Clark County, IN Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 50.02(C), (D), (E), (F)
- Program type
- Voluntary curbside recycling, mandatory hauler offer
- Equipment rule
- Separate recyclables truck equipment required
- Rate filing
- Annual written rates due by Jan. 10
- Adopted
- Ord. 8-2007, passed 6-28-2007
- Homeowner choice
- No resident required to sign up
Summary
Clark County Code § 50.02 makes every unincorporated-area waste hauler offer residential customers a voluntary curbside recycling agreement, keep recyclables separate from trash in the truck, and file annual rate schedules with the Board of Commissioners. Homeowners choose whether to sign up; haulers cannot refuse to offer the contract.
(D) Waste haulers subject to this section may not commingle solid waste and recyclable materials in the same collection vehicle. ... (F) All waste haulers subject to this section are required to offer individual recycling pick-up agreements on a voluntary basis to residential homeowners and residential properties that are currently using, plan to use or will use in the future the solid waste pick-up and collection services of the hauler. No homeowner or residential solid waste customer is required to enter into such private agreement with any waste hauler.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2019 S-0: Code: Local legislation current through Ordinance 31-2014, passed 12-18-2014).
Full Breakdown
02, adopted as Ordinance 8-2007 on June 28, 2007, replaced the county's earlier mandatory district recycling program with a voluntary, hauler-run model that still carries firm duties for the haulers themselves. RECYCLABLE MATERIALS are defined to include newspaper, aluminum and steel cans, clear, green and brown container glass, and HDPE and PEPE plastic bottles and jugs, plus anything else the Clark County Solid Waste Management District designates by ordinance or official publication. 02(D) forbids commingling solid waste and recyclables in the same collection vehicle. 02(E) requires haulers to deliver a written 2007 rate schedule for voluntary recycling pickup to the Board within 15 days of the program's effective date and to confirm updated household recycling rates to the Board in writing every year on or before January 10.
02(F) requires every covered hauler to offer an individual curbside recycling pickup agreement to any residential customer already using or planning to use its trash service, including former customers of the county's old mandatory program, while making clear that no homeowner is required to accept the offer; recycling participation stays entirely the resident's choice even though the offer itself is mandatory on the hauler.
Violations & Fines
A hauler that refuses to offer a residential recycling agreement, lacks the required separate-collection equipment, or fails to file its annual rate confirmation commits a separate ordinance violation for each day the failure continues, per § 50.02(G)-(H). Enforcement runs through a citation from the County Police Department, County Engineer, or County Director of Weights and Measures and a civil suit the Board's attorney files in circuit or superior court. A liable hauler owes a per-day judgment plus the county's costs and attorney's fees, and the court may bar the hauler from any solid waste or recycling business in the county until it proves the violation is cured.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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