Boone County, MO Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited act
- Dumping yard waste into MS4/waterway
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, per state law
- Continuing violation
- Each day is a new offense
- Enforced by
- County stormwater Director
- State authority
- RSMo § 64.907, 64.825-.885
Summary
Boone County bans dumping yard waste, leaves, grass clippings and brush into storm drains, the MS4 system or any waterway under its stormwater ordinance.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or dump or to cause or allow the placing, depositing or dumping any refuse, rubbish, yard waste, paper litter, human waste or litter from encampment activities or other gatherings in close proximity to any waterway, or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles and accumulations containing pollutants into the municipal separate storm sewer system or into any waterway.
(4) Connection of sanitary sewer prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to connect a line conveying sewage to the municipal separate storm sewer system or to allow such a connection to continue.
(5) Industrial or construction activity discharges: It shall be unlawful for any person subject to an industrial activity or construction NPDES storm water discharge permit to fail to comply with all provisions of such permit.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
Boone County's illicit discharge ordinance makes it unlawful to place, deposit or dump refuse, rubbish, yard waste or paper litter into the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) or into any waterway. The rule targets residents raking leaves or grass clippings into roadside ditches or storm drains, not just industrial dumping. It sits inside the county's broader stormwater pollution-prevention program adopted under RSMo §§ 64.907 and 64.825-.885, and is enforced by the County's stormwater Director alongside illicit-connection and construction-discharge prohibitions in the same article.
Violations & Fines
Violating the dumping prohibition is a misdemeanor punishable as provided by law; each day the yard waste remains dumped in the MS4 system or waterway is a separate offense under § 28.9.2(4).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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