Bloomington, IN Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Fee for holiday-shifted day
- None (waived)
- Fee for weather-shifted day
- None (waived)
- Minimum collection frequency
- At least once weekly
- Billing agency
- City of Bloomington Utilities (CBU)
- Schedule-setting authority
- Board of Public Works
Summary
The Bloomington board of public works can move a resident's collection day when a holiday or bad weather disrupts the normal route, and Bloomington Municipal Code § 6.04.090 bars the City of Bloomington Utilities from charging any extra fee just because the day shifted.
The board shall have the authority to make regulations concerning the days of collection, type and location of carts and containers, and such other matters pertaining to the collection, conveyance and disposal as it finds necessary, and to change and modify the same, provided that such regulations are not contrary to the provisions of this chapter. ... Additional fees will not be charged if the sanitation division changes the collection day due to inclement weather or holidays.
Full Breakdown
04. 090(2) then protects residents financially from those shifts: the monthly bill from the City of Bloomington Utilities covers extra services like additional carts, large items and appliance pickups, but it explicitly states that additional fees will not be charged if the sanitation division changes the collection day due to inclement weather or holidays. 080(a), so a holiday shift moves the day within that week rather than skipping a household's service. Residents track the shifted date through the schedule the board of public works publishes rather than assuming their usual weekday applies during a holiday week. 090(2)(E); only board-initiated holiday or weather shifts carry the fee waiver.
Violations & Fines
There is no separate penalty tied to a holiday schedule shift itself since the ordinance only waives a fee; the surrounding fine schedule in § 6.04.100 still applies to substantive violations like unremoved scattered waste or mixed recyclables. A resident who mistakes a holiday-shifted day for a missed pickup and requests an unnecessary extra collection can be billed the 125% additional-pickup rate under § 6.04.090(2)(E) rather than receive a fee waiver.
Frequently Asked Questions
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