Republic Services of Canyon County, ID
Republic Services provides recycling and waste collection services for residential and commercial accounts in Canyon County, ID. We offer one-stop shopping for county residents' waste removal needs. Although we specialize in recycling and solid waste collection, our services go far beyond just emptying the trash bins.
Canyon County, ID customer service
Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
3015 E Comstock Ave
Nampa, ID 83687
Holiday schedule
We observe the following holidays:
New Year’s Day
Memorial Day
Fourth of July
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
- If your pickup day falls on or after the holiday, it will be delayed by one day.
- Holidays falling on the weekend will not delay collection.
How can we help?
Lid Closure and Overfilled Carts
Effective 4/1/24 extra trash in cans will no longer be accepted. Extra trash must be in Republic carts. The cart lid must be closed in order for the cart to be serviced. Additional carts can be ordered for a small monthly fee by calling 208-345-1265.
Regional facilities
Call the numbers below for current rates, and for a list of acceptable/unacceptable materials.
Landfills
Canyon County Landfill
15500 Missouri Avenue
Nampa, Idaho 83686
Phone: 208-466-7288
For more information about the Canyon County Landfill and Household Hazardous Waste disposal, please visit their website.
Recycle centers - Caldwell
Recycling centers vary in terms of the types of materials they take. For more information about what materials are accepted at specific centers, please call in advance.
TMV Inc.
202 Albany Street
Caldwell, ID 83605
Phone: 208-459-6246
Monday - Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Saturday 8 am to noon
United Metals
311 Albany
Caldwell, ID 83605
Phone: 208-459-1617
Monday - Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Saturday 8 am to noon
Recycle centers - Nampa
Recycling centers vary in terms of the types of materials they take. For more information about what materials are accepted at specific centers, please call in advance.
Western Recycling
2520 Sundance Road
Nampa, ID 83651
Phone: 208-466-9504
Monday - Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Saturday 9 am to 2 pm
Idaho Recycling and Salvage
3900 Garrity Boulevard
Nampa, ID 83687
Phone: 208-365-5289
Pacific Steel and Recycling
2400 11th Avenue North
Nampa, ID 83687
Phone: 208-466-1105
Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Saturday 8 am to noon
Additional resources
Choose a topic below for additional recycling & trash service details.
Canyon County Recycling Guidelines
Recycling is NOT included in residential solid waste service for Canyon County. However, If you would like more information on how to subscribe to the program, contact Republic Services at 208-466-3302 or csidaho@republicservices.com.
Participating customers will be given a 95-gallon blue cart that will be emptied the same day as their trash, every other week. Newspapers, magazines, tin cans, aluminum cans, cardboard, plastic, and mixed-waste paper can be mixed together in the cart. Republic Services will be delivering recycling instructions on a collection calendar with each cart.
Recyclable Materials (collected loose in the blue cart – no bags):
Newspapers: including inserts, magazines, and catalogs.
Aluminum and Steel (Tin): cans (rinse empty cans - labels are okay - aerosol cans must be empty - pesticide cans are prohibited), pie tins (rinsed), wire hangers (stripped of foam and paper), aluminum foil.
Mixed Paper: junk mail, white or pastel ledger, cereal and frozen food boxes, paper bags, envelopes, fax paper, computer paper, brochures, greeting cards, and wrapping paper without foil, construction paper.
Plastics: milk jugs, pop/soda bottles, fruit juice bottles and jugs, detergent jugs, lightweight water bottles, #5 plastic food containers. No plastic bags, motor oil jugs, pesticide containers, or rigid plastics marked #3 through #7.
Corrugated cardboard: break boxes down to fit in the recycling cart.
What items are NOT accepted?
