Warrick County, IN Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Program effective date
- December 1, 2015
- Covers
- Single-family residential zoned properties
- Also covers
- Qualifying multi-family, embedded commercial
- Also covers
- County/municipal government properties
- Excludes
- Incorporated municipalities
- Administered by
- Solid Waste Management District
Summary
In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, the Solid Waste Management District's Curbside Collection and Disposal Program has covered single-family and qualifying multi-family, commercial, and government properties since its December 1, 2015 effective date under County Code § 136.10. Covered properties get program-provided containers and District-run curbside service in place of hauling waste to the transfer facility themselves.
COVERED PARTICIPANTS. ... The same meaning as adopted from time to time by the District in the program, which initially includes the following participants within the boundaries of the county exclusive of incorporated municipalities: (1) Single-family, residential zoned properties; (2) Multi-family, residential zoned properties that are able to utilize the containers provided by the program; (3) Embedded commercial zoned properties, defined as those businesses embedded within residential areas and also able to utilize the containers described below; and (4) County and municipal government properties able to utilize the containers provided by the program. ... EFFECTIVE DATE. December 1, 2015.
Full Breakdown
Warrick County Code § 136.10, adopted by BC Ord. 2015-29, defines the scope of the Warrick County Solid Waste Management District's Curbside Collection and Disposal Program, called the PROGRAM, which the District administers and may amend from time to time. The program's EFFECTIVE DATE is December 1, 2015. COVERED PARTICIPANTS initially includes, within county boundaries but exclusive of incorporated municipalities such as Boonville and Newburgh, single-family residential zoned properties, multi-family residential zoned properties able to utilize the program's containers, embedded commercial zoned properties, defined as businesses embedded within residential areas that can also use the containers, and county and municipal government properties able to use the containers.
This ties back to § 136.02(A), which requires acceptable waste, defined in § 136.01 to include garbage, rubbish, household appliances, yard waste, and demolition and construction debris, to be delivered to the District's designated facility, the transfer station at 1111 S. Pelzer Road in Boonville, unless a covered participant instead receives program-provided curbside service. Because the District, rather than the ordinance text, sets the actual pickup days and container specifications from time to time, the code establishes who must be served and how the mandatory system works rather than printing specific weekly pickup days.
Violations & Fines
The code does not print a separate fine for a covered participant who fails to use the program; enforcement instead targets unauthorized commercial haulers under § 136.99(B), which fines a hauler $1,000 for a first violation and $2,500 for each additional violation for collecting curbside waste from a covered participant outside the District's approved-hauler arrangement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is curbside trash service mandatory in unincorporated Warrick County?
Are Boonville or Newburgh residents covered by this county program?
Do multi-family or commercial properties get curbside service too?
Sources & Official References
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