Trash
Effective Thursday, January 2, 2025, Trash will be collected on Thursdays for all residents.
TRASH AND RECYCLING UPDATE FOR 2025
As you may know, the residents of the Borough of Shillington receive trash and recycling collection services as part of a Borough contract that is placed out for bid. The current contracts with A.J. Blosenski, Inc. and J.P. Mascaro, Inc. will expire December 31, 2024 resulting in the Borough putting out a new bid for service in August of this year. After unforseen delays, the refuse and recycling contracts were recently awarded. A.J. Blosenski, Inc. will continue to be the Borough’s trash hauler and Hollenbaugh’s Trash & Recycling, LLC will be the new recycling hauler. The contract awarded to these two companies will begin on January 2, 2025. The yearly cost for these services will be $313.00. Recent trash and recycling contracts awarded in nearby municipalities have shown an increase over current contracts of 30% to 40%. The increase in rates is due to a number of factors impacting trash/recycling haulers including increases to the cost of labor, fuel, vehicles, insurance and disposal of waste/recycling. The Borough has worked diligently to revise the bid specifications with the assistance of the Berks County Solid Waste Authority Director. The Borough has updated the specifications in an attempt to offset some expected increases. In an effort to control costs, Borough Council has awarded the refuse contract for once a week collection of refuse including one bulk item per collection week. Making this change, has reduced the cost to each residential unit by $41.00 for the year. Under the new contract, refuse collection will be on Thursday of each week for the entire Borough. If the collection day falls on a holiday or if severe weather prevents the collection, the collection day will be moved to the following day (Friday).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
•Six containers or five containers and one bulk item per collection
•Containers may be placed out for collection twenty-four hours ahead of collection and must be removed within twenty-four hours following collection.
•Construction materials or demolition debris cannot be placed out for regular or bulk collection.
•Do not place trash in a cardboard box. Cardboard boxes not contaminated by food products must be recycled.
•Mattresses must be wrapped in plastic or a mattress bag
•Trash collection does not include the disposal of household hazardous waste (marked as caustic, combustible, flammable, hazardous, toxic, etc.) Appliances such as refrigerators, air conditioners and dehumidifiers containing Freon will not be collected.
•Latex Paint: Please let the paint dry in the can. You can use kitty litter or a commercial drying agent to speed up the drying process.
•Electronic Waste: Please do NOT put any of the following out for pickup with trash. We do not take televisions and computer devices. This includes monitors, keyboards, computer mouses and printers.
•Bulk Items: One bulk item per week will be picked up on your regular collection day.
•Bulk items consist of large household items such as sofas or chairs (no electronics.)
•Carpets must be cut in three-foot strips rolled and tied up.
•Mattress and box springs count as separate items, so only one of these may be placed out per collection. These items must be bagged or wrapped in plastic.
•Bulk collection does not include construction material debris, any item containing Freon, tires, or any item containing hazardous waste or organic waste materials(branches, grass, etc. are to be dropped off by residents with access cards at the Borough’s Organic Yard Waste Facility in the Park.
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Trash collection day will be on the following:
THURSDAYS for all residents
REGULATIONS
- Maximum size container: 35 gallons in size; 75 pounds in weight
- Maximum number of containers per collection: 6
- Collection Location: Single location at the front of the property only
- Loose items must be bundled or tied; maximum length – 3 feet
- Containers must be set out for collection by 7:00 a.m.
- NO TIRES will be collected by the trash contractor.
Bulk Items will be included in your weekly trash collection. Please follow the regulations listed below for collection of your household waste and bulk items:
The following items will NOT be collected as bulk items:
- Appliances
- Microwaves
- Stoves
- Heaters
- Dehumidifiers
- Air Conditioners
- Hot Water Heaters
- Propane Tanks
- Batteries
- Automobile Motors
- Transmissions
- Tires