Trash & Recycling in Indiana (2026)

Anyone other than a city crew who wants to collect garbage, rubbish or waste material in Gary needs a scavenger license…

Anderson provides weekly curbside trash pickup by day and route, with co-mingled recycling collected every other week…

In the City of Bloomington, the department of public works collects solid waste, recycling and yard waste on each…

Unincorporated Boone County makes it unlawful for anyone in control of a property to let a refuse, garbage or water…

Carmel runs a citywide residential trash and recycling program serviced weekly by Republic Services under a contract…

The City of Columbus, Indiana collects residential solid waste once per week, and it must be at the curb by 7:00 a.m…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, anyone who removes or transports refuse from premises to another location…

Evansville, Indiana requires every eligible residence to keep City-supplied 96- or 48-gallon carts on the property, one…

Fishers bans trash and recycling pickups between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. in residential areas, and near homes in commercial…

Fort Wayne carts must go out after noon the day before collection and before 6 a.m. on collection day, then be pulled…

Greenwood's General Ordinances set a firm curbside clock: under City Code § 6-291(a), trash, garbage and heavy trash…

Hammond, Indiana requires garbage wrapped in paper inside city-approved 90- or 65-gallon containers, set at the alley…

Single-family residents who want city trash pickup must prepare and set out solid waste according to Department of…

In the City of Kokomo, § 95.06 tells residents when their garbage and rubbish will not be picked up: loose or spilled…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.060 sets a strict window for putting waste out: no earlier…

City Code section 52.36 bars anyone but the city sanitation department from regularly collecting litter or garbage for…

Under Noblesville Code of Ordinances § 91.03, the Board of Public Works and Safety, with Common Council approval…

Companies collecting residential refuse in unincorporated Porter County must offer curbside recycling to every customer…

South Bend runs its own municipal trash collection through the Public Works Division of Solid Waste. Curbside trash…

St. Joseph County's Solid Waste Management District, empowered by IC 13-21-3-12, runs countywide recycling but not…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, only the hauler the Solid Waste Management District approves may lawfully…

In the City of Westfield, Indiana, the Division of Solid Waste inside the Department of Public Works holds exclusive…

Elkhart County does not run curbside trash pickup in the unincorporated area. The Board of Commissioners dissolved the…

Allen County's Property Maintenance Code requires all exterior property to be kept clean and sanitary, so accumulated…

Anderson carts must sit within 4 feet of the curb, wheels away from the street and lid arrows pointing to the street…

In the City of Bloomington, carts must go at the curb by 5:00 a.m. on collection day, clear of overhead lines, trees…

Carmel residents must have carts at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on their collection day, when service begins (normal hours…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, toters go to the curb no earlier than twenty-four hours before collection and come…

Evansville limits when trash and recycling carts can sit curbside and requires refuse to be screened from street view…

Between collection days, Fort Wayne requires garbage and recycling carts to be stored out of street view, set back at…

In the City of Gary, Municipal Code § 34-53 bars storing garbage and rubbish containers on public property except for…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, residential trash and recycling carts may go to the curb, never in the street, no…

Hammond requires garbage and rubbish carts to sit on the alley line, or curbside where there is no alley, only on the…

Indianapolis occupants must set out residential solid waste in containers or dumpsters meeting Department of Public…

In the City of Kokomo, § 95.06 requires garbage and rubbish to go out in 30-gallon containers or securely tied…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.060 tells residents exactly where their waste and recycling…

In unincorporated Lake County commercial, industrial, manufacturing, and multi-family districts, dumpsters and refuse…

City Code section 52.10 requires every Muncie owner, occupant, or lessee to keep garbage and rubbish containers on the…

South Bend requires city-issued toters out by 6 a.m. on collection day, within two feet of the curb, lid closed and…

Unincorporated St. Joseph County requires any trash container larger than 36 cubic feet to be screened on three sides…

Anderson offers Heavy Pick-Up the day after your trash day for furniture and most appliances. Refrigerators, freezers…

In the City of Bloomington, large items other than appliances can be set at the curb on your assigned collection day…