- Paper plates & cups
- Plastic bags and rigid plastics marked #3 through #7
- Plastic clamshell containers
- Polystyrene (Styrofoam®/Packaging)
- Tissues
- Paper towels
- Milk or juice cartons
- Napkins
- Food-contaminated containers
- Foil-lined items like cookie and chip bags
- Cardboard milk and juice cartons
- Grass clippings
- Glass
Used Motor Oil
Republic Services will collect up to 2 gallons of used motor oil per household per week. Do not mix with other fluids, such as brake or transmission fluid, or gasoline. Use transparent, 1-gallon plastic jugs. Set containers next to the trash bin. Label container "USED MOTOR OIL."
Bulk Wastes and Appliances
Republic Services collects refrigerators for recycling and other appliances upon customer request. An additional collection fee applies. Appliances must be outside and visible to the driver. Call Republic Services at 208-345-1265 to arrange for a special pick-up.
Recycling for Business
Businesses can order up to five (5) carts with once a week service. Cardboard needs to be flattened and cut so it falls freely out of the cart when dumped into the truck. If a blue cart does not meet your business recycling needs, check out more options in our business recycling guidelines or call Republic Services at 208-345-1265.
Canyon County Trash Guidelines
Republic Services strives to provide seamless weekly trash collection services to Canyon County residents.
Rates and Special Services
Residential trash service is by subscription in Canyon County. This unlimited service requires customers to fill their contractor-provided 95-gallon wheeled cart before setting additional trash cans out for collection.
- Garbage is collected once a week and bills are mailed out quarterly.
- Carry out service is available at an additional charge.
To begin service, call Republic Services at 208-345-1265 or request services
Trash Container Guidelines
Use the right container: fill the cart first, and then place additional trash in extra trash cans. Residents are permitted to use wheeled carts and trash cans with lids Do not overload containers or pack so tightly that contents are difficult to remove. Loose trash bags will not be collected. Effective 4/1/24 extra trash in cans will no longer be accepted. Extra trash must be in Republic carts.
Limit Size and Weight of Containers
Additional trash carts are available for an extra monthly fee. To order, call Republic Services, at 208-345-1265. Weight limits: 95-gallon carts – 200 lbs; Trash cans – 60 lbs, max 35 gallons.
Collection Requirements
- Trash and recycling must be set out by 6:00 am.
- Trash containers and recycling bins must be removed from the curb within 24 hours.
- Hazardous materials such as fluorescent light tubes, paint or vehicle batteries are not collected curbside. See the information included in this website for proper disposal of household hazardous materials.
- Make sure drivers have safe and clear access to containers.
- Trash containers must be free from obstructions such as mailboxes, fire hydrants, parked cars, or utility poles.
- Do not block sidewalks with trash cans, wheeled carts or recycling bins.
- Do not overload containers or pack them so tightly that contents are difficult to remove.
- Place wheeled carts at the curb with lid hinges pointing toward the house.
- Trees and branches must be cut to less than 4' in length, bundled, and placed next to your garbage on your regular collection day.
Bulk Items (i.e. furniture)
A special truck and two drivers are needed to collect large or bulky items. Curbside collection must be scheduled by calling Republic Services at 208-345-1265.
Appliances
Republic Services provides collection of appliances, Freon is safely removed and appliances are delivered to a local processor for recycling. Please call the Republic Services office for current pricing on Freon (refrigerators, freezers & air conditioners) and non-Freon (dishwashers, stoves, hot water heaters, washers & dryers) appliance collection charges. Call 208-345-1265 to schedule a pick-up.
Kid's corner
Trash day maze
Help the truck driver navigate his route to pick up the neighborhood’s trash and recycling. Download
Electronics word search
Our electronics are tangled. Can you help find which electronics are recyclable? Download
Outdoors bingo
Take a walk around your neighborhood with this Bingo sheet. Find four in a row! Download
Take a virtual field trip
Take your students on a virtual field trip of how a recycling center and a modern landfill works. These videos are designed to inform specific lessons in 3rd-5th grade, 6th-8th grade, and 9th-12th grade, but can also be used outside of those lessons to take your students on a journey through the process!
