Sanitation

Beginning May 1, 2020, all upholstered furniture placed on the curb for pickup must be bagged in plastic

Questions? Call 419-289-9791 for additional info

Residential Curbside Pickup and Recycling

Sanitation pickup is scheduled once a week in each area within the City of Ashland. Information on pickup for specific streets is available in the City Services Office and on the map which can be viewed by clicking on the green button below. If you have large items to be picked up, please contact the City Services Office and schedule a pickup. Complete Guidelines

City Services Office: 419-289-9791

We have dumpsters!

Please call 419-289-9791 for commercial, industrial, and dumpster rates.

Sanitation Schedules

Route Map

For information about sanitation pick up, click on the button below according to the street address of the service location:

Street Names: A-L Street Names: M-Z

Weekly Trash Pickup Guidelines

When
Residential curbside pickup will be done once a week.

Place items for pickup at the curb by 7:30 a.m. on the day of pick-up and, if the trash is in a container 33 gallon or smaller with a secure lid, it may be placed at the curb after 6:00 p.m. the prior evening.

Containers, bags, and any material not picked up must be removed from the curb by 6:00 p.m. on your pick up day.

Where
Household bagged garbage should be placed curbside, in front of your residence or designated location, as determined by property owner or resident and Sanitation Department

What

All household garbage shall be BAGGED and TIED
In trash bags no larger than 33 gallon and weigh less than 50 lbs.
6 bag limit per household per pickup (33 gallon or smaller)
Additional bags will be picked up at a cost of $1.00 per bag

Beginning May 1, 2020, all upholstered furniture placed on the curb for pickup must be bagged in plastic.

Holiday
Scheduled days which fall on a holiday will be picked up on our next business day for curbside pickup. If a holiday falls on a Monday and your scheduled day is Monday, your trash will be picked up on Tuesday. If holidays fall where we are off 2 consecutive days, (for example, Thanksgiving) the first day off will be picked up on the following Monday and the second day off will be picked up on the following Tuesday.

For a complete list of Holiday Schedule changes, click here:
Holiday Schedule

Senior Service
Senior Citizens, 65 or older, and physically handicapped persons, may request that the Sanitation Department carry household garbage from the house at a predetermined location, i.e. carryout. Limit 2 bags household garbage. Recycling may also be requested to be carried out. Call office to request this assistance.
419-289-9791

Large Item Pickup

Large pickups may be scheduled through the Sanitation Office, 419-289-9791, at times other than Spring Cleanup. The rate of $8.00 per cycled hopper, which is one cycle of the rear sweep blade, applies for this service. Items must be reasonably handled by two adult persons and fit into the rear of the packer truck or hopper. Only approved items will be picked up. Items to be picked up are to be placed curbside.

Curbside Recycling

When
Residential curbside recycling pickup will be done once a week, but not on the same day as trash pick up. Please see map for schedule information.

Place items for pickup at the curb by 7:30 a.m. on the day of pick-up (after 6:00 p.m. the prior evening).

Containers, bags, and any material not picked up must be removed from the curb by 6:00 p.m. on your recycling pick up day.

Where
Household bagged garbage should be placed curbside, in front of your residence or designated location, as determined by property owner or resident and Sanitation Department

What
Acceptable items and how to prepare them:

Newspaper – Put in paper bags or tie in bundles, ad slicks can stay in newspapers.
Magazines – Same as newspaper.
Books (soft & hard back) – Same as newspaper.
Misc. Paper/shredded paper – Put in paper or plastic grocery bags or clear or blue trash bags.
Non-corrugated cardboard/boxboard/cereal boxes/Christmas clothing boxes/12 – 24 pack beverage containers – Flatten and tie in bundles or flatten and put inside other same type cardboard containers.
Corrugated cardboard - Flatten and tie in bundles or flatten and put inside other same type cardboard containers.
Aluminum/steel/tin cans & plastic containers – These items may all go in the same bag. Rinse out and drain food cans. Cans may be crushed to save space but it is not required. Aerosol cans may be included if empty. Milk jugs, water jugs, detergent, bleach & fabric softener bottles, 5 gal. buckets, with recycling code #2 on the bottom, and soda & water bottles with recycling code #1 on bottom. Rinse containers & drain, remove caps, flatten to save space. No need to remove labels or rings. Do not include oil bottles or other containers even if #2 appears on the bottom. Do not include any other types of plastic. Bag & tie.
Some plastic containers, such as pop bottles, do not have a number on them. However, they are recyclable.
Please separate different classes (numbered categories) of items.
Plastic grocery bags/shrink & stretch film – No garbage or trash bags, no glossy finish bags – flat finish, see-through type only. Bag & tie.

For the complete list of printable guidelines, please click on the button below:
Complete Guidelines

Recycling - Glass

1674 Cleveland Ave

The City does not do curbside pickup for glass, however, glass recycling is now available at a drop-off area at 1674 Cleveland Ave. We will accept all colors glass jars and bottles: clear, green, brown, blue.

Acceptable Items:

Glass food containers
Beer and wine bottles
All food containers must be rinsed. Caps and lids are to be removed and recycled in appropriate containers at the drop off location, Sanitation Department, 1674 Cleveland Ave. Dump your glass into the appropriately marked bin and discard trash, cardboard, etc. where indicated. Labels on jars & bottles do not need to be removed.

Please note: Light bulbs, mirror glass, window glass, ceramic, crystal, canning jars & drinking glasses CANNOT BE recycled at this time.

Yard Waste

When
Yard waste pick up can be scheduled year-round, with pick up arranged by calling (419) 289-8728.

Place items for pickup at the curb by 7:30 a.m. on the day of pick-up. Please keep yard debris out of the street.

Containers, bags, and any material not picked up must be removed from the curb by 6:00 p.m. on your pick up day.

Regular yard waste pick up will begin in May and continue through the end of October. Yard waste pick-up will take place every week on the same day as scheduled recycling pick-up.

If your trash day is Then your yard waste day is

Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday

Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday

Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday

Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday

Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday