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Yard & Vegetative Waste

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Branch Pickup

The Department of Public Works begins collection of branches for chipping the first Monday of each month. APPOINTMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARY. Place branches at the curb after 8:00 p.m. the Sunday night before the first Monday of the month. Pickups may be delayed due to the number of stops and/or weather conditions. There will be no branch collection for the months of November and December of each year.

Branches must be a minimum of 1" in diameter, 3' long and not exceed a maximum of 4" in diameter and 10' long. Branches must not be tied and should be placed on the lawn area as close to the curb as possible. Branches are NOT to be placed in the road. Logs, roots & stumps CANNOT be collected. 

Vegetative waste such as grass clippings, shrub cuttings & twigs ARE NOT picked up with your regular household trash or for bulk pickup. The Public Works Department will pick these items up curbside on Wednesdays from April through October of each year. NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY. Bio-degradable paper bags are preferred. Reusable containers must be 32 gallons or less in size. Plastic bags will NOT be collected. 

For all garbage, recycling, branch, leaf bag & vegetative waste collections, it is suggested that these items be placed at the curb after 8:00 p.m. the night before the scheduled pickup. 

Leaf Collection

There are two seasonal collections for leaves each year: 

SPRING: Leaves in brown, recyclable paper bags only are collected on Wednesdays during the months of April and May. APPOINTMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARY. Loose leaves should not be raked into the curb area at this time. 

FALL: Commencing the middle of October for a period of approximately eight weeks, the Public Works Department provides mechanical curbside collection of loose leaves on BOROUGH streets. Residents on these streets can rake their leaves into the curb area during this time period only. As an alternative, residents may also use paper bags. 

Residents on COUNTY roads MUST bag their leaves for Borough collection and receive twenty-four (24) free paper bags per year. 

Paper bags may be purchased at anytime during the year for .30 each at the Public Works Office. PLASTIC BAGS will not be collected. For both Spring and Fall collections, paper bags are picked up on Wednesdays. NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED.