Trash & Recycling Services

Provided by Werlor Waste Control

Trash Information

  • Limit of 1 Mighty Tidy™ cart per household for trash; not to exceed 100 pounds of normal household refuse with the lid closed
  • Recycling is available through Werlor. Please contact their office for a recycling container. 

Residents are allowed to place extra garbage bags (up to 30-gallon in size) outside of the 1 cart limit. Each bag must have a prepaid bag tag affixed to the top. Any bags outside of the cart that do not have a prepaid tag attached will not be picked up. Any resident needing additional bags picked up over the 1 full cart limit may purchase bag tags from Werlor or Defiance Chief Supermarket.

Annual Real Christmas Tree Disposal

During the first full week of January of each year of the contract, each dwelling entitled to service under the contract may place one real Christmas tree adjacent to the street fronting the dwelling for collection with their garbage and rubbish container(s),

Location

Trash and recycling services are both curbside pickup, unless otherwise pre-arranged for disabled pickup. Place your Mighty Tidy™ cart with the handle facing the house and the front of the cart facing the road. The Mighty Tidy™ cart must be placed at least 4 feet away from vehicles, trees, and similar obstacles. The 18-gallon recycling bin can be placed next to your cart.

Holiday Schedule

When a legal holiday falls on a weekday, regular scheduled collection will be one day late. Legal holidays honored are: 

  • New Year's Day
  • Memorial Day
  • 4th of July
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas

Saturday and Sunday holidays do not affect the schedule.

Monthly Bulk Collection Guidelines

This service is for large, bulky household items, including appliances, furniture, and TVs.

Time

  • Bulk items must be out by 7 am to ensure pickup. Do not place out more than 24 hours before the scheduled collection day. Residents may be subject to a fine or penalty by the City of Defiance if placed outside the specified times.

Included Items

Large, bulky household items such as appliances, furniture, and TVs. Any loose household items, such as clothing and cookware, must be placed in boxes or open containers. Carpet must be rolled and tied, and each roll must not exceed 40 pounds or 6 feet in length. Please note: This pickup must be at the curb in front of your house, facing your home.

Excluded

  • Vehicle parts (including tires), building and construction materials, yard waste, ashes, human wastes, explosives or hazardous materials, cement, and rocks. No more than1 Mighty Tidy™ of regular trash will be collected. The landfill will not accept 55-gallon drums or barrels unless both ends are removed. (Call us to arrange disposal of these items.)

Recycling Information

Prepare your recyclable materials as requested. What can be recycled and how these materials must be prepared are determined by businesses that make products from recycled materials. Careful preparation and separation of recyclables is important. Manufacturers require clean, contaminant-free materials to produce new products. Unsorted or improperly prepared materials will be left at the curb, with an explanation provided if not properly followed. Please do not place trash in the recycling bin. Non-recyclable items will be left in the recycling container. Please dispose with the garbage.

The following items are part of the curbside recycling program:

  • Corrugated Cardboard: Viewed from the edge, corrugated cardboard looks like this:
    • Remove packing materials, such as foam, peanuts, and bubble wrap.
    • All pasteboard boxes must have the wax liner removed, including cereal boxes. 
    • Flatten boxes and place them beneath the recycling container.
    • Cereal or other paperboard boxes are fine.
    • No wax-coated milk cartons or boxes, and no juice containers.
  • Beverage Cans: Please drain completely. Aluminum and steel beverage cans will be separated automatically at the Recycling Center. You may flatten cans to save space.
  • Steel Food Cans: Rinse clean. Paper labels are fine. Place the lid inside the can and pinch the end closed to keep it in place.
  • Newspaper: Stack in brown grocery bags. Do not pack in plastic bags or tie in bundles. Loose newspaper can cause litter. Wet newspapers cannot be recycled. Shiny paper is fine.
  • Glass Bottles and Jars: We no longer accept any glass bottles or jars.
  • Plastic Bottles: Throw away caps and must be rinsed clean. 
    • Milk and water jugs, colored detergent bottles, softener, and bleach bottles
    • You may flatten plastic bottles to save space in your home storage.
    • Only numbers 1 and 2 plastic is acceptable. Non-coded or coded numbers 3 to 7 will not be acceptable.
    • No motor oil, transmission oil, or antifreeze containers.
  • Junk Mail: 
    • White office paper, colored paper, computer paper, notebook paper, junk mail, regular and window envelopes, manila folders, yellow pad paper, sticky notes, and paperback books
    • Do not place junk mail in any bag or box.
    • Do not pack in plastic bags or tie in bundles.
  • Scrap Aluminum: 
    • Aluminum cans, aluminum foil, pie and dinner trays (rinse clean)
    • Aluminum lawn furniture, etc. (remove fabric and other contaminants)