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

Chapter 1860 of the Newark Code of Ordinances makes trash service mandatory, not optional. Section 1860.04(a) puts responsibility for disposal on each owner, tenant, lessor, lessee, land-contract purchaser, manager or other person in control of real property. Subsection (a)(2) requires removal of all nonputrescible solid waste through a registered transfer station or solid waste disposal facility not less frequently than once during each seven consecutive calendar day period. Subsection (a)(3) covers putrescible solid waste, meaning food waste and garbage: it must be removed often enough to prevent offensive odor that attracts insects, rodents and other pests, and in no event less frequently than once during each seven consecutive calendar day period. Chapter 1860 prints no fixed collection weekday, so the seven-day outer limit is the rule that applies.

Section 1860.041, added by Ordinance 14-20-A (passed 8-4-14), supplies the contract mandate. The owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or other person in control of every residential property in the City, including houses, mobile homes, apartments and condominiums used exclusively for residence and consisting of four separate dwelling units or less, is responsible for contracting with and paying a refuse hauler or solid waste disposal enterprise licensed by the Director of Public Service. The contract must provide for collection and disposal consistent with Section 1860.04. On request of the Director or a designee, the owner must provide satisfactory proof of contracting with and paying a licensed hauler for every applicable dwelling unit.

Subsection (c) protects neighbors from abandoned service. If the obligated party stops paying and the hauler is relieved of its duty to collect, the hauler must still collect the accumulated solid waste and remove the container it provided within seven days of the termination of its obligation under the contract.

The haulers themselves are regulated. Section 1860.06 requires a registration certificate from the Director of Public Service, with a $25.00 application fee, expiring December 31 of the year of issuance, backed by insurance minimums and workers' compensation coverage. Buildings with more than four dwelling units are treated as commercial solid waste generators under Section 1860.02(e), so they sit outside the Section 1860.041 residential mandate.