Marion, OH Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 943.06(A) makes it the duty of each resident or commercial establishment to maintain a suitable container or containers to hold all the domestic refuse and rubbish accumulated between collections and pending removal by the collector, and all of that refuse must be placed in those containers. Subsection (B) sets the build and size: water and vermin proof material and a capacity between 20 and 32 gallons. The definition of container in § 943.01 adds a rigid receptacle with handles and a securable top or lid, or a 3-ply plastic bag with a securable top.

Placement is in subsection (D): all containers shall be located curbside as prescribed in the rules and regulations of the Safety/Service Director. Section 943.01 defines curbside as the designated physical location for the placement of refuse accumulations and containers intended for residential service collection and disposal, as near as possible but no more than six feet from the traveled streets or alley. The stated purpose is to allow collection by the collection personnel in a rapid manner with walking or reaching minimalized. A spot more than six feet from the traveled street or alley is not curbside as the code defines it.

The chapter prints no set-out hour, no pull-back deadline and no screening requirement in § 943.06. Those details are left to the Director under § 943.02(A), which directs the Director to make rules that prescribe the size, type and location of containers. Articles that cannot be conveniently placed in containers are crushed or bundled to no more than five feet and 50 pounds and placed at the same collection point (§ 943.06(C)). Keeping refuse anywhere except in the manner designated in § 943.06 violates § 943.08(A).