Bulk Items

Items not considered normal household trash (bulk items) may be disposed of along with normal garbage. These items should be placed at the curb in neat, manageable piles on your regular scheduled trash day.

Please contact the Department of Public Service with any questions about bulk items at 614-901-6740 or by email to publicservice@westerville.org.

Bulk Items include:

• Non-Refrigerant Appliances
  Stoves, washers, dryers, etc. We cannot take appliances with refrigerant in them.

Furniture/home items:

• Bathtubs/Toilets
• Carpet
  Carpet should be cut into 4' or less strips, and rolled up in rolls no larger than 2' in diameter. Please secure each roll with tape, so they don't unravel. You can do the same with the padding. The furring strips should be broken down into smaller pieces and put into a hard-sided container or trash bin
• Exercise Equipment
  Treadmills, exercise bikes, weight benches, etc.
• Furniture - Non-Upholstered 
  Chairs, tables, etc.
• Furniture - Upholstered 
  Place in disposal bags or wrapped in heavy plastic & securely taped.
• Garage doors
  Doors need to be cut down to 4x4 foot sections and stacked at curb 
• Garage Door Openers
  Rails should be cut down to 4-foot lengths & tied up
• Hot water tanks
• Mattresses/Box Springs
  Place in disposal bags or wrapped in heavy plastic & securely taped

• Basketball Poles
  Remove the backboard from the pole. The pole should be cut into approximately 4-foot sections and tied together, not to exceed 50 pounds per bundle. Pole sections must be free of concrete.
• Decks
  Disassemble as much as possible. Sections should be approximately 4-foot by 4-foot. Individual pieces should be cut into 4-foot lengths and bundled together no heavier than 50 pounds per bundle. Please hammer nails back into wood to prevent any injuries.
• Hot Tubs
  Cut into quarter sections. Wooden covers for hot tubs should also be cut into quarters.
• Lawn Furniture
• Lawn Care/Gardening Equipment
  Push-style lawn mowers, small tillers, leaf blowers, small snow blowers and chain saws.
  Items must be drained of all gasoline and oil before setting at curb
• Recreational Equipment
  Bikes, skies, etc.
• Storage Sheds
  Cut down into 4-foot by 4-foot sections. Individual pieces should be cut down to 4-foot lengths and tied together in bundles weighing less than 50 pounds per bundle.

Construction debris:

No private contractor construction debris is accepted. It should be hauled away by the contractor.

Small amounts of debris from a home remodeling job performed by the resident are acceptable if completely contained inside Rumpke's waste cart, your personal garbage cans, or tied in bundles no more than 4' in length and 2’ in diameter. The weight of a can or bundle should be under 50 lbs.

Construction debris includes items like drywall, pieces of wood, insulation, Styrofoam, and other construction materials. Windows and mirrors can be set out if the glass is covered in cardboard and taped so it is contained if it breaks, and they don’t exceed 4’x4’ in size. Doors should be cut down to pieces smaller than 4’x4’.

For larger home remodeling done by the resident a container should be rented to contain and haul away the debris or the resident can take the debris to the landfill themselves.

Landfill locations:

Franklin County

Delaware County

Live holiday trees are considered yard waste and will be picked up during regularly scheduled yard waste collections.

• Trees must be free of all ornamentation and lighting.
• Remove tree stand.
• Remove tree from plastic tree bag if one was used.
• Cut tree trunk and limbs into 4 ft segments
• Use string or twine to bundle trunk and limbs.

Artificial holiday trees are considered trash and will be picked up during regularly scheduled refuse collections.

• Trees should be completely disassembled.
• Consider donating tree to a local organization, if possible.
• DO NOT place tree in recycling container.