Curb Service

The City of Akron provides CURBSERVICE to residents of one, two and three family freestanding residential units. CURBSERVICE includes a weekly collection of household rubbish and we also provide a weekly collection of recyclables.

"Rules and Regulations"

• You must place your household trash on the curb in City approved containers. Approved containers are: City-owned 96-gallon wheeled carts for garbage and 64-gallon blue-wheeled carts for recyclables.
• Any other containers such as standard plastic, galvanized cans, kitchen cans, or laundry baskets are not acceptable.
• You must bag all loose garbage, secure the bag with a tie, and place in your 96-gallon trash containers.
• Do not put your City containers on the curb prior to 4:30 p.m. the day before collection or later than 4:30 a.m. on the day of collection.
• Have your City trash and recycle containers about 3 feet apart from one another so that the truck mechanical arm can lift with ease to avoid obstructions.
• Please remove your empty City container by 6:00 p.m. after serviced on collection day.
• Do not put roofing material, concrete, plaster, dirt, sand, gravel, bricks, or drywall in containers on curb strip. Demolition/construction material will not be collected.

Important information: All bagged trash must be placed inside the City trash container; if not, it will not be collected.

The City will provide weekly pickup service of bulk trash on your normal collection day. Here is a brief list of acceptable household trash for bulk item pickup:

• Furniture, dressers, mattresses, couches, chairs, bookcases, house doors, storm doors, storm windows, bicycles, basketball hoops (dismantled), televisions 19" and above, tires, and appliances.
• Wood, branches, brush, carpeting, and fencing must be bundled/rolled, tied, and no longer than 4 feet long.

SPECIAL PICKUP LARGE VOLUME

The City will provide a Special Pickup for our City residents. Special Pickups consist of house, garage, and moving out cleanouts of household trash. This is also the opportunity to set out Extra Bags, that will not fit in your City Cart, on your curb strip. Each home will be allowed two (2) Special Pickups per year on your normal trash collection day. The two (2) allowable Special Pickups are at no additional cost to you at a maximum of 20 yards of household trash per pickup. Note: these Special Pickups of trash from your property must not exceed 20 yards. Please pre-schedule your Special Pickup at our 3-1-1 Call Center at 330-375-2311.

Recycling Information / Rules & Regulations

Recycle collection days are every week.

Recycle the following in blue or clear bags:

• All metal food and beverage cans
• Aluminum trays and aluminum foil
• Glass bottles and jars of any color
• Rigid plastics marked #1 thru #7
• Empty aerosol cans

Recycle the following in your brown grocery bags or tie in bundles:

• Newspapers, magazines, phone books, cardboard (corrugated only)
• Recyclables must be bagged and/or tied or bundled and placed in 64-gallon blue Recycle City container.

All containers should be rinsed. All lids on glass and plastic should be removed and discarded.

NOTE: THE CITY OF AKRON ALSO "RECYCLES" ITEMS SUCH AS AUTOMOBILE TIRES, REFRIGERATORS, WASHERS, DRYERS, AND AIR CONDITIONERS BY COLLECTING THEM WEEKLY ALONG WITH HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH, AND TAKING THEM TO LOCAL SALVAGE COMPANIES.

PLEASE! PLEASE! NO STYROFOAM

Clear/Blue tinted Bags can be:

• Purchased in 13 or 30 gallon sizes, or
• Obtained FREE to packing groceries at some local stores and then used for recycling.

Some examples of products from Recycled (#1) (PETE Polyethylene Terephate)

• Carpets
• Fiberfill
• Strapping
• Non-food bottles and containers

Some examples of products from Recycled (#2) (HDPE High-Density Polyethylene)

• Detergent bottles
• Trash cans
• Soda bottle base cups
• Plastic jugs
• Drainage pipes
• Animal pens

BUY RECYCLED

Start the recycling loop by saving your recyclables for collection. Keep the cycle going – Help create the demand for recycled products.

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

Many residents have asked, "What is happening to all the recyclables we prepare and place in the blue bag?"

Some examples of reuse are:

NOTE: Clear or blue bags, which are not properly prepared, will be tagged and left on the curb for the resident to correct.

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

During holiday weeks, your collection day will be one day later. For example, if your regular collection day is on Monday, it will be delayed until Tuesday and so on, with Friday’s pickup moved to Saturday. The following holidays WILL NOT affect your collection day: PRESIDENT’S DAY, CITY PICNIC DAY, COLUMBUS DAY, AND VETERAN’S DAY.

Curbservice crews work all other holidays, so there will be no delay in your trash pickup.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR SERVICE

• Curbservice refuse problems ………………………. 3-1-1
• Curbservice refuse/recycle problems……………….3-1-1
• Curbservice billing questions……………………….. 3-1-1
• Recycle Info Line ……………………………………. 3-1-1