Twin Falls, ID Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Chapter 3 of Title 7 of the Twin Falls City Code sets the floor for trash service in the City of Twin Falls, Idaho. Section 7-3-9 gives the city manager the power to establish and revise the collection schedule, but the schedule can never fall below one garbage collection each week and one rubbish collection every two weeks. The code defines garbage as kitchen and food-preparation refuse and other organic substances subject to decay, and rubbish as the broader category of waste such as paper products, packing cases, tin cans, bottles, ashes, and lawn and tree cuttings from residential property.

Under § 7-3-8 the Twin Falls City Council can provide collection as a city function or by contract with one or more independent collectors, and nobody collects garbage or rubbish for monetary gain without authorization and a license from the council. Section 7-3-10 licenses independent collectors for one year, running from March 1 to the last day of February, for a $50 annual fee. Licensed independent collectors cannot collect garbage between 6:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M., cannot collect from single-family or duplex dwellings, and must deposit all garbage at the transfer station at 2186 Orchard Drive East.

Service is not optional. Section 7-3-12 says no user of a premise in the city is exempt from the collection and disposal service except by special permission of the City Council. Rates are set by council resolution, the charge counts as a debt owed to the City, and sanitation charges appear as a separate item on the water service bill. For residential property the code defines the user as the owner; for non-residential property the user is the owner or occupant.

Section 7-3-13 puts administration in the City Manager under the immediate direction of the City Sanitation Inspector, and § 7-3-14 has the Foreman of Sanitation inspect premises at regular intervals. Containers are covered separately in § 7-3-5 and their placement in § 7-3-6.