Trash & Recycling in Kansas (2026)

In the City of Lawrence, every single-family and multiple-family home not served by a trash dumpster must use a…

Olathe collects residential trash and yard waste weekly and recyclables biweekly, all picked up curbside, while…

Overland Park runs no municipal trash service and has no citywide pickup day. Residents and homes associations contract…

Shawnee County ties residential trash pickup to your water meter: getting county water service automatically enrolls…

Wichita requires weekly trash collection from a licensed hauler, with containers stored behind the front yard setback…

In the City of Lawrence, Lawrence City Code § 9-407 tells residents exactly where and when to set out trash carts…

Overland Park lets residents set carts at the curb no more than 24 hours before the scheduled collection. Between…

Shawnee County limits how long a trash cart can sit out: containers can't go to the curb more than 24 hours before…

Every property owner in Topeka must keep garbage in tight, air- and water-impermeable receptacles, empty them before…

Wichita's Municipal Code Sec. 7.08.030 sets exact container rules for residential trash: 30-to-35-gallon cans or…

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas fixes a strict curbside window for household garbage and…

Olathe's property maintenance code lets residents keep authorized trash containers outdoors without the usual…

Johnson County's Code of Regulations for Solid Waste Management lets residents set out bulky items like furniture…

In the City of Lawrence, residential bulk items too large for the weekly cart route, ranges, bed frames, washers, water…

Olathe's regular weekly trash service doesn't remove bulk items automatically: residents must contact the City at least…

Old furniture, appliances, and other bulky items can sit outside a Wichita home for up to seven days before the…

Wyandotte County's code lets residents set out bulky household rubbish without a standard can, but only if it is…

Shawnee County's refuse department picks up residential 'bulky waste,' items like furniture and appliances, at no extra…

Overland Park ended its city-run bulky item program in 2022. Every permitted hauler must give each residential customer…

Kansas has no statewide mandate forcing residents or businesses to recycle. But under the Solid Waste Management Act…

Every hauler licensed to collect residential trash in unincorporated Johnson County has had to offer unlimited curbside…

Olathe has required curbside recycling for every single-family home since January 1, 2010, with the cost folded into…

Shawnee County runs residential curbside recycling on an every-other-week schedule under Sec. 28-8(b), with monthly…

Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas fund curbside recycling through the mandatory solid waste services fee in…

In the City of Lawrence, the city runs single stream curbside recycling for every single-family and multifamily…

Wichita doesn't run a mandatory curbside recycling program. Municipal Code Sec. 7.08.060 only encourages recycling and…

Every permitted Overland Park hauler must collect recycling at least weekly, provide a cart, and fold the cost into the…

In the City of Lawrence, Lawrence City Code § 9-408 makes it unlawful for any resident, business, contractor, or…

Dumping or abandoning trash, junk or personal property on someone else's land without permission is unlawful in Shawnee…

Dumping dirt, trash, brush or other litter on Topeka streets, alleys, public grounds or private property without the…

Illegally dumping waste matter on public or private property in Wichita is a misdemeanor carrying a mandatory fine of…

Dumping garbage, trash, or waste material on any street, alley, vacant lot, or body of water in Wyandotte County or…

Overland Park makes it a public offense to dump, deposit, wash or spill leaves, debris, rubbish or any other material…

Unlawful dumping in unincorporated Johnson County is a Class F code violation carrying a $100 standard fine, rising to…

Olathe makes it a Class C public offense to intentionally or recklessly dump or deposit any object or substance on…

Kansas' criminal littering statute, K.S.A. 21-5815(a), bars recklessly depositing any object or substance on public…

Wyandotte County doesn't run curbside yard-waste collection; instead residents dispose of leaves, brush and dead wood…

Unincorporated Johnson County bans dumping yard waste at landfills and transfer stations unless it is segregated for…

Lawrence's Municipal Services and Operations Department collects yard waste, meaning leaves, grass, and small trimmings…

Olathe picks up bagged or carted yard waste at the curb on its own schedule, and dumping it loose in the street or…

Overland Park requires licensed haulers to collect residential yard waste, meaning grass clippings, leaves, and tree…

Tree limbs and shrubs set out for Shawnee County refuse pickup must be tied into bundles no longer than 48 inches and…

Wichita treats leaves, grass clippings, and small branches as ordinary residential trash if leaves and grass go in bags…

In the City of Lawrence, businesses, industrial sites, and institutions are billed as commercial customers under…

Commercial properties in Olathe must use solid waste containers meeting City Manager specifications: waterproof…

Overland Park requires trash containers, trash compactors and roll-off recycling containers at multi-family…

Wichita Municipal Code Sec. 10.04.125 makes it unlawful to place any dumpster or garbage container larger than 100…

Sec. 8-432 limits storage pods, shipping containers, and roll-off dumpsters to one per business or residence, for no…

In the City of Lawrence, the city holds the exclusive right to collect and dispose of residential refuse, and no one…

The City of Olathe collects residential trash and yard waste once a week citywide, runs recycling on a separate…

Shawnee County requires every occupied residence and commercial or industrial business outside city limits to have…

Wichita requires every single-family occupant to arrange weekly residential trash pickup under Municipal Code Sec…

Household garbage in Kansas City, Kansas and unincorporated Wyandotte County is collected only by the city's contracted…

In the City of Lawrence, Lawrence City Code § 9-508 lists exactly what residents may set out for recycling, glass…

Overland Park requires every home and business generating recyclables to keep enough approved containers on hand and to…

Wichita encourages recycling but requires that paper, glass, plastic and metal set out for collection be stored in an…