Franklin County, KY Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Section 50.06(B) of the Franklin County Code makes solid waste collectors operating in the county responsible for preventing and/or cleaning any leakage or spillage of solid waste during the collection and transportation process. Collectors are responsible for all other provisions of the subchapter as they apply to collection and transportation. They must report annual activity in the county to the Solid Waste Management Coordinator and be licensed through the County Occupational Tax office. Section 50.06(C) puts a personal duty on every person: it is unlawful to dispose, throw, dump or cause to be disposed any garbage, paper, refuse, rubbish, waste, litter, junk, white goods, appliances, furniture, equipment, cans, bottles, lumber, building material, trees, tree limbs, brush or other solid waste anywhere and in any manner other than as the subchapter defines.

Section 50.06(A) lets the county award a collector an exclusive right to collect and dispose of residential and/or bulk solid waste, with licensing and operations set in the waste hauling contract. Section 50.08(B)(4) adds that interfering in any manner with solid waste collection or transportation equipment operating legally in the county is a prohibited practice. The County Judge/Executive may appoint the Solid Waste Management Coordinator under § 50.04 to enforce and manage the program. Franklin County's chapter covers the unincorporated area, not Frankfort. The printed text gives no pickup weekday, so residents learn the route day from the contracted collector. Amendment history shows Ordinance 10-2023, passed 9-28-2023.