SCHEDULE
Recyclables will be picked up every other Tuesday. Pick-up will alternate from the North to the South side of Route 663 every Tuesday. If recycling falls on a holiday, pick-up will be the day before.
Please have your recycling out by 7:00 A.M. 
GUIDELINES
• Containers cannot be put out prior to Monday evening.  If the holiday falls on a Tuesday, pick-up will be
   the day before (Monday).
• Separate items in sturdy containers of your choice and place where you normally put your trash. If 
   possible, place holes in bottom of containers to allow for drainage.
• Make sure items are rinsed clean. Please leave lids on laundry product containers but remove all other
  lids.
RECYCLABLE ITEMS- curbside pick-up 
Please sort all items in your own containers:
   • Plastic jugs & containers marked #1 through #7 provided they are no bigger than a large laundry
     detergent bottle
   • Aluminum cans
   • Tin cans
   • Clear, brown & colored glass (jars or bottles only; No pyrex, plate glass, light bulbs, mirrors, etc.)
For your convenience, recyclables can also be dropped off at the Pennsburg Recycling Center, behind the Civic Building at 76 W. 6th Street, from 7:00 AM until 3:30 PM Monday through Friday.

CARDBOARD & PAPER
Cardboard Drop-Off will take place the second Saturday of each month from 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. at the Pennsburg Borough Recycling Center located behind the Pennsburg Borough Civic Building, 76 W. 6th Street. This service is open to everyone.  
Bring cardboard in a cardboard container that does not have to be returned.
Borough workers do not have adequate manpower or time to empty containers and return to each resident. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Newspaper, office paper & magazines can be dropped off 24 hours a day at the Pennsburg Fire Company, 5th & Penn Streets, Pennsburg.  *Wrapping paper is recyclable.*
>NEW: You can now drop off your CFL Bulbs (Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs) at the Recycling Center for recycling between 7:00 A.M. and 3:30 P.M.
                        Click here for important information about CFL'S.
To find out where you can recycle other items click here.

 CHIPPING (TREE BRANCH PICK UP)     
 Pick-up will take place weekly from the first week in April through the last week in October.  Chipping will take place weather permitting. Trees removed from your property cannot be put out for chipping, please contact a tree removal service.
• Place branches, hard covered bark only, clear of root balls & dirt where you normally place your
  trash  
• Branches can be no larger that 2" in diameter
• Smaller pieces should be placed in a container
• Stack branches neatly with butts of branches facing one direction
• There is a 10 minute time limit for each stop
• The following will not be picked up: vines, root balls, flowers, weeds, leaves, bush trimmings,
   branches with fruit, dried flower stems, grass clippings
• This service is not intended for downed trees or lumber.
• Christmas trees will be picked up every Monday in January. 

LEAF COLLECTION

Leaf drop off dates will be listed on the home page.  Drop off is usually scheduled for November and December.

 SNOW REMOVAL
Borough ordinance requires property owners / occupants to remove snow and ice from sidewalks within 24 hours after snow or freezing rain has ceased to fall.
Please wait until the borough snow plows have finished plowing before you begin snow removal.  Do not deposit removed snow onto roadways.  Remember to keep fire hydrants on your property clear and open.