Nicholasville, KY Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Section 18-1 defines yard wastes as grass clippings, leaves and tree trimmings, and the definition of solid waste in the same section expressly includes yard wastes, so they fall under Chapter 18. Section 18-2(f) requires yard wastes to be stored in containers so constructed and maintained as to prevent the dispersal of wastes placed therein upon the premises served, upon adjacent premises, or upon adjacent public rights-of-way. The weight of any individual container and contents cannot exceed seventy-five (75) pounds. Section 18-3(b) sets the placement rule: tree limbs and yard wastes, as described in § 18-2(e) and (f) respectively, shall be placed at the curbside for collection, and the standard for other residential solid waste is the roadside.

Nothing permitted for roadside collection can be placed there until the regularly scheduled collection day. Tree limbs and brush follow § 18-2(e): limbs less than four (4) inches in diameter and brush are tied in bundles not larger than forty-eight (48) inches long and eighteen (18) inches in diameter, with no bundle over seventy-five (75) pounds. Section 18-3(a) makes the city responsible for providing collection and makes the owner of every residential property in the city limits responsible for garbage service at that property. Section 18-2(g) provides that containers which are not approved are collected and disposed of together with their contents.

Under § 18-6(3), burning solid waste is unlawful unless an approved incinerator is provided or a variance has been obtained from the appropriate air pollution control agency. Section 18-5(12) sets a curb window for roll cart containers and other receptacles for solid waste: no sooner than 7:00 p.m. on the evening before collection and no later than 7:00 a.m. on collection day, removed by 7:00 p.m. that day.