Boone County, KY Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Bulky rubbish
- Excused from weekly pickup guarantee
- Handling rules set by
- Fiscal Court under § 50.002
- Rules filed with
- County Judge/Executive
- Violation fine
- $25 per day, § 50.999
Summary
Boone County's solid waste code defines bulky rubbish separately from ordinary household waste and excuses it from the standard once-a-week collection guarantee. Handling of bulky items, tires, automobiles and other special wastes is left to rules the Fiscal Court adopts under § 50.002, so pickup depends on arrangements with the county's permitted hauler rather than a set weekly schedule.
BULKY RUBBISH. Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of combustible and/or non-combustible waste materials from dwelling units, commercial, industrial, institutional, or agricultural establishments which are either too large or too heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded in solid waste transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors, with the equipment available therefore.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-28: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2025-20, passed 6-17-25; and State legislation current through KRS 2025).
Full Breakdown
028 exempts bulky rubbish from the chapter's baseline promise that solid waste collections "other than bulky rubbish, shall be collected at least one time per week," meaning the county and its contracted haulers are not bound to the weekly guarantee for oversized items the way they are for bagged household garbage. 002(B) rather than printed in the code itself, so residents in unincorporated Boone County must check with the Solid Waste Coordinator or their permitted hauler for the actual bulky-item pickup schedule, item limits or fee; the ordinance sets no county-wide bulk pickup day or per-item charge of its own. This chapter does not apply inside Florence, Union or Walton, which run their own municipal collection programs.
Violations & Fines
Bulky rubbish still counts as solid waste, so leaving it out in violation of the storage or collection-point rules in §§ 50.010 through 50.029 draws a $25 fine per day under § 50.999(A)(1)(a), with each day of continued violation a separate offense; the County Fiscal Court may also add its enforcement costs to any judgment.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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