Lorain, OH

Citywide leaf collection begins Monday, November 2, 2026 and runs for about six weeks, reaching every street at least once. Crews follow a set route and will not leave it. The city publishes no route or progress list.

• Rake leaves to the curb line. Do not put them in the street: it is a minor misdemeanor (Ordinance 311.01(f)).
• No branches or other debris in the pile; it damages the equipment and the pile may be skipped.
• Do not park on or near leaf piles, or the leaves will not be collected.
• Large piles do not get priority over small ones. Keep children from playing in leaves near the street.

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Weekly on your scheduled day: trash, recycling and yard waste together. Carts out by 7 a.m., but not before 7 p.m. the night before. The city site does not list days by street or a holiday schedule; call Republic.

Every week on your scheduled pickup day

• Trash in the 95-gallon blue cart with the black lid, arrows facing the street.
• Recycling loose in the 65-gallon dark blue cart with the light blue lid: cans, food and drink glass bottles and jars, #1 to #7 plastic containers with caps off, paper, cardboard and cartons.
• Not in recycling: Styrofoam, foil, window or drinking glass, plastic bags and wrap, scrap metal, batteries, shredded paper, yard waste.
• Yard waste all year: brown paper bags, clear plastic bags, or a 32-gallon can marked YARD WASTE or YW, 35 pounds or less.
• Branches cut to 4 feet, bundled, 35 pounds or less; nothing over 6 inches thick.
• Extra trash: rent a dumpster, or take it to the landfill at 43502 Oberlin-Elyria Road, Oberlin.

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Every week on your regular day, set next to the blue trash cart. Up to a 5 by 5 by 5 foot pile, plus up to six 35-gallon bags of extra trash.

With trash, on your scheduled day

• Refrigerators and freezers: doors off, Freon removed and tagged by a certified technician. Same for any Freon appliance.
• Wrap mattresses, box springs and upholstered furniture completely in plastic.
• Carpet and wood cut to 4 feet, rolled or bundled, 35 pounds or less, nails removed or hammered down.
• Break down and bundle boxes, 4 feet or less. Do not pack items in boxes.
• Extra bags 35 pounds or less each. No large contractor bags.
• Christmas trees are picked up every week.

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Free for Lorain County residents at 2601 East 28th Street, Lorain, Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stack your own tires in the trailer.

• Bring a driver's license or other proof of county residency.
• Passenger car, SUV, van and pickup tires up to a 20-inch rim, on or off the rim; all bicycle and motorcycle tires.
• No racing, semi, trailer or farm tires, and no business tires. No more than 10 tires at a time.
• Also taken at the county Collection Center, 540 S. Abbe Road, Elyria, during its hours.

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The county Collection Center, 540 S. Abbe Road, Elyria, is open to every Lorain County resident: Mondays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesdays noon to 6 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free with ID.

• Household hazardous waste: paints including latex, solvents, pesticides, cleaners, pool chemicals, auto fluids, fuels, batteries, mercury, propane cylinders under 33 pounds.
• Electronics of all kinds, fluorescent and LED bulbs, block Styrofoam packaging, plastic bags.
• Free paper shredding during open hours, no limit; remove binders, clips and rubber bands.
• Not taken: appliances other than microwaves, furniture, mattresses, construction debris, medications, sharps, trash, yard waste.
• Still closed in 2026: November 11, 25 and 28, December 23, 26 and 30, and January 2, 2027.

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The county's 2026 shred calendar held two events in Lorain, at Lorain Public Library branches. Year round, shredding is free at the county Collection Center.

Nothing more scheduled this year

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