Bulk items go through your city, not the county. South Bend schedules large-item pickup and Mishawaka collects up to two bulk items each week. Dumping instead is littering under IC 35-45-3-2, a Class B infraction with a judgment up to $1,000.
Getting rid of a couch, mattress, or appliance runs through your municipality. Mishawaka's contracted service collects up to two bulk items on your regular weekly day. South Bend residents schedule large-item and appliance pickup through the city Solid Waste division. Paint, chemicals, and electronics go to the county district's Household Hazardous Waste facility at 828 Kerr Street in South Bend, free to city residents. The route the law polices is dumping. Under IC 35-45-3-2, leaving refuse on another's property outside a provided container is littering, a Class B infraction; the offense rises to a Class A infraction, capped at $1,000, within 100 feet of DNR or Army Corps water.
Illegal dumping or setting bulk waste on a roadside, alley, or vacant lot is littering under IC 35-45-3-2, a Class B infraction carrying a judgment up to $1,000, with the aggravated near-water offense also capped at $1,000.
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