Marion, OH Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Section 943.04(C) is the collection mandate. The Safety/Service Director shall provide for the collection of bulk yard trash and yard trash from all dwelling units within the service area whose waste materials are not collected by mechanical container, on a regularly scheduled basis the Director establishes. The sentence cites the definitions as "§ 934.01" as printed, while the chapter's definitions sit in § 943.01.

Two definitions in § 943.01 set the limits. Garden and yard trash is vegetative matter from yard and landscaping maintenance, such as tree and shrub trimmings or small tree branches that do not exceed five feet in length and six inches in diameter. It must be bundled or placed in containers susceptible to normal loading and collection as other residential solid waste, and no bundle or filled container can exceed 50 pounds. The separate definition of yard trash lists lawn, grass, shrubbery cuttings or clippings, dry leaf raking, bushes or shrubs, green leaf cuttings and fruits, and excludes large-branched trees and bulky or non-containerized material not susceptible to normal loading in loader/packer sanitation equipment.

Waste generated by tree surgeons, landscapers or lawn maintenance services is not garden and yard waste, so debris from those crews sits outside the yard waste definition. Bulk yard trash, the oversize category, has its own five-foot length cap and excludes debris from tree removal, land clearing and building demolition.

The code defines a container as a rigid receptacle with handles and a securable top or lid, or a 3-ply plastic bag with a securable top, and § 943.06(B) sets capacity between 20 and 32 gallons. Burning is not the alternative: § 943.09(A) prohibits burning domestic refuse, rubbish or waste material in the city. Subsection (C) preserves a properly attended fire for domestic purposes or recreation, and under (D) the City Fire Inspector can issue temporary permission on application.