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…

The county director controls exactly where a household sets out its collection point, and residents must place garbage…

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

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 7-210 requires household solid waste to move through the…

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…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, every resident or owner must use the city's collection and disposal system. The…

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…

In the City of Pocatello, curbside garbage pickup runs under rules the mayor publishes for the sanitation department…

There is no county curbside route in unincorporated Twin Falls County: since November 1, 2002, every hauler, whether…

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

In unincorporated Bannock County, garbage containers at private residences must sit at or near the street line where…

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…

Pocatello residents without off-street pickup must have their city-approved container at or near the curb between 6:00…

In the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, containers go in the alley where an alley exists and in front of the premises where…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 7-230 requires all solid waste awaiting collection to be…

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…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 7-210(D) bars brush, yard waste, construction waste, and…

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…

Twin Falls City Code § 7-3-2 excludes discarded household furnishings, construction or lawn renovation dirt, rocks…

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

Anyone who wants to set up a materials collection system for reuse or recycling in unincorporated Bannock County must…

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…

Boise delays trash collection by one day when New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving…

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, incinerating or disposing of garbage, refuse, rubbish, construction debris or ashes on vacant lots, private…

Dumping solid waste anywhere in unincorporated Bannock County besides the Fort Hall Mine Road landfill or the McCammon…

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 solid waste anywhere other than an official disposal site in unincorporated Twin Falls County, including onto…

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…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 7-401 makes it a violation to dispose of or abandon solid waste…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, dropping, dumping or depositing debris, litter, glass, nails, trash or garbage on any…

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

Twin Falls City Code § 7-1-16 bars any person from willfully or negligently depositing debris, litter, glass, nails…

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…

Twin Falls City Code § 7-3-4 requires brush, tree trimmings, shrubs and twigs in the City of Twin Falls, Idaho to be…

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

Twin Falls County exempts genuine yard waste, tree limbs and dry leaves produced on the property, from its general ban…

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 and multi-unit properties in unincorporated Bannock County must use containers sized and screened as the…

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

Under Bonner County Revised Code § 12-453 K, solid waste and recycling collection areas for commercial, industrial and…

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

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, every use in a Neighborhood Commercial (NC) district must keep trash areas…

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…

Businesses that need a compactor, roll-off box or other special container in the City of Pocatello need the sanitation…

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…

In unincorporated Bannock County, every property owner must accept the county's garbage and disposal service and pay…

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…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the occupant of every dwelling and the operator of every commercial establishment…

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…

In the City of Pocatello every occupied premises with water or sewer service, or that generates garbage, must take city…

In the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, garbage must be collected at least once each week and rubbish at least once every two…

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

Anyone who wants to run a recycling collection system in the City of Pocatello, not just the municipal hauler, needs…

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…

Recyclables in unincorporated Twin Falls County must be stored and handled only at authorized sites, and can sit…