Trash & Recycling in Ohio (2026)

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a solid waste enterprise can run pickups only between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 975.07(b) requires household trash placed at the curb to be…

Cincinnati bars residents and businesses from letting trash sit out in the open. Municipal Code § 729-25 requires waste…

Columbus requires trash, recycling, and compost carts to sit at least four feet from parked vehicles at the curb, then…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, each account holder must use the City-provided receptacles exclusively for the premises…

Curbside trash and recycling pickup in Hamilton County is arranged by each city, village, or township through a…

Lima's Utilities Department provides weekly curbside collection of garbage, recycling and yard waste. All garbage and…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, residents cannot lend their refuse containers to another person, cannot use collection…

Medina's Director of Public Service divides the City into as many garbage and rubbish collection districts as needed…

Middletown residents and businesses may not set garbage or rubbish containers at the curb more than 48 hours before…

Curbside trash pickup is run by each city or hauler, not the county. The county Solid Waste District operates the…

Once a resident sets recyclables out in an approved City recycling container at the streetline in Oregon, Ohio, those…

In the City of Springfield, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 919.06(e) limits who may haul away household trash: no…

In Canton, residential waste must be at the curb no earlier than noon the day before pickup and no later than 6:00 a.m…

Summit County's countywide noise ordinance treats refuse collection as exempt from its nuisance-noise rules only when…

Refuse and recycling must go inside Toledo's city-issued gray and blue automated containers with the lid fully closed…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.03 bars glass, bottles, broken dishes, tin cans and other incombustible material…

Akron tells residents exactly when city-issued trash and recycling carts can sit at the curb: no earlier than 4:30 p.m…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 975.07(a) sets exact curbside timing for residential garbage…

Cincinnati sets exact hours for putting trash carts at the curb. Municipal Code § 729-7 requires containers within…

Cleveland residents may not set solid waste or a waste container out for collection any earlier than noon the day…

Columbus requires collection containers to sit at least four feet from parked vehicles at the curb, then be pulled back…

Dayton residents must set waste containers out before 7:00 a.m. on collection day and no earlier than 3:00 p.m. the day…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, garbage, rubbish, recyclables and yard waste cannot go to the curb before 5:00 p.m. on the…

In Lima, garbage containers may not be set at the curb or right-of-way earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before collection…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 943.06 requires every resident and commercial establishment to keep suitable refuse…

Medina requires every home and business to keep garbage in odor-tight receptacles on the premises or within twenty-five…

Every household and business in the City of Middletown must keep watertight metal, rubber or plastic garbage containers…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a trash container can stand in the public right of way only immediately before and…

The City of Oregon, Ohio bans dumping or leaving refuse in a street or public right-of-way unless it is approved by the…

In the City of Springfield, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 919.02 requires every household to hold solid waste in a…

Canton provides each residence a 95-gallon standard cart. The lid must close completely or an additional container is…

Toledo's Solid Waste Division sets exact hours for putting trash and recycling carts out: no earlier than 5 p.m. the…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.02(h) requires every garbage receptacle to stay in the rear area of the residence…

Parma bars putting waste out for collection before noon the day ahead of the scheduled pickup, and requires containers…

Akron sharply limits what bulky items can go out for curbside pickup. Sec. 52.11(C)-(D) bans nearly all automobile…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 975.07(b) lets residents set bulky items like refrigerators…

Cincinnati defines 'bulk refuse' as acceptable waste too big for regular pickup, items over 40 pounds, longer than 48…

Large bulk items like refrigerators, furniture, mattresses and couches are 'special waste' under Codified Ordinances §…

Columbus residents must schedule bulk pickup through the Division of Refuse Collection and cannot set items outdoors…

Dayton bans depositing bulk waste like furniture, mattresses, or appliances on public or private property or into a…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, no person can dispose of an appliance containing freon without first hiring a contractor…

Lima's Property Maintenance Code bars storing garbage, brush, discarded articles and junk outside on any premises…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, bulk yard trash means large vegetative and wood cuttings that cannot be bundled under the…

Canton residents may set out two large items per week (such as furniture) on their regular collection day at no extra…

Since January 5, 2026 Toledo residents may set out up to five bulk items at the curb every week alongside the regular…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.01(e) defines bulk items such as stoves, appliances, furniture and 35-pound bags…

Ohio has no statute forcing residents to recycle, but Revised Code 3734.53 requires every county's solid waste…

Akron defines exactly what counts as curbside recyclables under Sec. 52.10, covering metal cans, glass, rigid plastic…

