4 rules for unincorporated Elkhart County, Indiana.
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Unincorporated Elkhart County runs no curbside route, so households subscribe to private haulers like Borden Waste-Away. The county dissolved its Solid Waste Management District in 2020 and now runs the landfill directly. Elkhart and Goshen contract their own city collection.
Elkhart County, IN Code § 50.01
The Board of Commissioners dissolved the Elkhart County Solid Waste Management District effective December 31, 2020.
Placement rules depend on your provider. In unincorporated areas your private hauler sets set-out times. Elkhart city requires carts within three feet of the curb with two feet of clearance and lids closed, and city code caps a container at 99 gallons.
Elkhart, IN City Code § 99.01 (Container)
A receptacle with a capacity no larger than 99 gallons, which: is designed and intended for storage and collection of garbage and refuse, has an attached and hinged lid, as approved by the city
No county bulk route serves unincorporated areas, so arrange large-item pickup through your private hauler or self-haul to the county landfill on County Road 7. Elkhart city residents schedule bulk pickup through the contracted hauler. Illegal dumping is prosecuted.
Indiana has no residential recycling mandate, and unincorporated Elkhart County requires nothing separated. The county's staffed drop-off sites were consolidated and closed, though it keeps a recycling incentive program. Elkhart city provides curbside recycling every other week.
Elkhart County, IN Code § 50.02
Pursuant to I.C. 13-21-15-4, the county will continue collecting all fees previously collected by the Solid Waste Management District and use said fees exclusively for services previously provided by the Solid Waste Management District.
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