Warrick County, IN Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Program effective date
- December 1, 2015
- Administered by
- Warrick County Solid Waste Management District
- First violation penalty
- $1,000 civil penalty, unauthorized hauler
- Repeat violation penalty
- $2,500 per additional violation
- Covered properties
- Single-family, qualifying multi-family, embedded commercial, government
- Scope
- Unincorporated county only; cities run own service
Summary
In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, the Solid Waste Management District's curbside program serves single-family homes, qualifying multi-family and embedded commercial properties, and county or municipal buildings able to use its containers. Only the District's approved hauler may collect curbside recyclables from these covered participants; unauthorized haulers face steep civil penalties under Warrick County Code Section 136.99.
COVERED PARTICIPANTS. ... The same meaning as adopted from time to time by the District in the program, which initially includes the following participants within the boundaries of the county exclusive of incorporated municipalities: (1) Single-family, residential zoned properties; (2) Multi-family, residential zoned properties that are able to utilize the containers provided by the program; (3) Embedded commercial zoned properties, defined as those businesses embedded within residential areas and also able to utilize the containers described below; and (4) County and municipal government properties able to utilize the containers provided by the program. ... (B) (1) Beginning on the effective date, and at all times thereafter, any commercial hauler who shall collect curbside waste or recyclable materials from covered participants in violation of the program shall be subject to a civil penalty, payable to the county, of $1,000 for the first violation and $2,500 for each additional violation. Each collection of curbside waste or recyclable materials from any covered participant after the effective date that occurs in violation of this chapter shall be deemed a separate offense.
Full Breakdown
Warrick County Code Chapter 136 governs the Solid Waste Management District's Curbside Collection and Disposal Program in unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana; Boonville, Newburgh, Chandler, Elberfeld, Lynnville and Tennyson run their own service. Section 136.10 defines COVERED PARTICIPANTS as single-family residential-zoned properties, multi-family residential-zoned properties able to use the program's containers, 'embedded commercial' businesses situated within residential areas that can use the same containers, and county or municipal government properties able to use the containers. The program began December 1, 2015, and is administered by the District, which the Board of Commissioners created and may amend from time to time.
Chapter 136 defines a COMMERCIAL HAULER as anyone other than the District's approved hauler who provides curbside pickup and disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials to covered participants. Section 136.99 makes it a violation for any commercial hauler other than the District's chosen contractor to collect curbside waste or recyclable materials from a covered participant; each unauthorized collection after the effective date is a separate offense, and penalty revenue goes into the county's General Fund. Chapter 136 also permits residential yard waste to be composted on site so long as it does not create odor, harbor rodents, or become a public nuisance, or it may go out with the District's curbside program instead.
Violations & Fines
Under Section 136.99, a person, firm, or corporation violating Chapter 136 without another stated penalty is fined as set under Section 10.99. A commercial hauler who collects curbside waste or recyclables from a covered participant without District authorization owes a civil penalty of $1,000 for a first violation and $2,500 for each later violation, payable to the county; every unauthorized pickup after the effective date counts as its own separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can collect curbside recyclables in unincorporated Warrick County?
Which properties count as covered participants?
Can I compost my own yard waste instead of using curbside pickup?
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