Containers can be up to 35-gallons in size, have a separate, tight-fitting lid, have handles and not weigh more than 50 pounds when full. Place your recyclables at the curb on your regular recycling collection day, separate from your regular trash. Do not include food waste, films, plastic bags and wrap or foam cups and containers along with recyclables. Items should be flattened whenever possible to maximize space. Materials should continue to be prepared in the same manner as now with containers rinsed out. You may place ALL recyclables in the same recycling container. Recyclables will continue to be collected on your normal recycling collection day, every week. With the new Single Stream Recycling Program you will be able to place ALL of your recyclables neatly into to one container. Residential recycling is mandatory in Middletown Township, but beginning sorting your recyclables before you place them at the curb is no longer necessary.

We all know that recycling plastic, paper, glass and metal helps protect the environment and enables us to conserve precious natural resources. This will be the annual fee through 2024. The annual Solid Waste and Recycling Fee is $401. Residents whose trash is collected on the Township's contract with Waste Management are assessed the Solid Waste and Recycling Fee, billed with your real estate taxes each year. Each homeowner is responsible for the proper disposal of these items. The hauler is not responsible for the removal of building materials in excess of one (1) container per week, automobiles, automobile parts, tree stumps, demolition materials, concrete, dirt, tires, and household hazardous waste. Paint cans must be placed at the curb with the lids off. Please allow the unused paint to harden or use kitty litter to absorb the paint to prevent it from spilling onto the street during collection. Latex (water-based) paint may be placed in the trash for regular collection. Bulk items are limited to one (1) item per week. All other bulk items, such as furniture and appliances, are collected on the 2nd collection day of each week along with regular trash. To schedule a pickup, call Waste Management at 1-80. Doors, drawers and shelving must be removed and put out with regular trash on the 2nd collection day of the week. Refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, and any other appliances containing Freon are collected by appointment only. Remember to leave your address and a contact number if you wish to receive a return call. Pressing '1' will allow you to leave a message in the assigned after-hours voicemail box. At the end of the message, press '1' for other options. Please make sure to listen to the entire recorded message. The after-hours message system will be monitored so that issues reported after hours are corrected as soon as possible, the following day. A Waste Management representative will be available Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM.

Use the key phrase 'Middletown Township - Bucks County' when speaking with the customer service representative or when leaving a message on the after-hours message system. This is a direct access phone number for Middletown residents.

A maximum of ten (10) containers, bags, or bundles of trash will be collected each collection day.Īny questions regarding issues with trash, recycling or yard waste collection are to be directed to Waste Management at 1-80. Carpets must be bundled in less than four (4) foot lengths. Containers shall be no smaller than twenty (20) gallons and no larger than thirty-five (35) gallons in capacity and weigh less than fifty (50) pounds when full. Trash must be placed in a suitable container, which has handles and a removable, tight-fitting lid and is watertight and animal proof. so please place trash at the curb after 6:00 p.m. Collection may occur as early as 6:00 a.m. Residential trash is collected on Mondays and Thursdays above (north of) Route 1 (Superhighway) and Tuesdays and Fridays below (south of) Route 1 (Superhighway) except for New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Volunteer Fire Companies & Emergency Medical Services.

Into the trash it goes penn