Recycling and Trash Pickup

Recyling   •   Trash Pickup   •   Storage   •   Commercial
Tree and Shrub Recycling   •   Hazardous Waste

 

       Recycling will not be pick up on: Dec. 25, 2013 & Jan. 1, 2014 

Recycling will be picked-up on: Saturday, Dec. 28th, 2013
 

There will be no trash pick up on:
 

                       May 27, 2013                       July 4, 2013

  September 2, 2013           November 28, 2013

  

  

Note:  Containers, boxes, baskets, cans and bundles, shall be placed along the curb for collection not before 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to collection and removed not later than 9:00 a.m. on the day following collection.
 

Recycling  will now be collected every Wednesday

 

WE NOW COLLECT ALL RECYCLES AT CURB SIDE: 

  • Glass, plastic, paper, steel, aluminum, bi-metal and cardboard.
  • Plastic– #2 HDPE & #1 PET only with lids and caps removed and free of food residue.
  • Steel, aluminum and bi-metal food and beverage cans. You can include empty aerosol cans & empty paint cans only.  Please rinse out your recyclables.
  • Glass all colors

Place materials; (except paper and cardboard) in one container.  Paper and cardboard must be bundled separately


Trash Pickup
The borough is divided into 2 sections. Section 1 has trash pickups on Monday and Thursday. Section 2 has trash pickups on Tuesday and Friday. There is no trash pickup on Holidays.   If your scheduled trash day falls on a holiday then your trash will not be picked up until your next scheduled trash pick-up.

Residents are allowed up to two thirty gallon containers up to  30 pounds in weight. We do not pick up building rubbish from building construction, street refuse, industrial refuse, dead animals, machinery or vehicles or parts thereof or such other waste materials as are not commonly produced in homes.

Storage
All trash, garbage or rubbish shall be contained in airtight, vermin proof containers, which containers shall be in an enclosed area and screened from view.

Commercial
The Borough has established a program for mandatory recycling by all commercial, industrial and institutional establishments of glass, paper, steel, aluminum, bi-metal and cardboard where applicable.

Plastic– #2 HDPE & #1 PET only with lids and caps removed and free of food residue.

Commercial, industrial and institutional establishments must provide their own containers and contract for their own haulers to remove any recyclable items and provide the Borough with a written report at the end of each year with totals of their recycling efforts.

Tree and Shrub Recycling Program
The Compost Farm will be open the third Wednesday of each month from 7:00am to 3:00pm, January through September for leaf waste, shrubs and tree trimmings no wider than 4 inches in diameter and if bundled no more than 4 feet in length.

Residents and small businesses will be allowed to drop off the materials mentioned above, at no charge.  Landscapers and large quantity generators are the exception.  They will be required to be permitted to go over our scales.  There will be a fee.

Delaware County Compost Farm’s address is 2300 Concord Road, Chester, PA  19013

Click here for information to restore tree cover in Southeast Pennsylvania

Hazardous Waste Recycling
Click here to download hazardous waste recycling schedules and acceptable products for 2013 or see the schedule below.

Saturday, April 6th        Emergency Services Training Center

                                      1600 Calcon Hook Road

                                      Sharon Hill, PA  19079  (Darby Twp.)

Saturday, May 4th         Marple Transfer Station

(WE WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTING HHW AT THIS LOCATION)

                                      Marpit Drive and Sussex Blvd.

                                      Broomall, PA 19010  (Marple Twp.)

Thursday, Sept. 12th      Rose Tree Park

                                      1671 N. Providence Road

                                      Media, PA  19063  (Upper Providence Twp.)

Saturday, Oct. 19th       Upper Chichester Municipal Bldg.

                                      8500 Furey Road

                                      Upper Chichester, PA  19061