Boone County, KY Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Banned from trash
- Yard waste, tires, batteries, oil
- Yard waste defined as
- Grass, leaves, tree trimmings
- Violation fine
- $25 per day, § 50.999
- Applies in
- Unincorporated Boone County only
Summary
Boone County bans yard waste, along with tires, lead-acid batteries and oil, from the household trash stream. Grass clippings, leaves and tree trimmings cannot go out in a solid waste container for regular pickup; residents in the unincorporated county must find another outlet, such as composting or a separate yard-waste service.
All types of yard waste are prohibited from being discarded as solid waste within the county. Vehicle tires, lead acid batteries and oil are also prohibited form being discarded as solid waste within the county.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-28: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2025-20, passed 6-17-25; and State legislation current through KRS 2025).
Full Breakdown
013 states plainly: "All types of yard waste are prohibited from being discarded as solid waste within the county. 001 as "grass clippings, leaves, tree trimmings, and the like," so the ban reaches routine mowing and landscaping debris, not just large brush. 010 already requires every household to keep its garbage in leak-proof, fly-tight containers meant for ordinary solid waste, mixing yard waste into that same container is itself a violation, not merely a missed pickup. The ban applies only within unincorporated Boone County; Florence, Union and Walton set their own yard-waste rules under their separate municipal codes.
002(A) lets the Fiscal Court adopt further rules for "storage, collection, transportation, processing, recycling, composting and disposal of solid waste," which is the avenue by which any county-sanctioned yard-waste drop-off or composting option would be established, but the code itself prints no specific yard-waste collection day, drop-off site or fee, only the disposal ban.
Violations & Fines
Discarding yard waste, tires, batteries or oil as ordinary solid waste violates § 50.013, one of the sections listed in § 50.999(A)(1)(a), which sets a $25 fine, with each day the violation continues charged as a separate offense; the County Solid Waste Coordinator, a Code Enforcement Officer, or a sworn officer may issue the citation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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