Recycling center video tour
3rd - 5th grade video is featured below
FAQs
Billing & Accounts
Collection Guidelines & Reporting an Issue
This information is also found on your Canyon County Service Guide.
Republic Services strives to provide seamless trash collection services to Canyon County residents. Garbage is collected once a week with no limit on the number of carts, cans, or bags you may set out.
Rates and Special Services
Residential trash service is by subscription in Canyon County. This unlimited service requires customers to fill their contractor-provided 95-gallon wheeled cart before setting additional trash cans out for collection.
- Garbage is collected once a week and bills are mailed out quarterly.
- Carry out service is available at an additional charge.
To begin service, call Republic Services at 208-345-1265 or request services
Trash Container Guidelines
Use the right container: fill the cart first, and then place additional trash in extra trash cans. Residents are permitted to use wheeled carts and trash cans with lids. Do not overload containers or pack so tightly that contents are difficult to remove. Loose trash bags will not be collected.
Limit Size and Weight of Containers
Additional trash carts are available for an extra monthly fee. To order, call Republic Services, at (208) 345-1265. Weight limits: 95-gallon carts – 200 lbs; Trash cans – 60 lbs, max 35 gallons
Collection Requirements
- Trash and recycling must be set out by 6:00 am.
- Trash containers and recycling bins must be removed from the curb within 24 hours.
- Hazardous materials such as fluorescent light tubes, paint or vehicle batteries are not collected curbside. See information included in this website for proper disposal of household hazardous materials.
- Make sure drivers have safe and clear access to containers.
- Trash containers must be free from obstructions such as mailboxes, fire hydrants, parked cars, or utility poles.
- Do not block sidewalks with trash cans, wheeled carts or recycling bins.
- Do not overload containers or pack them so tightly that contents are difficult to remove.
- Place wheeled carts at the curb with lid hinges pointing toward the house.
- Trees and branches must be cut to less than 4' in length, bundled, and placed next to your garbage on your regular collection day.
Bulk Items (i.e. furniture)
A special truck and two drivers are needed to collect large or bulky items. Curbside collection must be scheduled by calling Republic Services at 208-345-1265.
Appliances
Republic Services provides collection of appliances, Freon is safely removed and appliances are delivered to a local processor for recycling. Please call the Republic Services office for current pricing on Freon (refrigerators, freezers & air conditioners) and non-Freon (dishwashers, stoves, hot water heaters, washers & dryers) appliance collection charges. Call 208-345-1265 to schedule a pick-up.
Please call Republic Services Customer Service at 208-345-1265.
Please call Republic Services Customer Service at 208-345-1265 or
New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
During holiday weeks, if your normal collection day falls on or after the holiday, your collection will be delayed by one day. Holidays falling on the weekend will not delay collection.
Recycling Questions
Recycling is NOT included in residential solid waste service for Canyon County. However, If you would like more information on how to subscribe to the program, contact Republic Services at 208-466-3302 or csidaho@republicservices.com.
Participating customers will be given a 95-gallon blue cart that will be emptied the same day as their trash, every other week. Newspapers, magazines, tin cans, aluminum cans, cardboard, plastic, and mixed-waste paper can be mixed together in the cart. Republic Services will be delivering recycling instructions on a collection calendar with each cart.
Recyclable Materials (collected loose in the blue cart – no bags):
Newspapers: including inserts, magazines, and catalogs.
Aluminum and Steel (Tin): cans (rinse empty cans - labels are okay - aerosol cans must be empty - pesticide cans are prohibited), pie tins (rinsed), wire hangers (stripped of foam and paper), aluminum foil.
Mixed Paper: junk mail, white or pastel ledger, cereal and frozen food boxes, paper bags, envelopes, fax paper, computer paper, brochures, greeting cards, and wrapping paper without foil, construction paper.
Plastics: milk jugs, pop/soda bottles, lightweight water bottles, fruit juice bottles and jugs, detergent jugs, #5 plastic food tubs. No plastic bags, clamshell containers, motor oil jugs, pesticide containers, or rigid plastics marked #3 through #7.