Carmel residents arrange bulk pickup of large items (furniture, appliances, etc.) through Republic Services with at…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, cardboard boxes must be flattened and stacked neatly, tree cuttings cannot exceed six…

For the city's special spring cleanup, heavy/bulky waste, and fall leaf collection events, Evansville, Indiana bars…

Bulky waste, large appliances or furniture too big for the city cart, rides out with your regular collection, not a…

Large-item pickup is handled through your city hauler, but Hamilton County runs a free Household Hazardous Waste…

Hammond, Indiana's sanitation crews will not pick up garbage or trash that overflows the city's 90- or 65-gallon…

In the City of Kokomo, § 95.07(B)(1) excludes rubbish of exceptional size or weight, such as construction debris, more…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.090 lets residents set out 'excess waste,' defined in §…

Porter County requires any company running a residential trash service in the unincorporated county to collect bulk…

South Bend collects one large item free per household each month on your regular pickup day. Extra items run $20 per…

Bulk items go through your city, not the county. South Bend schedules large-item pickup and Mishawaka collects up to…

Indiana sets a statutory goal of recycling at least 50% of its municipal waste (IC 13-20-25-1) but does not require…

Anderson provides co-mingled curbside recycling every other week via Best Way Disposal, with a cart and calendar…

In the City of Bloomington, every address that gets city solid-waste collection also gets weekly curbside recycling on…

Carmel provides weekly curbside single-stream recycling to all residents through Republic Services as part of its…

Clark County Code § 50.02 makes every unincorporated-area waste hauler offer residential customers a voluntary curbside…

Indiana has no residential recycling mandate, and unincorporated Elkhart County requires nothing separated. The…

Every Evansville dwelling with City refuse service must have a City-supplied 96- or 48-gallon recycling cart, set out…

Every residential unit in Fishers pays a mandatory monthly trash-and-recycling fee, billed automatically whether or not…

Fort Wayne collects recycling on the same bi-weekly schedule as regular refuse, using city-provided recycling carts…

In the City of Gary, any person or entity that is being licensed or permitted, or that is renewing a license or permit…

Hammond runs a citywide alley/curbside recycling program separating aluminum, glass, plastic and newsprint from regular…

Hendricks County bans putting non-recyclable material into any container or facility set up to collect recyclables, and…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.070 requires recyclables to be empty, clean and dry, and…

Unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana residents recycle old appliances at the County Highway Department's Blue Bluff…

Noblesville Code of Ordinances § 91.06 imposes a mandatory monthly trash-and-recycling fee of $15.55 per eligible…

Every solid waste hauler in unincorporated Porter County must offer curbside recycling to residential customers at…

South Bend requires recyclable materials to be separated from regular refuse and set out in bins at the locations and…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, the Solid Waste Management District's curbside program serves single-family…

Greenwood requires residential recyclables to be separated from trash and set out in an approved container at curbside…

Kokomo's recycling program is not automatic citywide law; § 98.02 of the Kokomo Code of Ordinances authorizes the Board…

The Bloomington board of public works can move a resident's collection day when a holiday or bad weather disrupts the…

In weeks with a Federal holiday or major weather event, Evansville, Indiana gives residents an extra 24 hours to set…

Unincorporated Boone County makes it unlawful to cast, place or deposit litter on someone else's property without the…

Carmel City Code § 6-49 bars hauling rubbish, ashes, sand, stone or similar materials except in a closed vehicle, and…

Dumping at any location in unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, other than an approved landfill site, is unlawful…

Fort Wayne bans dumping dirt, debris, trash, or waste on any street, lot, park, or public or private property, with…

Dumping garbage, trash or other waste on any public or private property in Gary is unlawful unless the board of public…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, it is unlawful to dump anything but stormwater into the storm drain system…

Dumping garbage, debris or waste not produced within Hammond, Indiana on public or private land or into public or…

Dumping solid waste on someone else's Indianapolis property without permission is unlawful under Code Sec. 601-2(a)…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.08.020 declares uncontrolled dumping or placing of refuse on the…

In the City of Noblesville, throwing, placing, or depositing litter, garbage, or any foreign matter in a street…

