Rumpke provides recycling, yard waste, and
refuse collections for the City. In addition to weekly citywide collections, the refuse
hauler handles large pick-ups and bulk items on a regular basis, with
no additional charge to the residents. Recyclable items include newspapers,
magazines, corrugated cardboard, paperboard packaging, telephone books,
aluminum, bi-metal and steel cans, glass, and plastics. Please see our
Collections Guidelines below (updated 12/29/04) for more information
on refuse, hazardous waste, recyclable and yard waste collection.
Collection Schedule Information
In an attempt to continue to provide superior residential waste collection
services, the City of Gahanna will be changing the collection day for yard waste.
Yard waste pick up will change from Wednesday to Monday effective January 1, 2006.
Refuse, recycling and bulk items will continue to be picked up on Tuesday with NO
CHANGE in service.
Gahanna’s current waste hauler, Rumpke, has also released the holiday schedule for 2008.Memorial Day and Labor Day will be the only holidays to affect refuse collection services this year. As a result of these Monday holidays, yard waste will be delayed one day with collection occurring on Tuesday rather than Monday.
If your trash, recyclables, bulk items or yard waste do not get collected, report
the miss the next day to Rumpke at 1-888-786-7531. Missed trash items reported after
that time must be held until the following week. The hauler will not be responsible
for non-trash items inadvertently placed with or near refuse.
REMINDER: Items should be placed at the curb prior to 6a.m. the day of collection but
no earlier than 5p.m. the day before.
Collection Guidelines
- Containers
Use heavy plastic bags and/or 20-30 gallon trash cans with lids and handles for refuse containment.
- Bulk Items
Furniture, most appliances, carpeting, mattresses
and box springs, and other bulk items will be collected with
the regular refuse when placed at the curb. Carpeting and padding
must be rolled in a tight bundle AND TIED OR TAPED to
facilitate easy handling. Large pieces must be cut into 4-foot
lengths. Residents with carryout service must place all bulk
items at the curb.
- Hazardous, corrosive, toxic or ignitable wastes, including medical and hospital wastes,
liquids, and sludge, cannot be accepted by landfills due to
Federal and EPA regulations and are excluded from collection.
- Hypodermic needles or syringes used in quantity on a regular basis for medical purposes
must be placed in a "Sharps Container" provided by the City.
- For more information on how to properly dispose of vehicle fluids and other forms of household hazardous waste,
as well as, for the collection sites, dates and times please visit the
Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio's website at:
http://www.swaco.org/.
All households have been provided with two recycling bins, one with
a lid for light weight items that might blow away. The City is not responsible
for lost or misplaced recycling bins. It is advisable to label the bottom
of your bins with your street address.
The following list contains items that can be recycled. Items to be
recycled can be mixed together in the same bin(s) but should not be
placed in plastic bags as they may be mistaken for trash.
- Paper and Cardboard items
Newspapers, glossy ad inserts, magazines, catalogs, telephone books,
paperboard (cereal and snack boxes), junk mail, soft drink and beer
cartons should be placed together in brown paper grocery sacks. Place
sack(s) inside or beside your bin, or in case of rain, place under the
bin. Corrugated cardboard can also be placed in the bin.
- Glass
Clear, brown, green and blue glass food and beverage containers and
jars are accepted. Please remove caps and rinse; paper labels do not
need to be removed.
- Beverage & Steel Food Cans
Aluminum and bi-metal beverage cans, steel soup and food cans and empty aerosol cans are accepted. Please rinse
and drain; cans may be crushed to conserve space in your bin.
- Plastics
Plastic items marked 1 thru 7 can be recycled. Please remove all caps or lids
and rinse; items may be crushed to conserve space in your bin. Also
includes gable-top and aseptic cartons.
- Aluminum Cans
Aluminum, steel and bi-metal food and beverage cans.
- Yard waste can be placed in the paper bio-degradable yard
waste bags. These bags are available at Kroger, Home Depot,
Lowe's and other grocery and home and garden stores.
- Residents may designate rigid containers as Yard Waste Only receptacles,
but must be labeled as such with a sticker from the Refuse Department.
- Limbs and branches must be bundled with a light string or twine,
in no larger than 2' diameter x 5' length. Tree trunks must
be less than 8" in diameter.
- Sod, dirt and rocks are not considered yard waste and may
be disposed of under the refuse guidelines.
Whole Christmas Trees will be collected with yard waste on
pickup day. All decorations and stands must be removed including
ornaments, tinsel, garland and lights. TREES SHOULD NOT BE PLACED IN PLASTIC BAGS.
The trees will be taken to a compost
facility to be recycled into mulch and compost with other regular
yard waste collected.
A certified technician must remove CFC (Chloroflurocarbons) from freon containing appliances including refrigerators,
freezers, air conditioners etc. In preparation for collection, please place a certificate of removal on the item. If CFC
removal has not occurred, Rumpke will remove the CFCs if a $50 check is attached to the appliance at the time of collection.
Residents who will be out of town for 3 months or more must contact the City of Gahanna at 342.4440 to cancel their water
and trash service.
Division Staff
Brenda Wilson
Billing Clerk
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Cheryl Gawel
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Refuse/Recycling Division
200 South Hamilton
Gahanna, OH 43230
(614) 342-4440
(614) 342-4100 Fax
Hours of Operation
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM M-F
Contact Service
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