Marion, OH Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Section 943.04(A) of the Marion Codified Ordinances puts the collection duty on the Safety/Service Director, not on a private company. The duty covers domestic refuse, rubbish and household trash from all dwelling units within the service area whose waste materials are not collected by mechanical container. A dwelling unit is any structure or building unit intended for or capable of residential living other than a hotel or motel unit, and it includes buildings with no more than two households.

The code does not print a collection day. It says collections are on a regularly scheduled basis as established by the Safety/Service Director, and § 943.02(A) separately directs the Director to make the rules and regulations that detail the services provided and prescribe the size, type and location of containers. A resident who needs a pickup day therefore looks to the Director's published rules and the city's Sanitation Division, not to the ordinance text.

Subsection (D) sets the one hard timing limit: no owner, tenant or occupant of any dwelling can allow domestic refuse, rubbish or household trash to accumulate in or on the occupied premises for a period of time in excess of two consecutive collection dates. The limit is counted in collection dates, not calendar days.

The city is also the sole collector of residential domestic refuse under § 943.03. The exceptions listed there cover commercial establishments and public institutions, so a household in Marion does not choose its own hauler.

Billing follows service. Under § 943.02(B) the municipality bills the property owner unless otherwise notified. Charges are net if paid within 14 days of billing, later payments are at the gross rate, which is $3 greater, and charges unpaid for 60 days are delinquent and can be assigned for collection (§ 943.15).