McCracken County, KY Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Chapter 111's collection provisions run on a private, contract-based model rather than a county fleet. Section 111.19, 'Collection Frequency,' requires that all household solid waste be collected once weekly, with the specifics of the weekly pickup, including the day of the week, set by the contract between the individual household and the independent hauling contractor the household chooses. Section 111.15 explains why: the county has elected 'universal outsourced private collection,' meaning every household solid waste generator in the unincorporated county must be served, but the county lets private contractors compete for that business rather than running its own trucks.

Under the current code, the approved contractors are Jones Sanitation Holdings, LLC, doing business as Freedom Waste in Mayfield, Republic Services in Mayfield, and Waste Path in Calvert City, each of which must hold a county business license under § 111.15(C). Under § 111.20, the contractor's collection duty covers only household solid waste placed and stored the way Chapter 111 requires; if spillage occurs during pickup, the collector, not the county, is responsible for cleaning it up. Violations of the storage and placement rules that support this weekly schedule fall under the general penalty in § 10.99 rather than a schedule-specific fine.