Trash & Recycling in Jackson County, MS (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Jackson County, Mississippi.
Verified from official government sources
Bin Placement Rules
Jackson County requires garbage cans, dumpsters and recycle bins over 40 gallons at multifamily, manufactured home park, commercial, industrial and public-use sites to be enclosed on all four sides so they cannot be seen from outside.
Jackson County Garbage Bin Enclosure Rule
Some RestrictionsJackson County Zoning Ordinance § 4.06.05
Upon the effective date of this Ordinance, all garbage disposal facilities (i.e. any container with a capacity of over 40 gallons) located on the site of existing (at the effective date of this Ordinance) or new multiple family residential uses, manufactured home parks, commercial, industrial or public/quasi-public uses shall be enclosed on all four sides by solid fencing or other material in a...
Illegal Dumping
Dumping cans, bottles, glass, paper or boxes on Jackson County public property is a littering violation punishable under state litter-law fines.
Jackson County Public Property Dumping Ban
Some RestrictionsJackson County, Mississippi, Ordinance Prohibiting Trespassing, Loitering, Littering and Vandalism on Public Property, Part I § 3, Littering (adopted June 20, 1994)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to litter county public property as defined in Section 97-15-29 or Section 97-15-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, and said offense shall be punishable as provided therein. It shall specifically be unlawful to put, throw, dump or leave any cans, bottles, jars, glassware or broken glass, paper, boxes, etc. on county public property, and any p...
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