McCracken County, KY Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

Section 111.38 sets the threshold that triggers dumpster service at more than two cubic yards of solid waste per week, roughly equivalent to 400 pounds, half a ton, or 400 gallons, a volume typical of restaurants, apartment complexes, and other multi-unit or commercial generators rather than single households. Once a use crosses that line, it must provide a bulk container approved by the Director, and that container must be waterproof, leak-proof, and kept covered at all times except while waste is actively being loaded or removed.

This sits alongside the county's separate property-maintenance nuisance rule at § 110.13(I), which treats the accumulation of trash or a dumpster without a solid, tight-fitting lid and free of uncovered holes as a public nuisance. Enforcement runs through the county's Solid Waste program (Chapter 111) and, for the nuisance-lid angle, the Code Enforcement Officer under Chapter 110. If a container in the field does not meet the § 111.38 specifications, § 111.40 does not merely cite the owner: it declares the nonconforming container itself to be waste, so the county collects it along with its contents and disposes of both.

Residential containers are governed separately under § 111.37, which caps individual cans at 10 to 35 gallons and 75 pounds, underscoring why larger generators must move up to the bulk-container tier rather than multiplying household cans.