General Info

The City of Lakewood Division of Refuse and Recycling offers a range of garbage collection services. Its backyard unit is responsible for the collection of household garbage and kept in containers with tight fitting lids and handles. The division s tree lawn unit collects bulk items, including cut and tied lumber, furniture, boxes, miscellaneous household items, excess bags, and dried out and empty paint cans. The City of Lakewood Division of Refuse and Recycling also collects grass clippings, trimmings, leaves, plants, bushes, branches and other yard debris. The division additionally deals in a variety of hazardous waste materials, such as automotive fluids, driveway sealers, insecticides, mercury, oil and solvent-based paints. The City of Lakewood Division of Refuse and Recycling maintains a recycling and litter prevention coordinator s office that is responsible for recycling, litter prevention and organizing people awareness activities throughout the city.