Trash & Recycling in Twin Falls County, ID (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Twin Falls County, Idaho.
Verified from official government sources
Pickup Rules & Schedules
There is no county curbside route in unincorporated Twin Falls County: since November 1, 2002, every hauler, whether the county, a city or a private commercial collector, must deliver collected solid waste to an approved transfer station designated by the Southern Idaho Regional Solid Waste Disposal District, and residents may stockpile waste on-site for no more than fourteen days.
Twin Falls County Solid Waste Delivery Rules
Some RestrictionsTwin Falls County Code § 4-2-3(A), (B)(2)
A. Delivery Of Solid Waste To District's Sites: From and after November 1, 2002, all solid waste collected from any source or location within Twin Falls County, Idaho, whether collected by the county, any incorporated city, or by any commercial collector of solid waste, shall be delivered to the approved transfer station(s) or other solid waste disposal or resource recovery site(s) within or de...
Illegal Dumping
Dumping solid waste anywhere other than an official disposal site in unincorporated Twin Falls County, including onto vacant ground, roadways or irrigation ditches, escalates from a $50 infraction to a misdemeanor carrying up to $1,000 and six months in jail for a third offense within two years.
Twin Falls County Illegal Dumping Penalties
Significant RestrictionsTwin Falls County Code § 4-2-3(B)(1), § 4-2-4
1. Dumping Prohibited: No person shall throw, discard, or deposit any solid waste or refuse in or upon premises, improved or vacant, either public or private, unless said premises is an official disposal site. No person shall throw, discard, or deposit any solid waste upon any roadway, street, alley, sidewalk or vacant ground, or in or upon any canal, irrigation ditch, drainage ditch or other w...
Yard Waste Collection
Twin Falls County exempts genuine yard waste, tree limbs and dry leaves produced on the property, from its general ban on accumulating garbage and rubbish, but grass clippings are legally treated as garbage rather than yard waste and can trigger the accumulation rule.
Twin Falls County Yard Waste Accumulation Rules
Light RestrictionsTwin Falls County Code §§ 4-4-1, 4-4-2
NORMALLY ACCEPTABLE YARD WASTE: Includes tree limbs, dry leaves, and other dry vegetation matter produced on premises that is readily burnable without a great concentration of smoke. Grass clippings are considered garbage. ... It shall be unlawful to deposit, collect, store, or accumulate or permit the deposit, collection, storage or accumulation of any garbage and/or rubbish upon land, lots, p...
Recycling Rules
Recyclables in unincorporated Twin Falls County must be stored and handled only at authorized sites, and can sit awaiting transport to a recycling center or plant for up to 180 days before the code treats them as ordinary solid waste subject to disposal-site rules.
Twin Falls County Recyclable Materials Storage Rules
Light RestrictionsTwin Falls County Code § 4-2-3(C)
C. Recyclable Materials: ... Recyclable materials shall be stored, handled and disposed of only at authorized or designated sites which comply with all federal, state and local laws. Recyclable materials may be stored by individuals, businesses, corporations, or other entities pending transport to a recycling center, recycling plant or designated site for no more than one hundred eighty (180) d...
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