Trash & Recycling in Indiana (2026)

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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

Placement rules depend on your provider. In unincorporated areas your private hauler sets set-out times. Elkhart city…

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…

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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

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…