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Waste Collection
The Division of Waste Collection is working for you by providing services to keep our community clean and litter-free! In addition to providing essential waste collection to City of Dayton residents, this Division also provides services to Jefferson Township.
These services include:
Services
These services include:
- Weekly collection of waste from city provided containers at over 67,000 residences throughout Dayton;
- Biweekly recycling collection of single-stream recyclables;
- Pre-scheduled services like bulk waste pick-up, metal and tire collection;
- Removal of litter, debris, waste and bulk from illegal dump sites;
- Managing a green debris landfill for City and public use;
- Recycling education through student tours and informational brochures;
- Repair and replacement of waste containers;
- Resources for Neighborhood Cleanup Scheduling.
Check your waste and recycling collection schedule by using our Interactive Public Works Service Map Opens a New Window. interactive map Opens a New Window. .
Please follow these simple guidelines when placing your waste out for collection.
Garbage and recycling are not collected on holidays. On weeks containing a holiday, waste collection service will be moved back one day following the holiday. For example, if your waste collection day is typically on Monday, but that day is a holiday, your garbage will be collected on Tuesday; Tuesday’s normal collection will then move to Wednesday, and so on, through Friday. Holidays include New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King Day; Good Friday; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day.
Do
- Have your roll-out container or bulk items out by 6:30 a.m. the day of your scheduled waste collection.
- Keep bulk and metal items separated (they're picked up by a separate truck).
- Place the recycling container or any other items at least 5 feet from your roll-out container.
- Keep yard waste separated from other collection items (it also must be cut and tied in 4-foot lengths no larger than 18 inches in diameter).
- Remove containers from curb line, alley or front yard no later than 8 a.m. on the day after your collection day.
Don’t
- Overfill roll out (lid should be closed on roll out).
- Place any hot items in roll out (e.g., ashes from fireplace).
- Place roll out close to any obstruction (such as an automobile).
- Put loose trash in roll out (wrap or bag all trash).
- Have trash piled on or around roll out.
Holidays
Garbage and recycling are not collected on holidays. On weeks containing a holiday, waste collection service will be moved back one day following the holiday. For example, if your waste collection day is typically on Monday, but that day is a holiday, your garbage will be collected on Tuesday; Tuesday’s normal collection will then move to Wednesday, and so on, through Friday. Holidays include New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King Day; Good Friday; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day.