Morgan County, IN Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- CFC appliance fee
- $18
- Other appliance fee
- $10
- Drop-off site
- County Highway Dept, Blue Bluff Road, Martinsville
- Receipt
- Required, State Board of Accounts form
- Fee use
- Hauling appliances to a recycling center
Summary
Unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana residents recycle old appliances at the County Highway Department's Blue Bluff Road site in Martinsville under § 30.02, paying a $10 drop-off fee for standard appliances and $18 for CFC-containing units like refrigerators and air conditioners, with proceeds covering removal to a recycling center.
§ 30.02 APPLIANCE REMOVAL. ... (A) APPLIANCES, as defined herein, shall mean stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers, water heaters and similar items which are commonly used in households. ... (C) Both appliances and CFC appliances may be accepted at the County Highway Department location on Blue Bluff Road in Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana during business hours and hours during which said location is open to the general public. ... (E) Anyone wishing to drop off such appliances or CFC appliances shall pay the following amount to the personnel designated by the County Highway Department to be in charge of such location and to receive such funds: (1) For CFC appliances: $18; and (2) For all other appliances: $10. ... (G) Said monies so received shall be turned over to the Treasurer of the county, and out of such funds, a fee shall be paid for the removal of said appliances and said CFC appliances to a recycling center or other location specified by the county.
Full Breakdown
Morgan County Code § 30.02 runs the county's appliance recycling drop-off program out of the County Highway Department location on Blue Bluff Road in Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana, open to the public during the location's business hours. The ordinance defines APPLIANCES as stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers, water heaters, and similar household items, and separately defines CFC APPLIANCES as refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and similar appliances that may hold cooling coils and refrigerant gas. Anyone dropping off an appliance pays the Highway Department's designated personnel $18 for a CFC appliance and $10 for any other appliance, and receives a receipt written on a form the State Board of Accounts approved, with the Highway Department keeping a carbon copy.
The money collected goes to the County Treasurer, and the county uses part of it to pay for hauling the dropped-off appliances and CFC appliances to a recycling center or other location the county specifies, rather than sending them to a landfill. Whatever funds remain stay with the Treasurer, subject to appropriation back to the County Highway Department to cover the cost of running the drop-off program itself. The ordinance dates to Ord. 4-3-1.2, passed January 2, 1996, and its fee-and-recycling structure has stayed in the code since.
Violations & Fines
Section 30.02 doesn't set a fine for skipping the program: it simply requires payment of $18 or $10 at drop-off before the County Highway Department accepts an appliance, with the fee funding hauling to a recycling center. There's no printed penalty in this section for discarding an appliance elsewhere, though doing so along a roadway or as fill can trigger Chapter 51's illegal-dumping fines instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
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