Recycling
Rumpke includes free curbside recycling for Symmes Township residents with their trash collection. If you do not have recycling with Rumpke, please call 800-828-8171. The Township also offers drop-off recycling at the Township Administration building located at 9323 Union Cemetery Road.
Below is a list of items that can and cannot be recycled:
What's Recyclable
- Plastic tubs: butter tubs, yogurt and sour cream containers and fruit cups
- Disposable paper, plastic, and aluminum cups (remove any straws or stoppers)
- Paper/newspaper
- Magazines/catalogs
- Paper cartons: milk, juice, and soup
- Cardboard boxes
- Clean pizza boxes
- Junk mail
- Paperboard boxes (like cereal)
- Plastic bottles and jugs (lids okay if left on)
- Steel food cans
- Aluminum cans
- Glass bottles and jars
What's Not Recyclable
- Plastic bags (take back to grocery, if clean and dry)
- Any plastic that is not a bottle or jug
- Styrofoam
- Light bulbs (CFLs can be taken to Home Depot or Lowes)
- Tires
- Empty motor oil containers
- Hazardous waste such as chemicals, pesticides, herbicides
- Small electronics (talk to E-waste recycler)
- Metal that is not a can
- Aluminum foil/pans
- Glass that is not a bottle or jar
The Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District has a Reuse and Recycling Outlets page on its website for various materials.
View the Guide to Open Burning.