Corrugated cardboard: break boxes down to fit in the recycling cart.
What items are NOT accepted?
- Paper plates & cups
- Plastic bags and rigid plastics marked #3 through #7
- Plastic clamshell containers
- Polystyrene (Styrofoam®/Packaging)
- Tissues
- Paper towels
- Milk or juice cartons
- Napkins
- Food-contaminated containers
- Foil-lined items like cookie and chip bags
- Cardboard milk and juice cartons
- Grass clippings
- Glass
Used Motor Oil
Republic Services will collect up to 2 gallons of used motor oil per household per week. Do not mix with other fluids, such as brake or transmission fluid, or gasoline. Use transparent, 1-gallon plastic jugs. Set containers next to the trash bin. Label container "USED MOTOR OIL."
Bulk Wastes and Appliances
Republic Services collects refrigerators for recycling and other appliances upon customer request. An additional collection fee applies. Appliances must be outside and visible to the driver. Call Republic Services at 208-345-1265 to arrange for a special pick-up.
Recycling for Business
Businesses can order up to five (5) carts with once a week service. Cardboard needs to be flattened and cut so it falls freely out of the cart when dumped into the truck. If a blue cart does not meet your business recycling needs, check out more options in our business recycling guidelines or call Republic Services at 208-345-1265.
Non-recyclables contaminate recycling loads, and need to be removed during the sorting process. Some items may also contaminate clean recyclable items (ex. pasta sauce jar with sauce still in it, can soak into clean office paper which is then no longer recyclable either).
If our drivers notice a lot of contamination in your recycle cart or bin, we may not be able to service it as recycling and may tag it to have it serviced as trash (in which case you may be charged).
Cut tree limbs, hedge trimmings, or other wood waste into sections less than 4 feet. Tie bundles 18 inches or less in diameter and set out in compact piles weighing 60 lbs. or less.
Please place trees with other yard waste on your scheduled service day. Remove all tinsel and garland before you place the Christmas/Holiday tree on the curb. Cut tree in half.
Business & Industrial Services
Republic Services offers customizable commercial recycling programs to businesses, non-profit organizations, churches, schools, and multi-family complexes (apartments, condominiums) in all the municipalities we serve. Republic Services will meet with interested commercial businesses and organizations to perform a free waste consultation and to develop a specific recycling program. Here are just a few of the things that we will help you consider and implement:
- Space: We work with you to identify a practical location where recyclables can be collected.
- Access: We help you find the appropriate place outside the building where Republic Services collection trucks can easily pick up the bins, carts, or dumpsters.
- Materials: We will assess the types of materials and the quantities that you would like to recycle.
- Commitment: We help educate and engage company management, facility staff, and employees to create a successful recycling program.
Service Options:
Republic Services offers the following collection options to meet your organization's specific recycling needs.
Wheeled Carts (95 gallons)
Business recycling is simple! Similar to residential recycling, cardboard, mixed paper, newspaper and magazines, tin cans, aluminum cans, and rigid plastics labeled #1 or #2 can all be recycled in a single recycling cart. Wheeled carts are a great option for businesses that do not generate a lot of waste. Businesses can have up to five carts, depending on their recycling needs. Recycling carts are collected once a week.
Green Dumpsters (3 - 8 cubic yards)
These containers are best suited for larger companies who want to recycle mixed paper, corrugated cardboard, aluminum, tin, and plastic.
Roll-Off Boxes (20, 30, or 40 cubic yards)
These containers are best suited for construction and demolition sites. Since about one-third of the waste destined for landfills comes from construction and demolition debris, cities are increasingly looking to contractors to take a pro-active role in diverting waste from landfills. Republic Services can tailor a job-site recycling program to fit your needs. For the purpose of recycling, Republic Services requires single commodities be assigned to specific containers. Also since Republic Services records all transactions involving a project, paperwork and compliance are effortless on the part of either the developer or the contractor. Learn more about how Republic Services can help your building project become LEED compliant.
