NEW PROGRAM: Hefty RENEW

Recycle those pesky plastics directly in your weekly trash collection with the Hefty RENEW program! Click the bin to learn more!

Weekly Curbside Pickup with SWACO

SWACO and RUMPKE provide recycling and trash pickup every Tuesday for Hilliard residents.

Click here for an updated list of acceptable items to include in your weekly recycling bin for pickup. 

SWACO’s Recycle Right tool is also treasure trove of recycling information in Franklin County, and more details about many of the tips and resources below can be found at RecycleRight.org as an overview. 

Learn more here about how to responsibly recycle or dispose of hazardous household materials. 

City of Hilliard Trash & Recycling

Learn more about curbside recycling at the official City of Hilliard trash and recycling pages.
Styrofoam collection shed at the Hilliard Municipal CenterCompost collection bins from GoZero at the Hilliard Municipal Center Food Waste Drop-Off Site

Everyday recycling at the Municipal Center

3800 Municipal Way, Hilliard, OH 43026

Hilliard's own Styrofoam and Composting recycling centers are open 7 days a week and 24 hours a day.

You can drop off clean, non-food Styrofoam packaging at any time at Hilliard's Styrofoam Shack, located next to the densifier shed, across from the Municipal Building. Between the Municipal Administration Building and the Little League Fields, you can find the Composting bins, open at all hours.

Plastic Grocery Bags

Kroger, Giant Eagle, and Meijer

Hilliard retailers such as Kroger and Giant Eagle receptacles collect soft plastic bags (not limited to but including grocery bags) for recycling.

It’s important that the plastic bag be thin and soft, about the consistency of a plastic grocery bag. If it crinkles, it will not be able to be recycled through these programs.

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Light Bulbs and Batteries

Batteries+ Bulbs

Compact florescent light bulbs and household/alkaline can be recycled within Hilliard at Batteries Plus Bulbs (there may be a fee involved).

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Staples also accepts household batteries (and more!) for free.

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Electronics

RenTek, Accurate IT, and Staples

Businesses such as  RenTekAccurate IT, and Staples will recycle computers and other household electronics in Franklin County.

Go Green Hilliard also holds semi-annual Recycling Drive which include electronic recycling.

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Medicines and Prescriptions

Hilliard Police

Hilliard Police hosts a drop-off box for sustainable and responsible unused prescription medication disposal in the Safety Services building throughout the year, with an additional drive-thru special collection once a year.

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