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For Businesses and Industries, pleas submit your Annual Recycling Survey and return it by February 28, 2025.  Please click here for additional information and the survey forms.

Commissioner Appelfeller recognized Commissioners Teresa Bemiller, Thom Collier (absent from photo) both of Knox County, and Kerr Murray from Marion County for their years of service and dedication to the DKMM board.  Retiring Commissioner Bemiller stated that she had been a Commissioner for 16 years, but has been in public service in other roles for […]

As of November 1, 2024, plastic clamshell containers are accepted in Rumpke and Mid-Ohio Sanitation recycling programs.  This includes all of the DKMM recycling drop-off locations.  Clamshells are the containers that some fresh fruits and vegetables (such as strawberries and some lettuces) are packed in.  This material is chipped into pellets and used by P&G […]

DKMM will be continuing the Municipal Tire Grant program in 2025, and applications are now available online for municipalities. The grant program is a competitive grant process and applications are due to the DKMM office no later than 2:00 p.m. on January 17, 2025.  For a link to the application please click here.

DKMM household hazardous waste and electronics collections have now ended for the 2024 season.  If you have any Household Hazardous Waste that must be disposed of prior to our 2025 collections, you may contact Environmental Enterprise in Columbus for additional information on location and fees at (614) 294-1300.  Please click here for additional details on […]

The Morrow County Recycling office is now accepting all books for recycling.  These books do not go into the recycling bins throughout the county, but can be recycled by contacting Kristin Ruth, Morrow County Recycling and Litter Prevention Program Director at 419-946-6400.