Management office or the Chocolay Township office. A full sticker gets placed on each bag of trash for collection on your scheduled collection day.
2. You can call the local Waste Management office at (906) 662-6065 to order a trash and a recycling cart. Your trash will go into the cart with the green lid and recycling material will go into the cart with the yellow lid. You will set up an online account with Waste Management for billing.
3. You can call other trash vendors to set up an account with them.

There are several options to get rid of brush in your yard.

1. The Marquette County Landfill takes brush, grass clippings, pine needles and other compostable material free of charge year round. You do not need a permit to haul brush materials there.
2. Chocolay Township offers a brush drop off two times per year, once in the spring and once in the fall. These times are TBD each spring and fall and are announced on our website, Facebook page and message sign.

Township residents can haul garbage and construction items to the Marquette County Landfill by stopping at the Township office to complete a Hauler’s Agreement. A $15.00 monthly user fee will be charged, along with a $50.00 deposit. Direct hauling can be a considerable savings to Township residents. Call the Township office for more information.

Cash or check only; no credit cards or debit cards are accepted for landfill permits. Two separate payments for user fee and deposit.

Compost and recyclables can be hauled to the Marquette County Landfill free of charge with no permit required.

If you want to rent your property (or a portion of it), you can with a completed Rental Property Registration on file with the Township. This free registration tells the Township you are renting your property, and the Township will use the registration of your property as a way for the police, fire, emergency, and other government personnel to reach you in the event of an emergency.

The registration is renewed every year beginning in March and the renewal is used to update Township records regarding rentals.

You can change the registration at any time if you decide you no longer wish to rent your property.

Further information on the regulations on rentals can be found in Ordinance 68, Rentals. You can access the ordinance on the Township website (click Resources, then Ordinances and Maps, then General, then 68 – Rentals on chocolay.gov).

The Rental Property Registration form can be found on the Township web site (click Resources, then Forms and Documents, then Planning and Zoning, then Rental Property Registration on chocolay.gov).

Contact the Township Zoning Administrator (906.249.1448) if you have questions about renting your property.

If you wish to request public information, go to the FOIA Request page for more details on the FOIA process.