LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) – Lima residents are making use of a long-standing city program to help dispose of unwanted items.
Five dumpster locations were available throughout the city, allowing residents to drop off various types of waste for city disposal.
June 7th marked the third of four scheduled “Mayor’s Spring Clean-up” Saturdays that the city is offering in 2025. Five dumpster locations were available throughout the city, allowing residents to drop off various types of waste—excluding chemical materials, appliances and propane tanks—for city disposal. At the Street Department on Collett Street, residents could also drop off brush and tree limbs. Tire disposal at that location was especially popular, with about 500 tires collected in just the first hour of the event.
“It's nice as a city employee to actually see improvement in the community. I mean, we're helping our residents get rid of junk they may have lying around their house. I'm sure there'll be people back with flatbed trailers, and we're just helping residents get their properties cleaned up,” said Michael McBeth, associate planner for the City of Lima.
The final Mayor’s Spring Clean-up day will take place on June 14th. Dumpsters will be available from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the following locations:
- St. Mark’s Church – 1110 N. Metcalf St.
- 4th Street Missionary Baptist Church – 122 W. 4th St.
- MLK Jr. Neighborhood Association / Health Partners of Western Ohio – 441 E. 8th St.
- Mercy Health-St. Rita’s – Parking lot at Spring and Collett Streets
- Department of Housing and Neighborhoods – 900 S. Collett Street (only location accepting tires, tree limbs, brush and shrubbery)
