Springfield, OH Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum frequency
- At least once a week, § 919.04
- Mandatory licensed service
- Since January 1, 1997, § 919.051
- Licensed collectors
- Under Chapter 921 or Chapter 922
- Delay exception
- Only if the utility/hauler/City itself is delayed
- § 919.04 penalty
- Minor misdemeanor, 4th degree on repeat
- § 919.051 penalty
- Minor misdemeanor after notice, § 919.12
Summary
In the City of Springfield, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 919.04 requires every owner or tenant to have solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances collected and disposed of on at least a weekly basis, unless the sanitation services public utility, licensed hauler or City has been delayed that week. Section 919.051 requires every property owner, since January 1, 1997, to assure garbage or refuse is collected by a licensed collector under Chapters 921 and 922.
919.04 FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION. ... Except as otherwise provided in the City's Codified Ordinances, every person who is the owner or tenant of a premises shall have all solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances accumulating on his premises collected and disposed of, in accordance with the law, on at least a weekly basis; unless, solid waste collection by the sanitation services public utility, the residential hauler, the commercial hauler serving the premises or the City has been delayed during the week. ... 919.051 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES; PROVIDED BY OWNER. On and after January 1, 1997, no owner of real property within the City upon which living quarters are, or have been, maintained and in which garbage or refuse, or both, are created shall fail to assure the collection of all such garbage or refuse from the premises by solid waste collectors licensed by the City pursuant to Chapters 921 and 922 of the Codified Ordinances of The City of Springfield, Ohio.
Full Breakdown
Springfield sets both a floor on how often trash must leave a property and a mandate that a licensed collector be the one taking it. Codified Ordinances Section 919.04, Frequency of Collection, requires every owner or tenant of a premises to have all solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances collected and disposed of, in accordance with law, on at least a weekly basis, except when collection by the sanitation services public utility, the residential hauler, the commercial hauler serving the premises, or the City has been delayed during the week.
The same section bars a residential owner or tenant from letting waste be collected by anyone other than the franchised utility, the residential hauler serving the premises, or the City, and bars a non-residential owner or tenant from using anyone but a commercial hauler once the utility or City is not doing the job. Section 919.051, Solid Waste Collection Services; Provided by Owner, layers a standing duty on top: on and after January 1, 1997, every owner of real property with living quarters where garbage or refuse is created must assure that garbage is collected by a solid waste collector licensed by the City under Chapter 921 (private/commercial collectors) or Chapter 922 (residential collectors).
An owner cannot simply let trash accumulate between irregular, self-arranged hauls; the weekly floor and the licensed-hauler duty apply together. The Health Commissioner enforces both duties, and the City Manager may issue further rules on collection schedules and container types under Section 919.09.
Violations & Fines
Violating the weekly collection requirement of Section 919.04 is a minor misdemeanor under Section 919.99(b), rising to a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a repeat conviction. Violating the mandatory licensed-service duty of Section 919.051 is handled differently under Section 919.99(c): it becomes a minor misdemeanor only after the owner continues to violate the section following the written notice required by Section 919.12, and a repeat conviction likewise becomes a fourth-degree misdemeanor.
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