Surveys have shown that many small communities do not follow sanitary refuse practices. There are many reasons why these communities have not taken steps to protect the health and welfare of their citizens. Predominant among the basic causes, however, is the belief that adequate service is too expensive, and a lack of information on how to establish and operate a satisfactory system. It has been clearly demonstrated many times, that urban fly control and rodent control must be based upon adequate storage, collection, and disposal of community wastes. A practical refuse control program is within the means of any community. This publication proposes to describe certain factors which needs to be considered in establishing sanitary refuse practices, and to present representative operational and cost data in such manner that they may be interpreted to meet local conditions.