Trash & Recycling

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• Trash cans cannot exceed 32 gallons (cannot weigh over 50 pounds)
• Trash, recycling, and newspapers should be placed curbside between 7:00 PM the night before collection and 6:00 AM the day of collection.
• Latex and oil base paints need be dry prior to placing at curb alongside trash; fill container with kitty litter.
• Oil/concrete should be placed out to curb on trash day and will be collected by weeks end.
• Trash should be placed in plastic or metal containers to prevent animals from tearing through plastic bags
• Paint cans need to be dried out
• Carpet should be cut and tied into 4-foot bundles not exceeding 50 pounds each.
• Discarded wood should be cut and tied into 6-foot bundles not exceeding 50 pounds each. Nails should be removed or flattened against the surface to prevent injury to collection personnel.
• Railroad ties need to be cut under 6-feet in length and must weigh less than 50 pounds.
• Private contractors must independently dispose of any construction waste or demolition debris that their business generates.
• Empty cans should be removed from the curbside by 7:00 PM on collection day.

Trash Schedule 

Trash & Recycle Sectors

Single Stream Recycling Guidelines

Glass, aluminum, tin, and plastics #1, and #2 plastic food and beverage containers (caps removed), newspapers, office paper, magazines and corrugated cardboard (small enough to fit in a container) should be placed in the designated blue recycling containers provided by the Borough. Paper and cardboard no longer need to be separated from glass, aluminum, and plastic.

Acceptable single-stream materials included: aluminum food and beverage containers; clear, brown, and green glass containers (rinsed out completely); ferrous cans (i.e., soup, coffee, etc.); #1, and #2 plastic food and beverage containers (caps removed and rinsed) (i.e., milk, water jugs, detergent, and shampoo containers); old newspaper (including Sunday inserts), craft paper bags, corrugated containers, soda/beer wrappers, six-pack containers, cereal boxes, and magazines.

Unacceptable commingled materials include coat hangers, pizza boxes, plastic bags, pots and pans, metal household items, #3 and above plastics, ceramics, light bulbs, dishes, drinking glasses, mirrors, window glass, antifreeze bottles, used oil containers, syringes, buckets, laundry baskets, 5-gallon containers, and styrofoam.

• Put out on trash day and picked up weekly

Electronic devices, including, computers, keyboards, VCRs, scanners, DVD players, tape players, monitors, stereo equipment, typewriters, printers, TVs, laptops, modems, telecommunication equipment, fax machines, mouses, radios, answering machines, and telephones can be placed curbside on trash day and will be collected separately within the week.

Appliances and bulk metal are picked up with your regular trash. Place items curbside. Doors from appliances should be removed before placing the item curbside.