Westerville provides municipal solid waste and recycling collection on a weekly basis through the Solid Waste Division. Carts must be at curb by 7 AM on collection day and removed by the end of the following day.
The Westerville Solid Waste Division services residential properties citywide. Collection day varies by neighborhood. Trash is collected weekly in 35, 65, or 95 gallon city-issued carts; recycling collected weekly in 95 gallon carts. Yard waste collected seasonally April through December. Residents may not place items out earlier than 5 PM the evening before collection. Holidays (New Years, Memorial, Independence, Labor, Thanksgiving, Christmas) delay collection by one day for the remainder of the week.
Late placement or failure to remove carts: warning followed by minor misdemeanor citation up to 150 dollars under Codified Ordinance Chapter 971.
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