Bonneville County, ID Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum pickup frequency
- At least once a week
- Subscription mandatory for
- Hotels, restaurants, institutions
- Can require more frequent pickup
- County Health Officer
- Self-haulers still bound to
- Weekly disposal standard
- Max fine
- $50 per day
Summary
Where a governmental agency provides refuse service, Bonneville County code makes hotels, restaurants, institutions and community establishments subscribe to it, and requires collectors to pick up refuse from every premises at least once a week under § 50.32.
(A) Where refuse collection service is provided by a governmental agency or by contract to a government agency, all persons, hotels, restaurants, institutions or community establishments within the geographical boundaries or areas of any municipality and incorporated villages or subdivisions shall subscribe to the refuse collection service as provided. (B) Collectors shall collect refuse for disposal from each premises at least once a week. Hotels, restaurants, institutions and commercial establishments may be required to have more frequent collection, if determined by the Health Officer, to be essential to protect the public health. Persons not retaining or receiving the collection service shall be bound by the provisions of this division (B) as it pertains to the frequency of disposal.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-1: Ordinance 280-26, passed 1-20-2026).
Full Breakdown
32(A) requires all persons, hotels, restaurants, institutions and community establishments within a municipality's boundaries, incorporated villages or subdivisions to subscribe to refuse collection service wherever a governmental agency provides it or contracts for it. 32(B) sets the minimum frequency: collectors must pick up refuse from each premises at least once a week, and the Health Officer can require hotels, restaurants, institutions and commercial establishments to have more frequent pickup if needed to protect public health. That subsection also binds anyone not receiving the collection service to the same weekly disposal standard, meaning self-haulers cannot let refuse accumulate longer than a week even if they never subscribe.
32(D) requires the collector to return each emptied container to its place with the lid replaced. These schedule and subscription rules date to the original 1968 ordinance and apply only within the unincorporated county and the subdivisions it governs; a city that runs its own municipal collection service, such as Idaho Falls, sets its own pickup calendar under its own code.
Violations & Fines
Failing to subscribe where required, or failing to dispose of refuse at least weekly as § 50.32(B) requires, is enforced under § 50.99: a fine up to $50, up to 60 days in jail, or both, with each day of noncompliance treated as a separate offense. The violator also remains liable for any expense the County Board of Health incurs abating a resulting nuisance or health hazard.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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