Cleveland's automated collection program gives each household two carts, one for regular trash, one for recyclables…

Columbus lets recyclables go loose into the collection container: they're the one waste stream exempt from the citywide…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, curbside recycling is built around the term commingled recyclable materials, defined in…

The Hamilton County Recycling & Solid Waste District, created under ORC Chapter 343, ensures every community in the…

Elyria issues every residence a green recycling cart for recyclables only, collected weekly. The Lorain County Solid…

Recycling is not mandated countywide, but the Lucas County Solid Waste Management District runs drop-off centers…

Montgomery County offers free drop-off recycling at the Moraine transfer station and countywide drop-offs, plus free…

Parma protects curbside recycling under Codified Ordinances Section 642.025: once residents set out glass, plastic…

Canton's curbside program collects aluminum and bi-metal cans, glass, paper, and plastics numbered 1 and 2, rinsed and…

Toledo runs single-stream curbside recycling under Section 211 of Appendix D, accepting plastic jugs and bottles…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.15 makes recycling separation mandatory: before setting out weekly trash…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 943.04(B) directs the Safety/Service Director to collect newspapers, glass bottles and…

Akron delays curbside trash and recycling collection by one day for the rest of the week on six holidays: New Year's…

Cleveland's Division of Waste Collection & Disposal posts a 2026 holiday schedule with ten holidays. Thanksgiving (Nov…

Columbus Refuse Collection runs no trash routes on eleven City-observed holidays, and the 2026 calendar puts Indigenous…

Toledo's city page names the holidays that delay trash pickup by one day in 2026, including Thanksgiving (Thursday…

Akron treats any dumping of more than five pounds of waste on public or private property or waters as a first-degree…

Dumping waste from a vehicle anywhere in Cincinnati, public or private property, is banned outright. Municipal Code §…

Dumping solid or industrial waste by vehicle on any unlicensed public or private property is banned under Codified…

Columbus bans depositing waste into waterways or onto streets, alleys, rights-of-way, and vacant lots, backing the ban…

Dayton makes it a crime to dump litter, bulk waste, or hazardous or infectious waste on public or private property…

Ohio bans open dumping of solid waste statewide, and the ban reaches unincorporated Summit County directly under ORC…

Toledo makes knowingly or recklessly dumping more than a 30-gallon bag or five pounds of waste on public or private…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 521.08 bans dumping litter or debris on public or private land without authority…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Canton Codified Ordinances Section 521.08 bans littering and dumping on public or private…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, Codified Ordinances § 959.03(b) bars throwing or depositing garbage, rubbish or waste in…

In the City of Middletown, Ohio, dumping more than a 30-gallon bag's worth of garbage, trash or junk on public property…

Parma makes it a first-degree misdemeanor to throw, deposit or dump rubbish, garbage, dirt, pesticide, ashes or refuse…

Illegal dumping is banned statewide. ORC 3734.03 prohibits disposing of solid waste by open dumping, and ORC 3767.32…

Ohio Revised Code 3734.03 flatly prohibits disposing of solid waste by open dumping, and offensive dumping can also be…

Dumping litter on public property, on land you don't own, or in Ohio's waters is illegal statewide under Ohio Revised…

Dumping litter or garbage on public land or on property you do not own is illegal statewide under Ohio Revised Code…

Open dumping of solid waste is banned statewide under Ohio Revised Code 3734.03, and depositing litter on public or…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 943.08(B) bars anyone from throwing or depositing domestic refuse, rubbish or waste…

Medina bans throwing or depositing garbage on any public or private property citywide, with only a composting…

Ohio law bans depositing litter on public or private property. Under ORC 3767.32, no person may deposit litter, or…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 660.03 prohibits depositing litter on any public property, on private property the…

In the City of Oregon, Ohio, dumping litter, garbage, rubbish or junk on public property or on someone else's private…

In the City of Springfield, Ohio, Codified Ordinances § 521.08 bars dumping paper, trash, garbage, waste, rubbish…

Ohio law bans depositing litter on public property, on private property you don't own, or in state waters (ORC…

Akron begins its annual leaf removal on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, moving through the city's 10 wards in the order 5, 3, 9…

Cincinnati requires yard waste to be bagged, bundled, or carted separately from regular trash and set out on the same…

Yard waste, brush and tree trunks aren't picked up in Cleveland's regular waste containers. Codified Ordinances §…

In Columbus, leaves go out with the bi-weekly curbside yard waste pickup, which the city says is available for most…

