City’s Spring Cleaning Starts This Week

Cuyahoga Falls Sanitation customers are asked to help spruce up by taking all yard and garden waste to the curb on their regular trash days.

The citywide Spring Clean-Up Program takes place the week of May 2 and May 9.  Additional charges will not be added for extra trash outside of carts taken to the curb on designated pickup days for the two weeks.

Other guidelines:

• Branches (less than 2 inches in diameter) and cuttings must be tied.
• Securely at both ends with heavy twine or rope in bundles not to exceed 5

feet in length and 24 inches in girth. Limit 5 bundles a week.

•  All yard wastes (grass clippings, leaves, garden waste, etc.) placed at the curbside, must be in special paper yard waste bags.  
•  Brush and yard wastes are collected separately and are not to exceed 45 pounds per yard waste or per bundled brush.

Unacceptable material:

•  Any waste not contained in a plastic bag, paper bag or box.
•  Yard waste not placed in special paper yard waste bags, unbundled brush, tree trunks, logs or large parts of trees.
•  Demolition material, construction material, stone, rock, broken or whole bricks or cement, gravel, cinders, ashes, asphalt, or earth. Vehicle parts or tires, motor oil, lead-acid batteries, gasoline tanks, propane tanks, pet feces that is not double bagged, or carpet that is not rolled (5’ x 2’) and secured at both ends.

 If residents have any questions, they’re asked to contact the sanitation department offices at 971-8010.