Spring cleaning usually ends with four piles: big junk, yard waste, leftover chemicals and old electronics. Each one has a different place to go around Dayton. Sort them as you clean, and you'll know exactly what can go to the curb, what goes to a county drop-off and what you'd rather have hauled.
1. Big junk: Dayton bulk pickup
Inside Dayton city limits, bulk pickup comes one Friday a month by zone. You have to schedule it in advance at 937-333-4800 or through Dayton Delivers. Each pickup is limited to five large items and/or 25 small bags or boxes. Mattresses and box springs must be wrapped, and the city won't take pianos, hot tubs, building materials, auto parts or items from evictions, move-outs or foreclosures.
2. Yard waste
- For Dayton bulk pickup, brush, clippings and limbs must be tied in bundles no larger than 4 feet long and 18 inches in diameter, 25 pounds max per bundle.
- Montgomery County residents can drop off yard waste free at the transfer station, 1001 Encrete Lane in Moraine: brush, branches, grass clippings and leaves, loose or in paper yard bags.
- The county charges a disposal fee for yard waste in plastic bags or mixed with trash, and it won't take stumps, sod, loose dirt, mulch or wood chips. Logs can be up to 24 inches across.
3. Paint, cleaners and other chemicals
Montgomery County's household hazardous waste drop-off is free for county residents with proof of residency, at the same Moraine facility under the green recycling canopy. From March through October it's open every Tuesday, 1 to 7 PM. From November through February it's only the first Tuesday of the month, 1 to 7 PM.
- Accepted: batteries, fluorescent lights, propane tanks, fire extinguishers, cleaners, pesticides and herbicides, fertilizers, pool chemicals, oil-based and latex paint, stains, thinners and vehicle fluids.
- Not accepted: items over 25 pounds or 15 gallons, asbestos, ammunition and other explosives, medications, and gas cylinders other than propane.
- Small amounts of non-lead latex paint aren't hazardous: the county says to let it dry out (kitty litter or sawdust speeds it up) and put it in the trash.
Greene County residents (Fairborn, Beavercreek, Xenia and the rest of the county) use scheduled drop-off events at Greene County Environmental Services, 2145 Greene Way Blvd in Xenia. In 2026 they included spring dates on March 24, April 11, April 21, May 9 and May 19. Check the county's page for next year's dates. Greene takes latex paint any time it's open.
4. Old electronics
Montgomery County recycles electronics free for county residents at the transfer station: computers, monitors, TVs, DVD players, speakers, phones, microwaves, copiers, small countertop appliances, and cords and holiday lights. Large appliances like refrigerators and freezers aren't part of that program. Greene County's hazardous waste events don't take electronics or TVs.
Hauling it yourself? Since January 2026, every truck and trailer load must be fully tarped before it enters the Montgomery County transfer station.
When it's easier to have it hauled
If the pile is bigger than five items, includes a hot tub or piano, or you just don't want to spend Saturday at the transfer station, Zach's Pack Hauling can carry it out from the garage, basement or yard, seven days a week from 9 AM to 7 PM, with a $115 minimum. We can't take loose gas cans or motor oil, so set those aside for the county drop-off.