COLUMBUS — Columbus city leaders are kicking off the 2026 Columbus Trash Off Event by urging all Columbus citizens to join the annual citywide clean-up campaign.
City of Columbus partners with the Columbus Garden Club to bring Keep Columbus Beautiful Trash Off Days to the community. Together, they have been urging citizens to take pride in Columbus and work together to create “a better Columbus since 2007.
Large item disposal will be available to Columbus citizens at the City Maintenance Yard on Montezuma Street from April 8 - 11. Citizens may bring items to the maintenance yard Wednesday – Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m to noon.
Items accepted include washers, dryers, recliners, mattresses, limbs, fencing materials, lumber, household appliances, bicycles, exercise equipment, metal, limbs, leaves, grass clippings, and more. Refrigerators and freezers will be accepted if a technician has removed the freon and tagged the appliance.
Hazardous items will not be accepted. These include pesticides, chemicals, paint, tires, batteries, televisions, computers, poisons and pharmaceuticals.
Columbus citizens may also schedule free curbside limb chipping during the week of April 13 - 17 by calling the city offices in advance at 979-732-2366.
All limbs should be placed at the curb (not in the street), away from meters, utility access holes, and drainage areas.
You can be a part of the Spring Clean Up by helping. Columbus citizens work to clean up the Columbus community from March 1 through May 31 by picking up litter, cleaning roadsides and parks, planting trees and flowers, painting fences, mowing vacant lots, helping neighbors, beautifying homes and lawns, and removing debris. Citizens may also help by properly disposing litter.
Volunteer registration and supplies will be available at the Columbus Visitor Center on April 11 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Volunteers that cannot participate on April 11 can volunteer any day from March – May to have their efforts included in the Spring Clean Up event. Volunteer opportunities are also available yearround through the “Adopt a Highway,” “Adopt a Waterway,” and “Adopt a Spot” programs. Groups in the community provide volunteer work throughout the year to clean the highways/ roadways/waterways.
To be a part of the Spring Clean Up event by helping. Volunteers may register or call for information or texting Columbus Garden Club at 979-733-4343.
In preparation for Columbus Trash Off, from left, City Manager Donald Warschak, Mayor Lori An Gobert and council members Renee Long, Paige Sciba, Ronny Daley, and Keith Cummings urge Columbus citizens to join Columbus Trash Off Days.