It is unlawful in unincorporated Porter County to place or dump garbage, trash or other waste on public or private…

Vanderburgh County Code § 8.08.020 bars dumping solid waste onto public or private property, streets, or waterways…

It is unlawful in the City of Bloomington to throw, place or scatter garbage, recyclable material or yard waste on any…

Evansville fines property owners $200-$500 per cleanup for trash, debris, or junk dumped or left on their land, with…

Hendricks County bans discarding solid waste along roadways or dumping it anywhere except an approved, properly…

Dumping solid waste anywhere in Howard County outside a licensed sanitary landfill is banned under Howard County Code §…

The City of Kokomo bans dumping litter, junk, garbage, construction debris, and hazardous or infectious waste on public…

LaPorte County backs the Ziegler Road Waste Dump Site's yard-waste-only rule with real money: a first violation costs…

In unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana, § 51.04 bars dumping solid waste along roadways outside an approved…

South Bend bans dumping dirt, garbage, yard waste, refuse or trash on any private or public land or into any stream in…

St. Joseph County's code flatly declares uncontrolled dumping of refuse on the ground a nuisance hazardous to public…

Tippecanoe County bans dumping garbage, rubbish, or refuse anywhere other than a licensed disposal site, and bans…

In unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana it is unlawful to dispose of refuse on any land not approved by the County…

Dumping trash on public or private property without permission is illegal statewide under Indiana Code 35-45-3-2, which…

It is unlawful in Anderson to place or leave litter, refuse or trash on any real property except in a container…

Dumping waste, litter, trash, appliances or tires on county roads, including the roads leading to the Clark-Floyd…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, Columbus Municipal Code § 8.24.280 bars throwing or depositing solid waste anywhere…

Dumping trash, garbage or waste on public property, streets, waterways or parks in unincorporated Elkhart County is…

Fishers bans depositing litter on any private property in the city, whether you own it or not, punishable by a…

In unincorporated Floyd County, dumping garbage, yard waste, trash, petroleum products or other non-stormwater…

Dumping trash on someone else's property or public land is illegal statewide. Under Indiana Code IC 35-45-3-2, leaving…

Unincorporated Lake County has a dedicated Illegal Dumping ordinance (Chapter 99) plus a Littering chapter (Chapter…

City Code section 50.07 makes it unlawful for any owner or lessee of land within the Muncie Sanitary District to…

Warrick County makes it unlawful to bring refuse, garbage or rubbish into the county from outside except to an approved…

Depositing litter on private property you do not own, or on your own land outside an authorized collection receptacle…

Bloomington begins fall leaf collection on Monday, October 19 and runs through December 30 on residents' regular A and…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, grass and leaves go in a city-owned or city-approved container and are collected…

Evansville doesn't run a separate yard-waste cart; trash and yard waste share one City-supplied cart, with extra…

Fort Wayne prohibits yard waste in landfills. Grass clippings and vegetative matter must be set out in city carts or…

Hammond picks up leaves, grass clippings and plant stems year-round if bagged in 30-gallon paper yard waste bags, on…

Indianapolis owners and occupants must dispose of leaves on their own property each year, either by burning under Air…

In the City of Kokomo, § 95.07(B)(3) lets tree branches, brush, plant stalks, and shrubs go out with the regular weekly…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.080 requires grass clippings, weeds, twigs and similar yard…

LaPorte County limits its Ziegler Road Waste Dump Site to residential yard and tree debris, defined in § 50.35 as grass…

Porter County runs no separate yard-waste pickup program in the unincorporated county. Under Code § 18-82, licensed…

South Bend requires residents to keep yard waste separate from household trash and set it out weekly in a City-issued…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, County Code § 136.02 requires acceptable waste, including yard waste, to go…

Greenwood's yard waste program is opt-in, not automatic. Under City Code § 6-321, the Board of Public Works and Safety…

Lafayette bans parking a temporary dumpster or portable storage container in any public street, sidewalk, or…

Bloomington Municipal Code Chapter 6.05 requires every business and institution on commercial refuse collection to keep…

