Trash & Recycling in Kentucky (2026)

Bowling Green, Kentucky residents may not put trash or recycling containers out more than five feet past the front…

Campbell County solid waste pickup runs on contract, not a flat mandate: § 50.026 makes subscribing to county-arranged…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, solid waste collectors answer for any leakage or spillage during…

Lexington-Fayette residents can fill a roll cart as long as the lid still latches shut, but the container's recommended…

Louisville Metro household garbage must go out between 4 p.m. the day before and 6 a.m. on collection day, with empty…

McCracken County Code § 111.15 requires every household in unincorporated McCracken County to be served by a licensed…

Oldham County Code § 50.020 sets the acceptable methods for residential and commercial trash pickup: door-to-door…

Every mobile garbage cart in Owensboro carries a serial number tied to a street address, stays sanitation department…

Boone County limits when trash carts can sit at the curb: containers go out no more than 12 hours before pickup and…

Bowling Green bars residents from setting solid waste containers in the paved street, right-of-way or on sidewalks, and…

Campbell County requires every dwelling and business in the unincorporated county to store solid waste in leakproof…

Daviess County limits where and when garbage containers can sit at the curb: residential and agricultural containers go…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, every dwelling unit and business must put all solid waste in proper…

Kenton County limits how long trash cans can sit at the curb: residents may set containers out no more than 12 hours…

Lexington-Fayette households must not put roll carts at the curb before 4:00 p.m. the evening before collection, and…

Louisville Metro households in the Urban Services District must set out garbage, recycling, and yard waste in…

County Code § 111.17 limits where and when trash containers can sit out in unincorporated McCracken County: curbside…

County Code § 50.019 requires trash carts in unincorporated Oldham County to be set at the roadside or curbside…

Owensboro requires mobile garbage carts at the curb before 6:00 a.m. on collection day, and residents must pull the…

Louisville Metro collects household bulky items through Project Pick Up, either an announcement-based week with no item…

Unincorporated McCracken County, Kentucky has no curbside bulk-item pickup: County Code § 111.20(B) makes the…

Bulky waste collection is available at least once a week for residential generators in unincorporated Oldham County…

Owensboro treats logs, brush and large bulky items too big for a mobile cart as special loads. Residents must separate…

Boone County's solid waste code defines bulky rubbish separately from ordinary household waste and excuses it from the…

Bulky rubbish, non-putrescible waste too large or heavy for a solid waste truck to load safely, is defined separately…

Daviess County collects bulky waste, such as large appliances and furniture, only on request through permitted…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, bulk waste is disposed of through curbside collection or direct landfill…

Kentucky does not require residents or businesses to recycle. State law treats recycling as a policy priority, not a…

Curbside recycling in Lexington-Fayette runs on the same weekly clock as trash: once a resident has a recycling roll…

Louisville Metro households must set out recycling only in Department-provided or approved carts, using only materials…

The Bowling Green Code of Ordinances defines what counts as curbside recycling at Sec. 20-1.01: residents must separate…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, recycling is collected for processing at a materials recovery facility or…

Recycling is voluntary, not mandatory, in unincorporated Oldham County. Section 50.030 defines it as separating and…

Kenton County does not run or mandate a curbside recycling program in the unincorporated county. Instead, its code…

Lexington makes up its late-2026 holiday collections early, not late. Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026, and…

Bowling Green's solid waste code makes it unlawful to deliver waste to or maintain a public or private dump ground, or…

Daviess County bans open dumping outright: § 50.005 prohibits dumping solid or bulky waste on any land, water, or air…

Lexington-Fayette enforces the state littering and illegal-dumping offense under KRS 512.070 as a civil violation of…

County Code § 111.56(B) bans open dumping of solid waste, including bulky waste, on any land in unincorporated…

Open dumping of solid waste on roadsides, in streams or on any land in unincorporated Oldham County is banned under §…

In the City of Owensboro, dumping solid waste into a bulk container you do not own, or letting waste escape your…

Dumping discarded items on someone else's property or a public right-of-way is a standalone misdemeanor in…

