The Public Works Department provides year-round free curbside brush chipping for property owners in the city.

Crews follow regular routes and visit each neighborhood every month, generally on the second full work week of the month. (The work week begins on Monday.) To find out what day of the week your area is scheduled for pick-up, please call the Public Works Department at 513-229-8580 or consult the map below.

To help the crews maintain their schedule:

• On collection days, please place branches and trimmings from bushes and trees at the curb by 7:00 a.m.
• Do not put brush in the street.
• Stack brush as close to the curb as possible, with the cut end toward the curb.
• Cut brush to a length between 4 and 12 feet.
• Stack piles so that branches do not become entangled.

Sorry, but we are unable to take:

• Tall grasses, leaves, vines, yard waste.
• Root balls and stumps. Please cut these off any trunks and dispose of them in the trash. They must be 75 pounds or less.
• Short branches and twigs. These are too small to safely put into the chipper.
• Railroad ties, landscape timbers, lumber.
• Brush in containers.

Please note that delays in the schedule may occur due to weather or after storms that cause an unusually high number of tree limbs to fall.

If you would like a pile of chips delivered to your property for your use, please contact the Public Works Department at 513-229-8580. Please be aware that the quality of the chips is not the same as mulch that is available at local nurseries.

Please note: Crews try to adhere to the schedule as much as possible. Delays may occur due to weather, unusually large amounts of brush, and other unforeseeable circumstances. Crews do not chip brush on holidays. If your brush collection day falls on a holiday, it will not be collected until the next scheduled pickup. If your brush was not picked up on the scheduled day, please contact Public Works at 513-229-8580.

Brush Chipping Route Map

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Last updated August 17, 2010