Kennewick, WA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Requirement
- Sufficient cans for all waste
- Container standard
- Water-tight, rodent- and insect-proof
- Lid rule
- Kept on except loading/unloading
- Fire hazard
- Excess accumulation prohibited
Summary
Kennewick requires every occupied property to keep sufficient, sanitary cans or receptacles for its solid waste, and those containers must be strong, water-tight, and rodent- and insect-proof at all times.
Every person in possession, charge or control of an occupied premises where solid waste is created or accumulated must keep or cause to be kept sufficient and satisfactory cans or receptacles for all such solid waste on the premises. ... Solid waste cans and receptacles must be strong, water-tight, water-impermeable, protected from corrosion, rodent-proof and insect-proof. ... Cans and receptacles must be kept in a sanitary condition inside and out. The lids must be kept on the cans and receptacles except while waste is being deposited or removed.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 19 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
KMC 9.04.030 requires everyone in possession or control of an occupied premises to keep enough cans or receptacles for all solid waste generated there. Containers must be strong, water-tight, water-impermeable, protected from corrosion, and rodent- and insect-proof. They must stay sanitary inside and out, with lids kept on except while waste is being deposited or removed: the last person to use a can must replace the lid. Letting waste pile up enough to create a fire or health hazard is also prohibited under the same section.
Violations & Fines
Failing to keep sufficient, sanitary, pest-proof cans is a civil infraction punishable by a penalty up to $5,000; knowing violations involving solid waste are a misdemeanor (KMC 9.04.120).
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