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Rubbish and Recycling Can Placement: Cans should be placed on your tree lawn within three feet of the curb or street. Keep the cans three feet away from each other and any stationary objects like mailboxes, fire hydrants and utility poles. Can handles should face away from the street. 

Rubbish Placement Times: Per Ordinance 660.21, rubbish should be placed on the tree lawn no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before the collection day and no later than 7:30 a.m. on day of collection. Empty cans must be removed no later than 9:00 a.m. the day after collection. 

Special Pickups: Additional rubbish pickups on a day other than your regular collection day are available. Call the Public Works Department at 216-292-1922 to schedule a pickup. Please call before noon for same day collection. Any trash curbside that has not been scheduled will be in violation of Ordinance 660.21.

Holiday Rubbish Schedule: When the Public Works Department is closed on holidays, except on Thanksgiving, rubbish collection will be delayed one day after the respective holiday for that week only. Thanksgiving Day’s collection will be picked up on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. 

Holidays Recognized by the Public Works Department: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day 

Rubbish Can Storage: Rubbish cans should be stored behind your front setback line (behind the front of your house) when not out for collection. 

Hazardous Household Materials: Do not place any hazardous household materials in your rubbish. Hazardous household wastes requires special disposal. Beachwood residents can drop off hazardous household wastes at the Public Works Department year-round between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Public Works Department is located at 23355 Mercantile Rd. The City cannot accept hazardous wastes from commercial businesses. 

For additional rubbish and recycling information, visit BeachwoodOhio.com/PublicWorks or cuyahogarecycles.org.

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