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Recycling

Rumpke Waste & Recycling

The City of Kettering contract with Rumpke Waste & Recycling guarantees savings on trash and recycling collection services for Kettering residents. If you are a new resident, please contact Rumpke Waste & Recycling directly at www.rumpke.com or call 1-800-828-8171 to establish service for your address. Click for more information on Residential Trash & Recycling.

Centralized Recycling Drop-off

large green rumpke recycling dumpster used as a free, centralized recycling drop-off. this green recycling dumpster is placed in a parking lot in front of trees and has a large printed graphic on the front with instructions on what to recycle

To better serve the needs of all residents, the City of Kettering has implemented a Centralized Recycling Drop-off located at 2801 E. Stroop Road at Indian Riffle Park (behind Tannenberg Kennels). Before the implementation of this centralized drop-off, the only way Kettering residents could recycle was if they established a recycling service through Rumpke. However, many residents live in apartments and other living situations where establishing a recycling service is not possible, creating a barrier that prevented them from recycling. This centralized drop-off helps eliminate these barriers and increases recycling rates in the City of Kettering.

A green dumpster will be at this location, in which all recyclable waste can be dropped off. This centralized recycling drop-off accepts all regular curbside recycling items, which should be empty, clean, and not placed in plastic bags. This drop-off location also accepts Hefty ReNew Program items, which includes most hard-to-recycle plastics. These hard-to-recycle plastics must be placed in the Hefty ReNew Orange Bags before being dropped off at this location. Do not mix these items with typical recyclable items.

Acceptable Items

All items should be empty, clean, and placed loose in recycling containers. Do not place items in plastic bags. There is no need to remove labels. You can mix all items together – no separation is required. Rumpke accepts the following materials for recycling:

  • Glass bottles & jars (all colors)
  • Steel cans
  • Aluminum cans and cups 
  • Plastic bottles (empty, crush, reattach lid): Bottles and jugs that have a small mouth and wider base, such as milk jugs, soda bottles, laundry detergent bottles, water bottles, shampoo bottles and contact solution bottles.
  • Plastic tubs: Containers for butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt, Jello, and fruit slices would fall into the tub category. Plastic lids should be reattached prior to recycling, film or foil lids should be discarded.
  • Plastic Cups (remove/discard straw, reattach lid): Fast food beverage cups – colored party cups are not accepted.
  • Paper: newspaper, magazines, cardboard, mixed office paper and envelopes, paperboard (cereal boxes), pizza boxes free of food debris and grease, telephone books, and catalogs.
  • Paper cups (remove/discard lids, straws, and stoppers): Fast food beverage cups, coffee cups, Dixie cups.
  • Cartons (remove plastic caps and straws): Food and beverage cartons, such as milk, juice, soup, wine, broth, and other cartons.

Rumpke graphic explaining what items are accepted for residential recycling, including paper, plastics, metal cans and cups, glass bottles and jars, and cartons with images of these items.

Hefty ReNew Program

The Hefty ReNew program allows City of Kettering residents to recycle many every day, hard-to-recycle plastic items that regular curbside recycling programs reject. This program does not replace regular recycling, but instead complements your existing curbside or drop-off program.

Man placing a Hefty ReNew orange bag into a blue recycling can. The orange bag is full of hard-to-recycle plastics, such as a foam egg carton and red solo cup.

Request a Hefty ReNew Starter Kit for curbside pick-up. The kit includes an orange bag for the Hefty ReNew Program and information about how to participate. Limit one per household. Residents can buy Hefty ReNew Orange bags online or in the trash bag aisle of Kroger, Target, and Walmart.

Once your orange, Hefty ReNew bag is full, place it with your curbside recycling along with your normal recyclables or to the City of Kettering’s centralized recycling drop-off located at 2801 E. Stroop Road at Indian Riffle Park (behind Tannenberg Kennels).

The Hefty ReNew program accepts the following materials (all items must be clean and dry):

  • Kitchen & Pantry Items: candy & granola wrappers, chip bags, foam egg cartons, dry mix liners (cake, powder, cereal & cookies), plastic pet food bags, salad bags, fresh/frozen vegetable & fruit bags, shredded cheese packages, snack food bags, stand up pouches.
  • Storage & Cleaning: food storage bags, plastic wraps on towels & toilet paper, dry/wet disposable cleaning cloths (i.e. Swiffer), plastic grocery bags.
  • Office & Shipping: bubble wrap & plastic pillow packs, foam peanuts, foam block packaging, clear plastic overwraps.
  • Dining & Eating: foam to-go boxes, cups, plates, & bowls, plastic straws & stirrers, plastic utensils, plastic plates & bowls, empty fast-food condiment containers, plastic colored cups.

The Hefty ReNew Program is extensive and accepts many hard-to-recycle items. To search if a specific item is accepted, use their search item tool feature on their website.

Recycling & Special Collections Services

Montgomery County Environmental Services has a recycling and special services program. You can recycle electronics, used oil and antifreeze, old prescription drugs, etc.

Household Hazardous Waste

Household hazardous waste is everything else. Batteries, fire extinguishers, fluorescent lights, propane tanks, heavy metals, cleaning products, paints, pool chemicals, varnishes, thinners, vehicle fluids; all which can be dealt with properly by Montgomery County Hazardous Waste.

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