Items accepted:
- Newspapers, magazines, and catalogs.
- Aluminum and steel (tin) cans: Empty, Clean, and Dry (labels okay).
- Mixed Paper: white or pastel paper (No neon-colored paper), paperboard (i.e. dry and frozen food boxes) with liners removed, phone books, envelopes, computer paper, paper bags.
- Plastics: #1 and #2 rigid plastics; Discard caps from bottles; No filmy plastic, grocery bags, vinyl, or Styrofoam.
- Corrugated cardboard: Flatten and cut boxes to 4' x 4' or smaller segments.
Items NOT accepted:
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Paper plates & cups
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Styrofoam/Packaging
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Tissues
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Paper towels
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Napkins
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Food-contaminated containers as well as milk or juice cartons
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Pizza boxes and foil-lined items like cookie and chip bags
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Plastic Bags - e.g. dry cleaning, grocery & carrot bags
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Paint & other cans with caution words on labels
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Glass
To discuss your industrial waste disposal needs, please call Republic Services Customer Service at 208-466-3302 or
The following materials can be recycled or diverted in Idaho:
- Brick
- Cardboard
- Concrete (without metal)
- Metal
- Paper
- Plastic
- Sheetrock
- Super sacks
- Wood
- Wood pallets
Other materials on a case-by-case basis.
Special & Household Hazardous Waste
Residents in Canyon County may drop off Household Hazardous Waste during designated collection days.
Hazardous materials include (but are not limited to): fluorescent tubes, CFL bulbs, paint, stain, varnish, computer monitors, televisions, vehicle batteries, gasoline, oil, pesticides, and herbicides.
For details on the HHW collection locations, please call (208) 466-7288.
Collections will take place for one day in March, June, September, and December. For more information on collection dates and hours of operation, please visit the
LEED Certification
In the United States and in a number of other countries around the world, LEED certification is the recognized standard for measuring building sustainability. Achieving LEED certification is the best way for you to demonstrate that your building project is truly "green."
The LEED green building rating system - developed and administered by the
LEED certification, which includes a rigorous third-party commissioning process, offers compelling proof to you, your clients, your peers, and the public at large that you've achieved your environmental goals and your building is performing as designed. Getting certified allows you to take advantage of a growing number of state and local government incentives, and can help boost press interest in your project.
Talk to Your Sub-Contractors - Let them know this is a LEED Project
As obvious as this sounds, construction workers on the ground often do not know what their managers know - that this is a LEED project! Talk to them. Share your goals about LEED certification. Is your target to recycle 50% to 90%? Tell them what you will be recycling and where the recycling containers will be located.
Label Your Containers
Another obvious point, but necessary. Create BIG signs for all of your recycling containers: WOOD, PAPER & CARDBOARD, SHEETROCK, etc. Draw pictures or laminate downloaded clip art and attach the graphics on the containers under the label (i.e. a picture of a woodpile or a picture of a plastic water bottle). This eliminates any language barrier confusion and is a quick reminder as workers approach the trash and recycling areas.
Strategically Locate Your Trash & Recycling Containers
Make recycling convenient, make trash tough. By placing recycling containers closest to the worksite and trash dumpsters next to the supervisor's trailer or apart from the work site you create an incentive to recycle and a deterrent from trashing everything. This strategy allows supervisors to see what is being thrown away and there is a high degree of accountability when co-workers can watch each other fill the recycling bins.
Use "On-Call" Trash and Recycling Service
Make sure you sign up for an "on-call" trash and recycling service. This allows you to have your dumpsters and recycling bins emptied only when they are full. If you call the Republic Services office by 5:00 p.m. your containers will be scheduled for next day service.
Take Pictures
Take digital pictures of your containers when they are full (before they are emptied). Upload and date the photos in a "LEED TRASH" or "LEED RECYCLING" folder. This will help you keep track of the number of yards you are throwing away or recycling at your project site.
Keep Your Trash and Recycling Bills
Keep all landfill tickets (indicating weight or volume) recycling center receipts (tons recycled) and trash/recycling invoices from the hauler or city. All serve as critical records and will help you reconcile the volume you post in your pictures with the volumes recorded on paper.
- Carpet and Pad: Second Chance Building Materials Center 208-331-2707 will take carpet if it is re-usable.
- Wood waste: Republic Services Roll-Off Box (20, 30, or 40-yards). All wood products (including crates) can be mixed together but must be free of metals except for staples, nails, and screws. Wood waste is taken to the Canyon County Landfill where it is chipped and reused. Container delivery, container rent, and recycling haul charges apply. There is an additional fee of $12/yard to have the wood chipped (C & D is $17.00/ton).
- Cardboard/paper/plastic: These materials can be collected in a "single-stream" green commercial container (3, 6, or 8 cubic yards [insert link for "Dumpsters"]) or in a large roll-off box (20, 30, or 40 cubic yards). Roll-off boxes used for recycling have container delivery, rent, and hauling charges, but no additional disposal fee.
- Metal: Call United Metal or Pacific Recycling to set up a metal container.
- Electrical Conduit: If metal, recycle with metals.
- Piping: Metal piping may be placed in the metal recycling box, but plastic piping must be placed in the trash.
- Ceiling tiles: GTS Interior Supply, 1675 Commerce Ave, Boise, ID 83713, 208-343-4998, will take back Armstrong ceiling tiles.
- Roofing: Wooden shingles (shake) can be thrown in with the wood waste.
If you are reconstructing an existing building in the Treasure Valley, facilities such as the Habitat for Humanity store and Second Chance Building Materials will consider taking your reusable building materials.
These materials can NOT be recycled in Canyon County at this time.
- Insulation
- Asphalt and other types of shingles
- Sheetrock
Questions? Please call Republic Services Customer Service at 208-466-3302 or
Dumpsters
Republic Services offers a full range of service options and equipment to efficiently and economically meet your waste collection needs. Front-end loader containers work best for businesses that generate low-density waste materials that can be compacted, such as office waste and food products. We maintain an inventory of containers in a variety of sizes and offer flexible collection scheduling.
- Debris boxes, from 3 to 40 yards, are available for household remodeling, landscape projects, site clean-up, construction & demolition, and other projects.
- Rates for roll-offs vary depending upon box size and filled weight.
- Please call Republic Services Customer Service at 208-466-3302 or
submit a request online.
5 Benefits of Republic Services Dumpsters
Sanitary: all waste is kept in a single, closed receptacle until collected by automated trucks.
Reduces fire hazard: depositing waste in a closed, all-steel container helps diminish the likelihood of accidental fires.
Saves labor: workers dump wastes into a large, conveniently located container. No bags to fuss with, no mess to clean up.
Aids pest control: with waste enclosed in a covered steel container, insects, rodents, and other pests are less likely to be attracted.
Versatile: with containers available in a wide variety of sizes, Republic Services can meet your every waste disposal need.
Whether you are an insurance agent and need a single 3 cubic yard container dumped weekly to set next to your office, or a huge building project needing multiple 40 cubic yard debris boxes, Republic Services has the solution for you. We have been solving trash problems cost-effectively for over 40 years.
Container Specifications
The following are the container and enclosure specifications for our standard commercial containers. If your trash management needs are not met by the standard containers below, please call 208-345-1265 to speak with a customer service representative.
- Three Cubic Yard Container:7' x 4' x 4' footprint, 11' x 10' enclosure requirement
- Six Cubic Yard Container:7' x 6' x 5' footprint, 11' x 10' enclosure requirement
- Eight Cubic Yard Container:7' x 6' x 8' footprint, 11' x 10' enclosure requirement
Required Clearance
- 24' of overhead clearance to service containers underground
- 44' in front of containers with clear access
- 50' in front of compactors with clear access
