Caldwell, ID Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Caldwell City Code section 07-01-09 sets the operating rules for the city's contracted residential and commercial trash collection system in Canyon County. Under section 07-01-07, every owner and occupant within the city limits must use the city's refuse collection and disposal system for perishable rubbish and garbage that could scatter in the wind, and the City Council licenses a single contractor to provide the service under section 07-01-09(1). on the scheduled collection day under section 07-01-09(3)A(1). the same day, per section 07-01-09(3)A(3), with exceptions only by mutual agreement between the City and the contractor or when the contractor needs extra time to finish an existing route.

Commercial and industrial units are billed and routed differently: the contractor sets commercial hours, routes and rates by individual agreement under section 07-01-09(3)B, and must notify the City of any rate changes. Refuse charges are not billed separately; section 07-01-09(4) folds collection fees into the water and sewer bill, and the water and sewer departments may shut off service to a property if the combined bill goes unpaid. In sparsely populated parts of the city where the standard schedule is impractical, section 07-01-07(2) lets the City Council issue a special permit altering the collection schedule.