Bannock County, ID Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

County Code Chapter 8.08 sets the rules for where refuse containers can sit. At a private residence, dwelling or other building, garbage, refuse and rubbish (other than ashes) must go into approved sanitary containers placed at or near the street line so the collection crew can easily see them (§ 8.08.170). The same section bars sanitary containers from sitting within any street or alley right-of-way or other publicly owned ground, and it makes each property owner or tenant responsible for the cleanliness of one-half of the roadway adjacent to their property.

Oil drums, unauthorized containers and incinerators will not be emptied and are not allowed in alleys at all. For commercial, industrial and multiple-housing developments, the director of sanitation designates the type, size and number of containers needed, which can include three cubic yard containers, compactors or drop boxes (§ 8.08.190). Those receptacles and their storage areas must carry aesthetic screening whose type, size and location the director approves, and for new construction or development that requires site plan review under the county zoning ordinance, the screening requirement is built into that site plan review and agreed to by the owner or developer before the building department issues a permit.

Separately, the director can designate exactly where a collection point sits and can order it moved if reaching it would require the collection vehicle to cross private property or a private drive (§ 8.08.140). An unapproved container can be removed by the director, who must give the owner ten days' written notice first (§ 8.08.200).