COLUMBUS, Ohio – More Columbus residents will be able to recycle some of their trash next year.
City officials say their residential recycling program will be expanded in February to apartments and condominiums with city trash service. Currently, only people living in single-family homes or in a building with four units or less that were not part of a complex were eligible for the free, curbside recycling program,
Blue recycling bins will be delivered to 15,000 residents by the end of March, pushing the program to 200,000 households, according to the office of Mayor Michael Coleman. Collection will begin immediately.
Only complexes that use 90- or 300-gallon trash containers serviced by the City of Columbus will be eligible for the expanded program, along with attached townhomes along city streets.
Also beginning the week of March 3, the city will begin collecting yard waste and recycling on the same day rather than on alternating weeks. Officials say the change will make the bi-weekly collections of recycling and yard waste more efficient and make it easier for residents to keep track of their collection day.
Coleman says more than 36,178 tons of materials have been diverted from the county landfill since June by the recycling program, saving the city over $2 million in fees.