In the U.S. 421 - Michigan Road Corridor Overlay District, Boone County Code § 157.204(O)(1) requires trash and…

Inside the I-265 Corridor Overlay District, Clark County requires every dumpster and outside storage area to sit on the…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, a dumpster that sits in a marked public parking stall needs a continuous parking…

Fishers requires commercial trash dumpsters and enclosures to stay rust-free, covered except when in use, screened per…

Fort Wayne requires refuse and recycling containers on any commercial or residential property to be stored out of…

In the City of Gary, Municipal Code § 34-52(a) requires multifamily dwellings, complexes and apartment buildings of six…

Greenwood regulates where dumpsters sit and when they can be emptied. Under City Code § 6-291(g), every dumpster on a…

Storing a dumpster or construction materials in a Hamilton County road right-of-way costs $50.00 per week per site…

Commercial waste-hauling in Hammond, including roll-off container trucks, needs a $250 annual permit, and every waste…

Commercial, industrial, institutional and multifamily properties in Indianapolis must screen garbage dumpsters, grease…

In the City of Kokomo, no company may place a construction dumpster or roll-off container on a public street or…

Placing a dumpster, roll-off container or construction equipment in the Noblesville public right-of-way requires an…

Porter County requires every outdoor dumpster, compactor or trash receptacle to sit on a paved slab and be enclosed on…

Commercial and industrial properties in unincorporated St. Joseph County must screen any dumpster or trash container…

Every dumpster serving a commercial, industrial or multi-family project in Tippecanoe County's zoning jurisdiction must…

County Code § 8.08.030 lets an owner or tenant place standard containers, dumpsters, or weather-resistant bags for…

Placing a dumpster, construction equipment or materials that obstructs a Westfield street or right-of-way is a…

In the City of Bloomington, the City of Bloomington Utilities-billed sanitation division collects solid waste at least…

Outside Jeffersonville, Clarksville and the county's other incorporated towns, every waste hauler must offer…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, Columbus Municipal Code § 8.24.030 puts city trash pickup at residential dwellings…

Evansville, Indiana provides curbside refuse collection to every structure of five residential units or fewer and bills…

Fishers can lock residential trash pickup to one exclusive contractor, and once it does, no other hauler may legally…

Fort Wayne requires residential solid waste and recycling service and sets a strict curbside window: carts out from…

The City of Gary runs its own garbage, rubbish and ash collection under Municipal Code § 34-59, publishing pickup dates…

Greenwood requires its trash contractor to pick up recyclables and trash at least weekly from every residential user…

City garbage collection in Hammond runs $26 a month for residential building units, billed on the water bill, and the…

Indianapolis provides curbside solid waste collection only to single-family residences and condominiums (four units or…

In the City of Kokomo, § 95.08(B) guarantees garbage and refuse pickup at least once every seven days for each…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the Sanitation Department collects garbage from every private dwelling unit at…

Unincorporated Lake County requires every licensed manufactured home park to have garbage and rubbish collected at…

South Bend picks up residential refuse once a week on routes the Department of Public Works sets and adjusts…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, the Solid Waste Management District's Curbside Collection and Disposal…

Howard County Code § 50.13 bans dumping anything other than recyclables into recycling containers, depositing…

At Tippecanoe County's public recycling drop-off sites, only material the receptacle's signage says is acceptable can…

In the City of Bloomington, recyclables must stay separated from trash and yard waste at the curb, and only materials…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, corrugated cardboard and office paper from apartment complexes and commercial…

Fort Wayne sets recycling out on your regular trash day and point, using only city-authorized recycling contractors…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, residents must separate recyclable materials from trash and set them at curbside…

Hammond businesses, multi-family building permit applicants and demolition permit applicants must submit a solid-waste…

Once Kokomo's recycling program is running, § 98.03 of the Kokomo Code of Ordinances marks city receptacles as city…

In unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana, § 51.04(A) bars anyone from dumping non-recyclable material into a recycling…

Porter County's recycling and waste reduction district operates drop-off recycling sites for county residents only, and…

Elkhart County ran a curbside recycling incentive program that paid a $25 subscription award to Qualified Recycling…