Refuse and Recycling Collection

All refuse collection is Tuesday of each week. Please be sure to place your items out at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on collection day. 

Pick up is delayed one day if a major holiday falls on Monday or Tuesday of that week. Major holidays include New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Christmas Day.

•    Monday or Tuesday major holiday - delayed one day with trash pickup on Wednesday

•    All other holidays - no effect on the weekly collection schedule

See our Rules and Regulations for more information about North Ridgeville collection programs.

Visit the Lorain County Collection Center for more information about Lorain County Solid Waste District drop off programs and hours of operation. 

Refuse is billed at a flat monthly rate. Please contact the Public Utilities Division for current pricing. 

Senior citizens 62 years or older may apply for a discounted rate. The discount is $1.00 off of the current regular residential rate. There is also an additional discount of $1.00 off of the refuse rate for residents who are qualified for the Homestead Exemption through the Lorain County Auditor's Office. A copy of the approved Homestead Exemption application must accompany the refuse discount for residents applying for the additional refuse discount.

Please adhere to the following guidelines for refuse collection, bulk pick up and yard waste collection:

•    Bulky items such as furniture, mattresses, stoves, washers, dryers, water tanks and extra trash may be left at the curb for collection with your regular refuse pick-up. Please limit your bulk items to four items each week. 

•    All grass clippings and other yard waste must be placed in clear plastic bags, brown paper bags or a loose trash container (no large than 32 gallons) marked as "yard waste" not to exceed 50 pounds.  

•    Tree, shrub and brush trimmings should be securely tied together forming easily handled packages not exceeding 4 feet in length or 50 pounds in weight. They should be tied with twine or string (no wire please).

•    Christmas trees will be collected the first two weeks in January.

Glass, plastic, cans, newspapers, magazines, junk mail, paperboard and cardboard may be placed in your green recycling cart all together. All glass beverage bottles and jars may be recycled but please rinse the containers and remove the lids and neck rings. The paper labels do not need to be removed from glass bottles or jars. Plastic milk containers and plastic bottles and containers that have the numbers 1 through 7 stamped on the bottom may be recycled and should also be rinsed out. Aluminum and steel cans should be rinsed out and should have any paper labels removed. You may place all of your recyclables in your green cart loose but ALL of your recyclables must fit into your green cart.  Any type of bags or containers outside of your green cart that contain recyclables will not be picked up.

Residents of Lorain County may drop off any qualifying material – household hazardous waste, e-scrap, fluorescent lamps and ballasts, scrap tires, books, paper products and recyclables – to the Collection Center located at the Lorain County Solid Waste Management District, 540 South Abbe Road in Elyria. For a list of acceptable items, visit the Lorain County Collection Center website.

Hours of Operation: Mondays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Wednesdays from Noon-6:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information, call (440) 329-5440. 

To a military family, a phone call home is priceless. The Armed Forces Services Exchange operates telephone call centers around the world and aboard ships - anywhere service members are deployed. All of these locations stay busy around the clock to keep up communication between deployed troops and their loved ones. But these phone calls are expensive. A phone call from overseas can cost $7-$8 per minute. Donations of old cell phones and/or accessories can be made at City Hall during regular business hours. Please take your donation to the Mayor’s office.