Nicholasville, KY Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Chapter 18 does not print a bulky item pickup day or a per-household limit, and it leaves those details to city rules. Section 18-1 defines bulky rubbish as nonputrescible solid waste from dwelling units or commercial, industrial, institutional or agricultural establishments that is either too large or too heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded in collection vehicles with the equipment available. Section 18-2(a) excludes bulky rubbish, along with demolition and construction waste, from the duty to provide containers. Section 18-3(C) requires all residential solid waste, other than bulky rubbish, to be collected at least once weekly, so bulky rubbish runs outside the weekly cycle.

Section 18-5 directs the city to make and enforce rules on weight and size limitations for bundles of solid waste too large for containers, on the schedule of and routes for collection, on fees, and under subsection (11) on handling of special wastes including bulky items, tires and construction. Brush is handled by § 18-2(e): tree limbs less than four (4) inches in diameter and brush must be securely tied in bundles not larger than forty-eight (48) inches long and eighteen (18) inches in diameter when not placed in containers, and no individual bundle can exceed seventy-five (75) pounds.

Under § 18-3(b), tree limbs go to the curbside and cannot be set out until the regularly scheduled collection day. Section 18-1 separately defines construction and demolition waste, and § 18-6(4) makes it unlawful to dispose of solid waste at any facility or location that is not approved.