Trash & Recycling in Idaho (2026)

Nobody may collect, haul or convey refuse over Bonneville County streets for a fee without a license from the County…

Ada County Code 5-2-4-1 requires every reachable residential property in the unincorporated county to receive, and pay…

Boise sets carts out by 7 AM on collection day, no earlier than the evening before, and pulls them back within 24 hours.

Caldwell requires every residential unit to use the city's contracted curbside collection service, picked up once a…

Anyone hauling garbage, refuse, rubbish, tree limbs, trash, or solid waste on public highways in unincorporated Canyon…

Idaho Falls requires waste containers curbside by 7 a.m. on collection day and removed once emptied, kept at least 3…

Kootenai County runs no curbside routes. Residents either hire a private hauler (which sets your pickup day) or drop…

Ada County Code 5-2-4-3 sets the physical rules for curbside carts: containers must sit within four feet of the street…

Boise requires wheeled trash carts curbside by 7 AM on collection day, out no more than 24 hours, with 3-foot clearance.

In unincorporated Bonneville County, refuse must go in a durable, rodent- and fly-proof container holding 20 to 32…

Caldwell requires refuse containers, bags and bundles to sit at curbside for pickup and bars storing them within twenty…

Idaho Falls requires trash carts at the curb before 7 a.m. on pickup day, at least 3 feet from obstructions and clear…

Kootenai County sets container rules through its collection system rather than a curbside setout ordinance. Residential…

Meridian residents must set wheeled carts at the curb no earlier than 24 hours before pickup and by 7:00 a.m. on…

Nampa bars residents from leaving refuse containers within 25 feet of a public street in residential areas except on…

Idaho Code 18-7031 makes illegal dumping of solid waste on public or private property a misdemeanor statewide, with…

Residents can self-haul bulky items to the Ada County Landfill (Hidden Hollow), 10th & Fairview area at 200 W. Front…

Boise residents must schedule bulky item pickup with the city's franchise hauler rather than setting items at the curb…

Caldwell's contractor must provide special curbside pickup of bulky waste, construction debris and stable matter for…

Idaho Falls' city collection service will not remove appliances, heavy machinery, tree trunks, construction debris…

Large bulky items, appliances, furniture, tires and wood must go to the Ramsey or Prairie transfer station, not to…

Meridian's franchised hauler collects bulky waste and major appliances on request, but only from the curb and for a fee…

Nampa's routine curbside collection does not cover trees, construction debris, abandoned vehicles, or other large bulky…

Idaho prohibits disposing of lead-acid batteries in landfills or incinerating them and requires that they be recycled…

Meridian's franchised hauler collects residential recycling every other week in a wheeled cart provided on request…

Boise's residential recycling program is opt-in, not mandatory. Sign up and Public Works issues a blue wheeled cart for…

Nampa provides residents a blue bin for recyclable refuse, kept separate from trash under city code; residents may also…

Boise runs a curbside compost program, but the city code makes participation voluntary for residents rather than…

It is unlawful to dump or discard solid waste anywhere in Bonneville County except at an official disposal site, and…

Idaho Falls makes it unlawful to deposit or bury refuse on any public alley, street, park or other public property, or…

Nampa City Code makes it a misdemeanor to throw, discard, or deposit solid waste on any street, alley, sidewalk, or…

Dumping refuse on the ground anywhere in Caldwell is a nuisance under Caldwell City Code section 07-11-01(3), and…

Dumping or depositing solid waste anywhere in unincorporated Canyon County, Idaho other than the county's approved…

Meridian prohibits burning, burying, or dumping solid waste anywhere within city limits, and bans discarding waste in…

Dumping trash on public or private land without authorization is illegal statewide under Idaho Code 18-7031, carrying a…

Dumping solid waste anywhere in Boise so it can wash or blow onto a street, sidewalk, waterway, sewer, vacant lot, or…

Dumping trash on public or private property without authorization is illegal under both Idaho Code 18-7031 and Kootenai…

Ada County Code 5-2-4-3(D) requires branches, tree trimmings, limbs, hedge cuttings and other clean wood waste too big…

Boise collects leaves, branches, and yard waste through its voluntary curbside compost cart program, with specific size…

Bonneville County treats yard waste like trees, shrubs, limbs, leaves and grass as a controlled disposal item that can…

Caldwell collects yard waste as part of its regular refuse system: tree, shrub and brush trimmings must be bundled at…

Idaho Falls lets residents bag grass, leaves, and branches under 4 feet long in cardboard boxes or plastic sacks for…

Nampa lets brush, leaves, weeds and yard trimmings skip the regular refuse container if they're bagged or bundled to…

Meridian requires yard waste, branches, and organic debris to be cut to 4 feet or less and bundled before it goes in…

Idaho Falls requires every commercial waste container to be City-furnished, and City Code bars private companies from…

Ada County Code 8-3-7(E)(3) requires trash dumpsters on projects subject to master site plan review to be fenced or…

Commercial dumpsters and roll-off containers in Boise must stay off public streets and can't block the right-of-way or…

Downtown Caldwell businesses in the D-CC and D-CB districts must keep trash and recycling receptacles, and trash…

Kootenai County requires every commercial hauler working in the county to report account details, container sizes and…

Commercial properties in Meridian must screen dumpsters from public streets and build code-compliant concrete pads with…

Nampa requires refuse and dumpster containers to sit at least 25 feet from any public street in residential areas…

Every Caldwell property owner and occupant must use the city's contracted refuse system under Caldwell City Code §…

Ada County Code 5-2-8-2(D) requires the county's contracted hauler to collect solid waste from every residential…

Boise requires every residential property to have trash service, collected weekly, with recycling picked up every other…

Where a governmental agency provides refuse service, Bonneville County code makes hotels, restaurants, institutions and…

Every resident of unincorporated Canyon County, Idaho must dispose of solid waste using one of three methods listed in…

Idaho Falls requires every occupant to have waste removed through the City's sanitation system under City Code § 8-6-3…

Meridian requires every residential customer to use franchisee-provided wheeled carts, with solid waste collected…

Nampa compels every residential customer to accept solid waste collection from the city's contracted collector at least…

Bonneville County reserves the right to authorize recycling at its official disposal sites, but bars anyone from…

Ada County Code 5-2-10(L) makes it illegal to take recyclable material out of a bin set out under the county's…

Boise bars glass, plastic bags, oversized containers and motor oil fluids from the blue recycling cart. Mixing them in…