Twin Falls County, ID Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

County Code section 4-2-3(A) requires that, from and after November 1, 2002, all solid waste collected from any source or location within Twin Falls County, whether picked up by the county, an incorporated city, or a commercial trash collector, be delivered to the approved transfer station or other disposal or resource-recovery site designated for county use by the Southern Idaho Regional Solid Waste Disposal District or its successors. That means a private hauler servicing an unincorporated address is legally bound to run its collected loads to the district's designated site rather than any other dump.

Section 4-2-3(B)(2) then governs what happens between pickups: property owners must keep their premises in a sanitary condition free of solid waste, and may not let garbage or refuse accumulate, but the code allows storage of solid waste on the property for up to fourteen days while it awaits transport to a designated disposal site. Anyone hauling waste, whether a resident or a commercial collector, is also barred under section 4-2-3(E) from operating a vehicle loaded or maintained so that waste can drop or fall onto a street or public way in transit.

The Twin Falls County Commissioners may appoint a director under section 4-2-2(C) to administer the solid waste program, coordinating with the State Board of Health and the Department of Agriculture, and only sites the commissioners designate by motion or order count as official disposal sites for compliance purposes.