Meridian, ID Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential trash
- collected once per week
- Recycling
- collected every other week
- Service
- compulsory, billed on water bill
- Multi-family 5+ units
- use commercial collection rules
- Cart placement
- curb-face by 7:00 a.m.
Summary
Meridian requires every residential customer to use franchisee-provided wheeled carts, with solid waste collected weekly and recyclables picked up every other week on the day the franchisee assigns.
Frequency of service. Franchisee shall utilize a fully automated solid waste collection system to all residential premises in the City of Meridian, including multi-family premises of four (4) or fewer units that choose such service. Collection of residential solid waste shall occur once per week, and every other week for collection of recyclable materials, on the day specified by franchisee, or as otherwise provided by rules and regulations established or adopted by City Council.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
City Code section 4-1-4 makes solid waste and recyclable materials service compulsory for every residential and commercial owner or occupant in Meridian, billed through the franchisee. Section 4-1-8(C)(1) sets the residential schedule: a fully automated cart system collects solid waste once per week and recyclables every other week, on whatever day the franchisee assigns to that route. Multi-family buildings of four units or fewer can choose this residential system; buildings of five or more units must instead use commercial-style collection under subsection B.
Violations & Fines
Meridian's code enforcement division, part of the Meridian Police Department, enforces the solid waste chapter. Improperly prepared waste is left uncollected with a written notice; dumping, burning, or illegal disposal is unlawful.
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