Newark, OH Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

Newark's recycling rule works through the hauler registration system in Chapter 1860 of the Newark Code of Ordinances, enacted by Ordinance 82-63 and revised by Ordinance 14-20-A, passed August 4, 2014. It does not impose a sorting duty on residents in the text of that chapter. Instead, Section 1860.06(i) conditions every registration certificate on proof that the applicant offers optional recyclable collection service along with separate recyclable refuse containers to each residence serviced or thereafter to be serviced. The applicant must also show satisfactory proof of its ability to dispose of those recyclables under the guidelines for recyclable disposal issued by the applicable solid waste district. The condition applies when a certificate is issued, re-issued or renewed.

Section 1860.02(o) defines recyclables as used products subject to re-manufacture into new products. The named materials are newspapers, magazines, uncontaminated paper, cardboard, clean food containers, clean cans, and clean glass and plastic containers. The City or the solid waste enterprise can designate other materials for recycling. The word clean matters: the definition lists contaminated paper and unclean containers outside the term.

The registration conditions around the recycling offer are specific. Section 1860.06(b) charges a $25.00 application fee. Certificates expire on December 31 of the year of issuance, run on a January 1 to December 31 year, and cannot be transferred from one person to another. Section 1860.06(g) requires insurance of $250,000.00 for each person for bodily injury, $500,000.00 for each liability incident, and $300,000.00 for each incident involving damage to real or personal property, and subsection (h) requires evidence that all employees are covered by Ohio's Workers Compensation Law.

The Director of Public Service administers the program. Under Section 1860.08, the Director can deny, refuse to renew, suspend or revoke a certificate for a falsified application, for violations of the chapter on at least three separate occasions in the preceding calendar year or at least six during a three-year period, or for an unwillingness to comply. Section 1860.09 provides notice and a hearing, and Section 1860.10 provides appeals.