Recycling is countywide but voluntary. The St. Joseph County Solid Waste Management District, through Borden Waste-Away, gives each household one 96-gallon cart collected every other week. Accepted plastics are #1-5 and #7, rinsed with caps removed.
Indiana does not mandate household recycling, so it is a service, not a legal duty, across St. Joseph County. The county Solid Waste Management District contracts Borden Waste-Away to run single-stream curbside recycling for every household, providing one 96-gallon cart picked up on an every-other-week schedule. The program takes plastics numbered 1 through 5 and 7 rinsed with caps removed, plus paper, cardboard, metal cans, and glass, all mixed together in the one cart. There is no fine for skipping recycling, but contaminating the cart with trash or the wrong plastics can get it left at the curb. Extra carts and bags are available on request from the district.
No penalty applies for not recycling, since Indiana sets no mandate. A cart contaminated with trash, food, or non-accepted plastics may be tagged and left uncollected until the household sorts it correctly.
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