Green Youngstown: RUBY

R.U.B.Y. contains the following tools that can be borrowed for FREE for use in your neighborhood!

• Rototiller
• Weed-whackers
• Lawn mowers
• Wood chipper
• Generator
• Rakes, Shovels, Brooms
• Hedge trimmers, Loppers, Pruners
• Wheelbarrows
• Post-hole digger
• Bulb planters
• and much more...

• Must be used within Youngstown City limits.
• Trailer may be borrowed for a maximum of three days.
• Minimum of five households involved in the project or a group of five volunteers.
• Project must have a designated coordinator.

Step 1: Does the project qualify?

Read RUBY's Rules (see above) to see if your group and project qualify and to learn what is required.

Step 2: Plan the event.

• Read How To Get Started (see RUBY Forms below).

• Check RUBY's Calendar:

  RUBY's Calendar

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• Call Green Youngstown at (330) 744-7526 to request a reservation for RUBY.

Step 3: Submit forms.

Upon receiving a reservation confirmation, fill out and submit an Application and Participant List (see RUBY Forms below) two weeks prior to the date of reservation.

Step 4: Drop-off meeting

• Meet Green Youngstown personnel at the project site to take possession of RUBY.
• Conduct an Equipment Inventory (see RUBY Forms below) check.

Step 5: Have fun with your project!

• Verify that all participants have filled out and signed participant waiver (see RUBY Forms below) forms.
• Take before/after photos of your project work.

Step 6: Pick-up meeting

• Meet Green Youngstown personnel at the project site for pick-up of RUBY.
• Turn in your Participant's Waiver forms with all your volunteers’ signatures who participated in the cleanup.
• Conduct an equipment inventory check.

Step 7: Post-project

• Fill-out and submit your project Cleanup Summary Report (required, due to grant funding of RUBY; see RUBY Forms below).
• E-mail your project before/after photos to Green Youngstown at recycle@youngstownohio.gov.

• Always use good judgment and be safe. Watch out for all of the participants. Keep them in sight.
• If something looks suspicious or dangerous, call local law enforcement. Do not pick up or touch any suspicious or dangerous item.
• Promote recycling during the cleanup event. Use local curbside bins or drop off recycling at a Mahoning county drop-off site near the work site.
• If you need us to remove the trash and debris your group collected, please let us know BEFORE the event so we can schedule a crew to pick it up.
• Be sure to let us know the success of your event. We provide a Cleanup Summary Form when you get RUBY.
• Take a look at your work at the end of the event and note how much of a difference your efforts made.
• Have fun!

For more information about the RUBY Community Beautification Trailer, contact Green Youngstown:

Green Youngstown 9 West Front Street Youngstown, OH 44503 Map Office Phone: (330) 744-7526 Fax: (330) 744-7522 Email: recycle@youngstownohio.gov Twitter Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM