Kootenai County Solid Waste

Kootenai County Solid Waste is the county's main solid waste facility near Ramsey Road that locals use for household trash, recyclables and yard debris. People from Coeur d'Alene and nearby towns come here when the curbside pickup won't take something or during seasonal cleanups.

Drive up the lane and you'll pass an entrance booth where vehicles queue; larger trucks and trailers are common, so give yourself space. There's a scale area to drive over for weight-based sites, so plan on stopping twice if that's how this place operates. Recycling and green-waste areas are grouped off to the side, with piles, bins and compactors visible from the drive lanes. Weekends and spring cleanup days get busy, with lines that can back up onto the road if a few pickups are happening at once.