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

Caldwell City Code section 07-01-09(3)A(2), Location Of Containers, Bags And Bundles For Collection, tells residents exactly where to place refuse for pickup. Curbside means that portion or right of way adjacent to paved or traveled city roadways, including alleys, and containers, bags and bundles must sit as close to the roadway as practicable without interfering with or endangering the movement of vehicles or pedestrians. If construction work is underway in the right of way, the section directs residents to place refuse as close as practicable to an access point the collection truck can reach, and the contractor may simply decline to collect anything not placed as required.

The section also sets a storage limit outside of collection days: except for approved volume containers under subsection (3)B, refuse containers shall not be placed nor stored outside within twenty five feet of any public street in any residential area of the City except on regularly scheduled collection days within that area. That twenty five foot buffer keeps carts from sitting streetside all week and applies citywide to residential areas; siting an approved volume container near a public street instead requires sign-off from the City Engineer.

under section 07-01-09(3)A(3), so a cart left out overnight before an early morning pickup is normal, but the 25 foot storage rule still governs where it sits the rest of the week.