Please do not place household hazardous waste such as batteries, paint, tires, pool chemicals, propane tanks, syringes, electronics, etc. in your trash or recycling. These items pose an immediate fire and safety hazard and potential long-term environmental hazards. Household hazardous waste can be disposed of at Montgomery County Solid Waste District’s Moraine Transfer Facility located … Continued
Rumpke observes the following holidays and does not pick up on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If the holiday falls on a weekday on or before your regular service day, collection services will be delayed one day. If the holiday falls on Saturday or Sunday, collection … Continued
Yes. All service levels must use Rumpke provided carts. All material placed out for collection must fit in your Rumpke provided carts or a placed out as a bulk item as detailed on our Residential Trash and Recycling page. Rumpke will service up to three bulk items each week on your regular service day.
Yard waste will now be serviced by Rumpke along with your regular household trash. The City of Kettering also operates a yard debris drop off center free of charge to Kettering residents. Please visit our yard debris page for further information.
No. Yard debris other than leaves will clog our equipment. Examples of unacceptable yard debris include: grass clippings, mulch, landscape bark, mud, sticks, limbs or stones. For more information on yard debris disposal, please visit our yard debris page.
Collected leaves should NOT be placed in the street. We ask residents to place leaves between the curb and sidewalk. If your neighborhood does not have sidewalks, we ask that leaves be placed as close to the edge of the roadway as possible, taking particular care not to impede traffic or block storm drainage. Please … Continued
Residents are encouraged to call the Leaf Pick-Up Information line at 1-937-296-3255 or visit our daily updates page for a current status report.
KetterGreen is a committee that helps promote and organize environmental events within the City facilities as well as the community. Events KetterGreen has hosted or organized over the last year are prescription drug drop offs to prevent these medications from going down our streams, hazardous household waste drop off, and document shredding. In addition to … Continued
Mulch and compost are usually available sometime in mid-April at Indian Riffle Park on Stroop Rd. Both are available free of charge to residents on a first come, first served basis and is restocked every Thursday and Friday during the season. Please bring proof of Kettering residency.
Starting January 14, Saturday hours will be available from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. except in icy and snowy weather. Beginning March 6, the yard debris center is open Monday – Friday 3:00pm – 8:00pm and Saturdays from 9:00am – 3:00pm beginning in March and through the first week of December.
