Whitley County Solid Waste

10/21/2026

🚨🚨WCSWMD Will be Closed tomorrow 10/21/26 ⚠️ Due to a gas leak on a large high pressure natural gas line, the area of South Line Street will remain closed indefinitely between Simonson Street/Railroad Tracks and Radio Road. NIPSCO crews are on the scene, as is the Columbia City Fire Department.
NIPSCO is awaiting a specialized crew to fix the large line. Please find alternative routes until otherwise notified.

Please keep checking our page for updates as to when we can resume normal business.

10/13/2026

You should recycle that!

10/10/2026

WCSWMD WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY 10/12/26

09/04/2026

WCSWMD WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH ♻️ PICKUP WILL BE DELAYED 1 DAY NEXT WEEK

07/14/2026

Bring your tires in while you can!

Mark your calendars for our final Waste Tire Amnesty Event of 2026.

You must be a Whitley County Resident we will not accept tires from businesses.

You must have your ID

Dates July 6th - July 17th during normal business hours.

WCSWMD plans to accept tires all days listed on our flyer however we do have a cap on spending. Once that cap is reached we will stop accepting tires for free and resume our normal collection of tires for a fee. Please call ahead to make sure our amnesty is still going on before driving to our facility. WCSWMD reserves the right to refuse tires that dont meet our guidelines or end our amnesty early if we hit our spending cap.

07/02/2026

WCSWMD will be Closed at 3pm today as well as Friday July 3rd and Saturday July 4th. If you are bringing trash in please arrive no later than 2:30pm today

06/27/2026

We are full on trash and are not scheduled to be picked up until sometime on Monday. Unfortunately we will not be able to accept any loads of trash today. We apologize for this inconvenience.

06/19/2026

WCSWMD will be Closed Friday June 19th.

06/12/2026

It's Friday and we are blooming here at Whitley County Solid Waste 🏵

06/05/2026

Mark your calendars for our final Waste Tire Amnesty Event of 2026.

You must be a Whitley County Resident we will not accept tires from businesses.

You must have your ID

Dates July 6th - July 17th during normal business hours.

WCSWMD plans to accept tires all days listed on our flyer however we do have a cap on spending. Once that cap is reached we will stop accepting tires for free and resume our normal collection of tires for a fee. Please call ahead to make sure our amnesty is still going on before driving to our facility. WCSWMD reserves the right to refuse tires that dont meet our guidelines or end our amnesty early if we hit our spending cap.