Springfield, OH Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Chapter 919 does not leave residential trash pickup open to whoever shows up with a truck. Codified Ordinances Section 919.06 governs disposal of solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances, and its subsection (e) states plainly that no person other than a sanitation services public utility, a residential hauler, or the City shall collect and dispose of solid waste generated at a residential premises in the City, except as otherwise provided for in the chapter. A "residential hauler" is defined in Section 919.01(s) as an entity holding a residential solid waste collectors license issued under Chapter 922, and a "sanitation services public utility" is defined in Section 919.01(o) as an entity the City has franchised, with the franchisee's suitability screened under Section 919.10.

Section 919.04 reinforces the same limit from the collection-frequency side, barring an owner or tenant of a residential premises from letting solid waste be collected by anyone but the franchised utility, the licensed residential hauler serving the premises, or the City. Together these sections mean a resident cannot pay a friend, a scrapper or an unlicensed side hauler to take away household garbage, and cannot let a commercial hauler licensed only under Chapter 921 pick up from a residence instead of a licensed residential hauler.

The restriction exists because unlicensed haulers fall outside the franchise and licensing scheme the City Manager administers under Section 919.09, including the insurance, disposal-site and rule compliance built into a Chapter 921 or 922 license.