Kenton County bans open dumping of solid waste, including bulky waste, on any land or water in the unincorporated…

Dumping waste on unlicensed property in Louisville Metro draws a $1,000 civil fine for a first offense, plus vehicle…

Campbell County Code § 96.04 makes it unlawful to discard, store, place, leave or deposit any dilapidated or discarded…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, § 50.08 prohibits dumping garbage, refuse, rubbish or debris on any…

In unincorporated Jessamine County, Kentucky, § 93.03 bars any person from placing, leaving, depositing or disposing of…

Boone County bans yard waste, along with tires, lead-acid batteries and oil, from the household trash stream. Grass…

Bowling Green, Kentucky residents must cut brush and tree limbs to no more than five feet long and six inches in…

Daviess County requires loose yard waste like trimmings, sticks, and grass clippings to be bagged, bundled, or…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, yard waste means leaves, small branches, and grass clippings from a…

Kenton County requires tree limbs, lumber, and brush to be tied into bundles no larger than 48 inches long and 18…

Lexington-Fayette splits yard waste into two streams: woody debris like tree limbs must be cut to no more than six…

Louisville Metro requires tree limbs, branches, and brush to be cut into four-foot lengths, no thicker than two inches…

In unincorporated McCracken County, Kentucky, private trash haulers are not responsible for yard waste, defined by…

In unincorporated Oldham County, Kentucky, yard waste must be bagged or bundled before collection. Loose grass…

Owensboro defines yard waste as leaves, small logs, limbs, shrubs and brush, excluding grass, and runs a seasonal…

Campbell County does not ban yard waste, it discourages it. Section 50.014 lists grass clippings, leaves, tree…

Lexington-Fayette requires a $25 permit from the division of waste management before any dumpster or its screening…

Placing any dumpster or oversized waste receptacle in a Bowling Green right-of-way needs its own right-of-way work…

Commercial and industrial properties in unincorporated Campbell County must store solid waste in containers approved by…

Anyone generating more than two cubic yards of solid waste a week in Daviess County must use dumpster-type containers…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, dumpsters must sit no less than ten feet from any property line and be…

Any residential, agricultural, commercial, institutional, or industrial use in unincorporated Kenton County generating…

Commercial dumpsters and roll-off containers can't sit in required parking, setback, or buffer areas in Louisville…

In unincorporated McCracken County, Kentucky, any property or business generating more than two cubic yards of solid…

Temporary roll-off dumpsters in unincorporated Oldham County may not be placed on public roads or rights-of-way under §…

Commercial and industrial dumpsters in the City of Owensboro must sit in a location, enclosure and access route…

Boone County requires that all solid waste collections, other than bulky rubbish, happen at least once a week in the…

Campbell County guarantees at least one solid waste pickup a week: § 50.028 requires that all solid waste collections…

Daviess County requires regularly scheduled solid waste collection between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., unless the…

The Fiscal Court commits that solid waste collection is available in all unincorporated areas of Franklin County…

Solid waste collection is mandatory for every generator in unincorporated Kenton County, residential, agricultural…

Every dwelling, office, and commercial or industrial building in the Lexington-Fayette urban county must place its…

Every residence in Louisville Metro must have weekly solid waste collection, and Urban Services District households…

In unincorporated McCracken County, Kentucky, household solid waste is picked up once a week under County Code §…

The Oldham County Fiscal Court coordinates universal solid waste collection across the unincorporated county through a…

Owensboro services residential mobile garbage carts once a week on a schedule the sanitation manager sets, with…

In the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky, only Warren County's designated recycling Franchisee may collect residential…

Campbell County bans leaving materials outside or next to its public drop-off recycling containers and bans putting…

Licensed waste haulers in Louisville Metro must offer curbside recycling pickup at least every other week and accept…

The Oldham County Recycling Center, established under § 50.031, is the county's dedicated drop-off facility for…

Lexington-Fayette doesn't automatically deliver a recycling cart with every trash cart: residents on roll cart service…