Akron, OH Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Beyond the routine weekly cart, Akron's curbside program excludes most bulky and heavy debris. Sec. 11(C) allows only a narrow list of automobile parts at the curb: tires, car seats, mufflers, and tail pipes; every other car part, from bumpers to engine components, is barred from curbside collection entirely. Sec. 11(D) goes further and bans concrete, construction or demolition material, dirt, sand, gravel, or bricks from curbside pickup with no listed exceptions, meaning renovation and demolition debris must go through a private hauler or a disposal site approved by City Council under Sec.

08 rather than the weekly cart route. These limits sit inside the same section that governs cart placement and timing, so a resident who sets out a banned bulk item faces the same owner-liability rule as any other curbside violation: material left at the curb for four hours (two hours for a repeat violator) is treated as proof the property owner permitted it under Sec. 11(E). Because the section does not create a separate bulky-item pickup program, any oversized item not clearly listed as an accepted automobile part is functionally banned from curbside collection, and residents are expected to use a licensed private hauler, drop it at a permitted disposal site, or contract for special removal, which the City may itself perform and then bill back as an administrative fee under Sec. 99(B).