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Road Department Updates

Roads/Solid Waste

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County Road / Solid Waste

The Madison County Road Department maintains over 500 miles of county roadways and effectively oversees all aspects of County Fleet Operations. This includes passenger vehicles, dump trucks, mowers, and even emergency service vehicles.

In addition, Solid Waste Management, a division of the Road Department, is responsible for overseeing the environmental regulations associated with the proper disposal of waste. Additionally, this includes trash disposal, the large item pickup program, the dead animal removal program, loan-a-dumpster service, onsite recycling, composting, household hazardous waste collection, and environmental controls to safeguard the community.

Upcoming Events

Service Requests

Various services are offered to residents of Madison County. These services are only available to county residents. If you live within the city limits of Richmond or Berea, you are not eligible for county services and must contact your city office for assistance. This ensures requests are handled by the correct jurisdiction and prevents delays.

If you’re unsure whether your property is located within city limits, you can search for your address using our map portal. Simply, search for your address, select the highlighted point, and the information provided will indicate county or municipal.

Madison County Fiscal Court offers a Large Item Pickup to residents who live in Madison County. However, this excludes residents who live inside the city limits of Richmond or Berea. Madison County Solid Waste picks up large items that your trash hauler will not take. To utilize this service, please use the online form below or call Madison County Solid Waste to request your pickup. Items are required to be put out on the curb/roadside of your residence the night before your scheduled pickup date. Madison County Solid Waste does NOT pick up tree limbs, brush, or landscaping debris.

THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OR LANDLORDS.

Common items we pick up are: 

  • mattresses (Must be wrapped in plastic and taped firmly)
  • box springs (Must be wrapped in plastic and taped firmly)
  • couches, recliners, kitchen tables, furniture,
  • hot tubs (cut up in 4 pieces),
  • hot water heaters
  • basketball goals, refrigerators, deep freezers,
  • stoves, washers and dryers, dishwashers,
  • rolls of carpet up to 3’ long, grills, lawn furniture, large children’s toys, and swing sets.

Request your Large Item Pickup by using our online form.
Once your request is received someone from our office will contact you to schedule a pickup date and time.

Removal of dead livestock is a water quality and public health issue, proper disposal is necessary for the overall environmental health and safety of the public. Madison County Fiscal Court provides FREE OF CHARGE dead livestock carcass removal for livestock producers in Madison County.

Types of Animals 

  • Cattle, Horses, Swine, Alpaca, Goats, Sheep

Producers desiring this service should request the service by the online form to the right or by calling 859-624-4709 between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Requests received after 8:30 am will be scheduled for the next business day. Importantly, no dead livestock will be picked up on weekends or County holidays.

Animal Removal Qualifications

To qualify for pickup, callers must ensure:

  • Animals are deceased – no animal will be euthanized by Madison County employees;
  • Request for pickup must be within 48 hours of death;
  • Animals shall be placed on a hard surface such as gravel, blacktop, or concrete
  • Animals shall be placed at the front of the property, immediately adjacent to a public road or easily accessible from a hard surface on the producers property
  • Property must be open and accessible for Madison County staff.  Staff is not authorized to go through any unopened gates or remove animals from where living animals are contained.
  • It is the owner’s responsibility to position the animal for accessible pick-up.

Madison County is not responsible for:

  • Damages on the property the producer owns where livestock are requested to be removed
  • Picking up small animals
  • Large animals on the roadway

Request a pickup by using our online form. 

Madison County residents (Excluding Citizens of Richmond or Berea) can recycle Electronics, E-Waste, and Scrap Metal at 325 N. Madison Avenue.
This service is available Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4 pm.

You MUST check in with the Road Department Office before unloading items into any of the disposal containers.

THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OR LANDLORDS.

Madison County Residents (Excluding Citizens of Richmond or Berea) can bring the following items to our location:

  • mattresses
  • box springs
  • couches, recliners, kitchen tables, furniture,
  • water heaters
  • hot tubs (cut up in at least 4 pieces)
  • basketball goals, refrigerators, deep freezers
  • stoves, washers and dryers, dishwashers
  • rolls of carpet up to 3’ long,  grills, lawn furniture, large children’s toys, and swing sets.

We do NOT accept the following:

Landscaping debris (trees, brush, etc.), Household trash, Paint, Oil, Batteries, Chemicals, Pesticides, and Household hazardous waste.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OR LANDLORDS.

Please check in with the Road Department before completing your drop-off!

Madison County Fiscal Court offers a dumpster for the disposal of waste or junk that you may have in your garage, basement, or storage building. This excludes residents who live inside the city limits of Richmond or Berea. Household garbage, household hazardous materials, construction demolition debris, and tires are not permitted to be disposed of with this program. The dumpster is 20 20-yard capacity and measures approximately 4 feet tall, 8 feet wide, and 22 feet long.

The Loan-A-Dumpster program is first-come, first-served. We accept five requests weekly, three on Mondays and two on Thursdays. Starting October 20th, we will begin accepting requests for the 2026 calendar year. Each household may request this service once a year, ensuring all residents have an equal opportunity to benefit. Please submit your request at the link below.

Loan-A-Dumpster Program Rules

1. Do not load items above the top of the dumpster.

2. Do not load any of the following items below:

  • Household Garbage
  • Oil or Latex Paint
  • Tires
  • Demolition or Construction Materials
  • Trees and Brush

PLEASE NOTE: THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OR LANDLORDS.

Completed Projects & Events

Garbage Haulers

In Madison County, residents can choose their own garbage pickup services. However, within the city limits of Richmond or Berea, specific regulations for garbage collection are managed by a Franchise Hauler. Please visit their websites for more information.

Residents can contact any company from the following approved list of garbage haulers in Madison County:

Approved Haulers
ROCK TRUCKING Phone: 859-248-2062 (Roll Off Dumpsters) 20, 30, 40 Yard
DANNY HUNT Phone: 859-248-2062 (Dumpsters) 20, 30, 40 Yard
HAROLD COLE Phone: 859-986-2249 (Residential)
REPUBLIC SERVICES Phone: 859-263-2000 (Dumpsters Only) 20, 30, 40 Yard (Residential)
NEWELL SANITATION Phone: 859-369-5898 (Residential)
RUMPKE WASTE SYSTEMS Phone: 1-877-786-7537 (Residential and Commercial/Dumpsters) (City of Richmond Franchise Hauler)
RHODUS GARBAGE SERVICE Phone: 859-925-2801 (Residential)
SOUTHERN MADISON SANITATION Phone: 859-408-9078 (Residential)
WASTE CONNECTIONS OF THE BLUEGRASS Phone: 06-975-0984 (Commercial/Dumpsters) City of Berea Commercial/Dumpster Franchise Hauler
KELLEY SANITATION Phone: 859-200-2398 (Residential)
HSM Hauling Phone: 859-893-2613 Residential, Dumpsters (14 yard)
HARDY SANITATION Phone: 606-975-2320 (Residential)
KDH Sanitation Phone: 606-975-1329 (Residential)

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