Dayton lets residents skip a container for yard waste if shrubbery and tree trimmings are cut to three-foot lengths and…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the Safety/Service Director must collect yard trash and bulk yard trash from dwelling…

Medina requires grass clippings and yard waste kept separate from household rubbish in metal or solid plastic…

Parma bans dumping leaves, clippings and other yard waste onto sloped land so it slides onto a neighbor's lot, and it…

Toledo runs no separate curbside yard-waste truck: leaves, grass clippings, shrubbery and tree prunings are collected…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, yard waste means leaves, brush, dead plants, weeds, garden wastes, dead trees or branches…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.01(f) and (g) split yard waste into 'soft' (grass, weeds, leaves) and 'hard'…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Design Review Committee standards bar outside dumpsters from front yards in the…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the municipality is the sole collector of domestic refuse, and a commercial establishment…

Toledo bans commercial and industrial dumpsters from Residential zoning districts outright and, everywhere else…

Akron caps how long you can keep a dumpster, roll-off, or storage pod in a residential neighborhood: thirty consecutive…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, a contractor cannot place a dumpster at a downtown parking meter without a permit from the…

Setting a roll-off dumpster or storage unit down on a Cleveland street, alley, or sidewalk requires a street…

Columbus requires dumpsters to sit on a designated, screened pad outside required yards and setbacks, clear of aisles…

Dayton requires waste receptacles at any use other than a single- or two-family dwelling to be enclosed on all four…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, every dumpster and trash collection area outside an enclosed building must sit inside a…

Franklin County zoning requires dumpsters in qualifying districts to sit beside or behind the building, on a screened…

Medina requires commercial dumpsters, recycling containers, and trash handling equipment to sit back from neighboring…

A construction dumpster in Middletown, Ohio has to stay on the construction site itself. Development Code §…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, commercial solid waste goes in a container that meets Section 1860.03 whenever it can be…

In the City of Oregon, Ohio's Dustin Road C-4 Business District, commercial dumpsters and other waste containers cannot…

Placing a portable storage bin, box, or dumpster on a Parma property requires a City permit under Section 1707.09(b)…

In the City of Springfield, Ohio, Zoning Code Section 1121.03 requires nonresidential waste enclosures with a minimum…

Properties serviced by dumpsters or dumpmaster-type vehicles are carved out of Cincinnati's standard curbside container…

Only City of Medina employees may collect or haul garbage within city limits, closing residential garbage service to…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, every residential property of four dwelling units or less must contract with a hauler…

Akron requires most homes to subscribe to the city's curbside trash program or a licensed private hauler, and bars…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 975.04(a) requires the Sanitation Department to collect…

Cleveland requires garbage collection at least once a week and solid-waste (bulk) collection at least once a month…

Columbus requires residents to pull collection containers back from the curb by 2 p.m. the day after pickup and keep…

Dayton's Director of Public Works sets the weekly waste collection schedule by area of the city, and every serviced…

The City of Elyria, Ohio collects garbage and rubbish on a routine and regular schedule through the Office of Safety…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the Safety/Service Director must provide residential refuse collection to every dwelling…

The City of Middletown collects residential garbage and rubbish once a week at the curb or alley line for a flat…

Parma limits solid waste hauling to between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, no later than 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays…

In the City of Springfield, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 919.04 requires every owner or tenant to have solid…

Toledo picks up household refuse once a week on a color-coded day and recycling every other week on a numbered cycle…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.02(a) puts every water-account customer into the City's mandatory garbage service…

Cincinnati does not set one citywide trash day in its code. Municipal Code § 729-21 lets the city manager or a designee…

Cincinnati's city-issued recycling carts stay city property, and only the city or its authorized agent may take what's…

Once you've set recyclables at the curb for Cleveland's curbside program, only City employees, contractors or agents…

Columbus law exempts recyclables from the bag-everything rule: household trash must go in tied, sealed bags, but…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, everything set out at the curbside or collection site belongs to the City. Section 959.06…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, recycling is built into hauler licensing. Before a registration certificate is issued or…

Once a resident in the City of Oregon, Ohio sets recyclables out at the streetline in an approved City recycling…

Parma's curbside recycling program only accepts glass bottles and jars, plastic soda bottles and milk, juice and water…

Toledo defines recycling participation as curbside use at least monthly under Section 212 of Appendix D, and bars…

Once a Youngstown resident sets recyclables at the street line, § 979.15(e) makes them City property, and only…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 943.01 defines recyclable materials to include newspapers, aluminum, plastic containers…