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To view the 2024 Trash and Recycling Schedule please click HERE.
Nazareth Yard Waste Curbside Collection
Nazareth Borough will be collecting your yard waste curbside during the week of April 15, 2024.
Unlimited amounts of yard waste (leaves, branches, twigs, flowers, roots, bushes, garden clippings) will be collected curbside. Place your yard waste in any open top container (clean, no trash and not your automated cart), tie with cotton or hemp twine in bundles no larger than 3ft x 3ft x 3ft and weighing no more than 40 pounds or place in compostable paper bags which are available at most hardware or grocery stores. (NO PLASTIC ROPE, TWINE OR BAGS). No grass clippings, tree stumps, loose soils, sod, any wood or tree limbs over four (4) inches in diameter, human or animal excrement, noxious weeds or soil contaminated with hazardous substances. Questions? Contact Charles Donello - Nazareth Borough Ecology Chairman 484-274-2235
CURBSIDE RECYCLING
PA Act 101 requires residents to recycle the following materials. Please place these items in your recycling container:
- Plastics – rinsed #1 through #7, bottles and containers, no polystyrene foam; lids attached to bottles
- Glass – rinsed clear, brown and green bottles and jars; no lids
- Metals – rinsed aluminum, tin and steel cans, household metals, pots and pans
- Paper – office and school paper, newsprint, junk mail, paper bags, phone books, junk mail, magazines, catalogs, envelopes, wrapping paper (no metallic or bows), etc.
- Cardboard – shoe, gift, and cereal boxes, corrugated boxes, cut or flattened as needed
- Food and beverage cartons – rinsed milk, cream, egg substitutes, orange juice, soup, broth, and wine cartons, and juice boxes
NO PLASTIC BAGS OR FOOD-CONTAMINATED ITEMS, PLEASE!
COMMERCIAL RECYCLING
Pennsylvania Act 101 and Nazareth Borough require that businesses, professionals, non-profit organizations, institutions, and industrial and residential landlords must recycle plastic containers, glass bottles and jars, newspapers, office paper, magazines, junk mail, phone books, cardboard, and yard waste. It further requires that you report your recycling information to the Borough each year.
Please download the current forms HERE if you have not received them in the mail.
A Message From The Nazareth Borough Environmental Steering Committee
YARD WASTE FACILITY *** NAZARETH BOROUGH RESIDENTS ONLY ***
The West End Yard Waste Facility is scheduled to open on March 19 until December 1, 2024. Open hours are subject to weather conditions and available staffing.
Driver’s license or State ID card must be shown as proof of residency. FACE MASKS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES!
Residents must be able to unload their vehicles without any assistance from staff. Only one vehicle at a time will be allowed in, and will be monitored by our staff on site.
The facility is located at 705 GW Stoudt Blvd. and has receptacles for yard waste, tree trimmings, brush and grass. Branches must be limited in length to six (6) feet. There is an area at the facility for residents to pick up and haul wood chips/mulch at no charge to Nazareth Borough residents.
The hours are as follows:
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