Waste Department


	If you are a new property owner please contact this office to have the waste and recycling changed into your name and also find out what day your waste is picked up. The waste billing is done on a quarterly basis and is currently $39.90 per unit. This includes household waste and recycling.
	HERE ARE SOME BASIC GUIDELINES TO FOLLOW
Need a Recycling Bin? Call 931-8840	Weekly household trash may consist of an unlimited number of regular size trash cans and/or plastic bags with a maximum capacity of 30 gallons each and shall not exceed 75 pounds of weight per container. Always use tight fitting lids, to avoid blowing trash and animal messes. All wooden and cardboard paper boxes must be broken down and tied into small bundles. Yard waste may be set out with household waste. Branches and shrub must be tied up in bundles no more than 4 feet in length and 2 feet in diameter and weighing no more than 75 pounds. Carpet and padding must also be cut up and rolled in lengths no longer than 4 feet, tied up and weighing no more than 75 pounds. Put trash out the night before pickup. Recycling is included, use red recycle bin, available at City Hall. HOUSEHOLD WASTE ONLY. NO HAZARDOUS WASTE, NO TIRES, and *NO BUILDING SCRAP (DRYWALL, PLYWOOD, 2X4 WOOD, ETC..)* call Rumpke at 742-2900 for info. If you have large items (stoves, washers, furniture etc…) call Rumpke at 742-2900 two days in advance. (refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and de-humidifiers must have CFCs removed prior to disposal with proper certificate attached). Contact Rumpke for proper instructions.	Refrigerator Freezer Air Conditioner Collection Program For Mt. Healthy residents only. ALL REFRIGERANT IS RECOVERED IN COMPLIANCE WITH EPA GUIDELINES CALL 931-8840
	*ACCEPTABLE RECYCLE MATERIALS FOR CURBSIDE PICK-UP*
	Newspapers with glossy ad inserts, magazines, catalogs and telephone books should be placed together in brown paper grocery sacks. Place sacks inside your bin, or in case of rain, place under the bin. *Pizza boxes are not accepted.* All colored glass bottles and jars. Please rinse and remove rings and lids. Sorry, no windows, sheet glass, mirrors, light bulbs, drinking glasses or mugs, and oven/cooking glassware Plastic: Look for the recycle logo (the triangle with arrows going around) on the bottom of plastic containers. The logos with the number 1 or 2 in the center are OK. Includes most milk jugs and soda bottles. Please rinse and remove rings and lids. Aluminum & Bi-Metal soda, pop, beer, steel food or soup cans are acceptable. Sorry, no pots or pans, coat hangers, or scrap metal.
	*IF YOUR WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD WASTE OR RECYCLE PICK-UP WAS MISSED, PLEASE CALL 513-931-8840 EXT. 131 TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*
	Mt. Healthy Residents Recycled 173 Tons in 2006! Congratulations Mt. Healthy residents! In 2006, you recycled 173 tons of metal, glass, plastic, and paper. Your recycling efforts benefited the environment and the local economy in a big way. The recycling efforts in Mt. Healthy saved the equivalent of: * 1,518 trees * 363 barrels of oil - enough to run the average car for 13 years * 2,106 million BTU's of energy - enough energy to power 21 average homes for an entire year Recycling reduces pollution so the air we breathe is cleaner, conserves natural resources so we will have them to use in the future, and decreases the amount of waste going to the landfill. Recycling also boosts our local economy by creating 169,000 jobs and $6 billion in annual wages just in the State of Ohio. Each household in Mt. Healthy recycled 107 pounds in 2006. That's a lot of pop cans and newspapers! If you would like to see even more material recycled in 2007, check out the list below to make sure you include all these materials in your recycling bin. Don't have a bin? Mt. Healthy makes it easy! Call 931-8840 to request your bin today!