Recycling in Hopkinsville, KY
Hopkinsville Solid Waste Enterprise collects furniture, mattresses and other bulk items at the curb twice a month for homes inside the city limits. Its community recycling drop-off program has been discontinued.
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Services for Hopkinsville residents
- Hopkinsville Solid Waste Enterprise bulk item pickupHopkinsville
- Kentucky Waste Tire Collection Events (Division of Waste Management)Kentucky
- Kentucky tire retailer one-for-one take-back (KRS 224.50-868)Kentucky
- Kentucky lead-acid battery retailer take-back (KRS 224.50-413)Kentucky
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- Residential Services (opens in new tab) · Hopkinsville Solid Waste Enterprise
- Furniture, mattresses, carpet, remodeling debris and other large items are collected twice a month on a set bulk week for each street. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Bulk set-outs are limited to 2 cubic yards. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Hopkinsville Solid Waste Enterprise serves homes inside the Hopkinsville city limits. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KRS 224.50-868: New tire fee; disposal of replaced tire; retailer requirements (opens in new tab) · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission)
- When a new tire replaces an old one, the retailer must encourage the buyer to leave the old tire with the retailer, or else dispose of it legally, give it to a registered waste tire handler, or reuse it. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Retailers selling new motor vehicle tires must accept, if offered, a waste tire of similar size and type for each new tire sold. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Retailers must post a notice that state law requires them to accept a waste tire for each new tire sold. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KRS 224.50-856: Disposal of waste tires (opens in new tab) · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission)
- Waste tires may be disposed of in Kentucky only by transfer to a permitted solid waste disposal facility, under processing conditions set in law. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Kentucky DWM: Waste Tires (opens in new tab) · Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Division of Waste Management
- DWM offers free waste tire collection events to Kentucky residents. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The events rotate so that each county gets one every three years, in the spring or fall; schedules are posted every August and February. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KRS 224.50-410: Disposal of lead acid batteries (opens in new tab) · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission)
- Lead-acid batteries may not be put in mixed solid waste or accepted for landfill or incinerator disposal in Kentucky. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KRS 224.50-413: Duties of retail sellers of new lead acid batteries (opens in new tab) · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission)
- Retail sellers of new lead-acid batteries must accept, if offered, one used lead-acid battery for each new one sold, and post a notice saying so. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Kentucky DEP fact sheet: Household Batteries (2017) (opens in new tab) · Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Division of Waste Management
- DEP tells households to dispose of car (lead-acid) batteries by taking them to the wholesaler or retailer when buying a new battery. Checked October 26, 2026.
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