Environmental & Recreation Services

The City of Piqua Environmental & Recreation Services is responsible for:

  • Park Maintenance
  • Park Rentals
  • Echo Hills Golf Course
  • Refuse, Trash, Recycling Collection
  • Piqua Cares Community Trailer
  1. Sanitation
  2. Parks

Responsibilities

The Piqua Sanitation Department is responsible for the collection of solid waste materials including trash, bulk items, yard waste, and recycling from residential houses, buildings and small businesses. The Sanitation Department provides weekly collection for these materials.

Operations

The Sanitation Department begins daily collections at 7 am. The department maintains a fleet of 6 trucks to collect refuse, recycling, bulk items (furniture, appliances, etc.), and yard waste. These items all have to be disposed of in separate locations, so separate trucks may be utilized for each category of debris:

  • Regular refuse and trash is taken to the Miami County Transfer Station
  • Yard waste is taken to the city's compost facility
  • Bulk metal items are taken to a scrap metal facility
  • Recyclable items are taken to a material recovery facility for recycling

Holidays

The department observes the following holidays:

  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • President's Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day

Collection will be delayed one day after a holiday with Friday's stops being collected on Saturday.