Curbside Yard Waste Pick-Up Planned for Next Week

It's fall yard waste season, and the has announced that a community-wide curbside yard waste collection will take place the week of Oct. 10.

Residents with yard waste to be picked up are advised to place it in their normal garbage collection location the evening prior to their usual trash pick-up date.

All yard waste placed curbside for pick-up "should be clearly separated from garbage, bundled with string, bagged, or contained and of reasonable weight so that it can safely be lifted by an employee into the collection truck hopper," the Borough said in a statement issued last week.

Only the following materials will be accepted for pick-up: leaves, small brush (up to 4 inches in diameter and not longer than 6 feet), hedge trimmings and garden plant residue.

Grass, sod, tree stumps and commercial business materials will not be accepted, and any yard waste that is not bundled, bagged or contained will not be picked up. Likewise, the borough announced that "for safety reasons, yard waste that is...too heavy for an individual to lift into the truck will not be collected."

Borough residents who are able to transport their own yard waste may also want to visit the Saucon Valley Compost Center at 2011 Springtown Hill Road, which will be open Fridays and Saturdays from 9am to 1pm through the end of November (except Nov. 25). The compost center is open to residents of both Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township.