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Beginning July 20, 2020, the City of Marion will
begin once per week solid waste pickup. Please refer to the map below for your regularly scheduled trash pickup day. Click on the map for a larger view.
Recycling will be picked up city-wide on Wednesdays.

Trash Pickup Schedule
Download the 2019 Trash Schedule Calendar by clicking >Here<. This calendar will tell you at a glance if your scheduled trash pickup day is on a normal schedule, or if it is changed to an alternate day due to a holiday, and which day it will be picked up in that case. Perfect for printing and posting on your bulletin board, taping to your refrigerator or wherever.
Unless approved by the city, trash must be placed in the alley behind your residence. Trash must be placed at the alley right of way. Trash left in the yard or in enclosures set back from the alley right of way will not be picked up. When placing your trash out, please follow the following guidelines:
The following items will not be accepted by the Marion County Transfer Station and will not be picked up by the trash truck:
- Yard waste (Grass, leaves, limbs, hay, bushes, etc.
(Note: Yard waste will be picked up once a year during clean up week
only)
- Hazardous materials (flammables, chemicals, car batteries, wet paint, etc. Note: empty paint cans or paint cans in which the paint is dried up is acceptable)
- Any amounts of construction material (boards, shingles, drywall,
etc.)
- Refrigerators, freezers, etc. (Note: you may take these items to the transfer station yourself if the freon has been removed. The permit that is required for the transfer station is available at the city offices or in the online documents library.
- Tires (Note: you may take tires to the transfer station yourself and they will accept them for a charge)
Marion Recycling Program Guidelines
Residents will have their normal household waste picked up on Monday or
Tuesdays like normal. On Thursdays or Fridays, residents can place
recycling materials out for pickup. Recycling should be placed in the
same location they normally place their refuse out for pickup. If their
trash pickup as of now is on Monday and Thursday, beginning on
July 3rd, their normal refuse will be picked up on Monday's
and Thursdays or Tuesday
and Friday. Recycling will be picked up city-widw on Wednesdays.
The guidelines for recycling are:
Recycling does not need to be separated into separate containers. All
recycling can go in one box/container. No recyclable material may be
bagged. It all has to be loose in the box/container. All separating is
done at the recycling center.
The following materials may be placed out for recycling pickup...
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Paper products (newspapers, magazines,
catalogs, office paper, file folders, books (hardback or paperback),
paper napkins, newspaper inserts, junk mail, paper bags, etc)
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Cardboard (cardboard boxes, except for
those used to place their recycling out for pickup, must be broken
down/flattened)
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Glass (jars, bottles, etc. automotive
windshields, automotive window glass and household window glass are
NOT permitted)
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Glass Jars or Bottles
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Aluminum, Tin or Steel Cans
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Plastic food tubs
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Plastic Bottles
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Food Boxes and Containers
The following materials may NOT be placed out for recycling and will
not be picked up with recycling. These items will be left and picked up
on the residents next normal refuse pickup day.
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Plastic Shopping Bags
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Electronics (You may deliver
electronics to the Transfer Station. They are placed in a separate
location from "normal" recycling)
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Ceramics/Dishes
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food products
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Motor Oil Containers
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Household Hazardous Waste (Take to the
County Hazardous Waste Facility located just north of Main on Coble)
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Light bulbs
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Yard Waste (Grass/Limbs/Leaves, etc)
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Automotive windshield glass/automotive
window glass
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Household window glass
Note, with the exception of Hazardous Waste and Yard Waste, all of
the above items can be placed in your normal refuse trash.
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