Davis County, UT Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- Davis County Code §§ 8.16.010, 8.16.020
- License required since
- February 1, 1986
- Who must license
- Any person, firm or private collector
- Delivery mandate
- All processible waste to district facility/landfill
- Non-compliance
- District can terminate the collector's license
Summary
Davis County Code chapter 8.16 requires every hauler, including private trash collectors, to deliver all processible waste generated in the unincorporated county to the district's facility or landfill, and since February 1, 1986 anyone who collects solid waste anywhere in the district must hold a district-issued license or risk losing it.
Beginning on the date provided in the notice given by the district directly to counties and cities located with the district for the commencement of delivery of processible waste to the facility or in the notice given by the district as to the effective date for the commencement of delivery of processible waste to the landfill, all persons (including private collectors of solid waste operating within the jurisdiction of the district) shall deliver all "processible waste" generated within the jurisdiction of the district to the facility or the landfill in accordance with this chapter. Beginning February 1, 1986, each person, firm, corporation or private collector who collects solid waste anywhere within the district shall be required to obtain a license from the district. A condition of the license shall be that the licensee deliver all solid waste collected within the district to the facility or the landfill owned or operated by the district. Failure of the licensee to abide by the condition of the license will authorize the district to terminate the license thereby prohibiting licensee from collecting any solid waste within the district.
Full Breakdown
010 requires all persons, including private collectors of solid waste operating within the solid waste district's jurisdiction, to deliver all processible waste generated in that jurisdiction, which covers unincorporated Davis County, to the district's designated facility or landfill once the district gives notice that delivery has begun. If the facility is operating at capacity or is shut down under the district's solid waste disposal services contract, haulers must instead follow the district's direction to deliver processible waste to a landfill the district owns or operates within Davis County.
020 layers a licensing requirement on top of the delivery mandate: beginning February 1, 1986, every person, firm, corporation or private collector who collects solid waste anywhere within the district must hold a district-issued license, and a condition of that license is that the licensee actually deliver everything it collects to the district's facility or landfill. If a licensed collector breaks that condition, the district can terminate the license outright, which bars the collector from picking up solid waste anywhere in the district at all.
Together the two sections mean a resident's trash and recycling pickup in unincorporated Davis County flows through a district-licensed hauler bound to deliver to district-designated disposal sites, not an unlicensed private route or a self-chosen dump.
Violations & Fines
Collecting solid waste in the district without a license violates section 8.16.020, and a licensed hauler that fails to deliver everything it collects to the district's facility or landfill breaks the license condition and can have that license terminated outright, ending its right to collect anywhere in the district. Diverting processible waste away from the designated facility or landfill also breaks section 8.16.010's delivery mandate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I hire any trash hauler I want in unincorporated Davis County?
Where does my trash actually go once it's collected?
What happens if a licensed collector dumps waste somewhere other than the district facility?
Does this licensing rule apply to a homeowner hauling their own trash?
Sources & Official References
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