Full Notification

Yard Waste Drop-Off Recycling Center is for Palmer Township Residents Only.

This monitored facility is open to Palmer residents only and is located at the end of Berks Street.
 
Days and Hours of Operation:
January  -  1st Sunday of the month*  -  12 Noon to 4 PM
February  -  1st Sunday of the month  -  12 Noon to 4 PM
March  -  Every Sunday **  -  12 Noon to 4 PM
April through November  -  Saturday**  -  10 AM to 4 PM
                                                    Sunday**  -  12 Noon to 4 PM
                                               Wednesdays  -  9 AM to 3 PM
* If January 1 is a Sunday the facility would be opened on January 8
** Except Holidays
 
ACCEPTABLE ITEMS:
No bagging or bundling of materials is needed. Accepts unlimited amounts of yard waste including leaves, branches, twigs, flowers, roots, bushes, garden clippings; limbs up to twelve (12) inches in diameter.
 
UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS:
Construction waste, stumps, grass clippings, tree limbs over twelve (12) inches in diameter, loose soils, sod, food waste (including food waste from gardens or orchards), plastics or synthetic fibers, wood, human or animal excrement, noxious weeds or soil contaminated with hazardous substances. If any load is deemed contaminated the whole load will be rejected.
 
 Residential Fees:
•Car trunk full: $5.00
•Pick-up or small utility trailer (smaller than or equal to 8' X 8') each: $12.00
• Large trailer (larger than 8' X 8' or tandem axle): $30.00 ○Non-commercial stake body truck: $30.00
•Non-commercial small dump truck: $30.00 (up to Class 4 window sticker)
 
 
 
Commercial Fees:
•Commercial large trailer (larger than 8' X 8' or tandem axle): $60.00
•Commercial stake body truck: $60.00
•Commercial small dump truck: $60.00 (up to Class 4 window sticker)
 
NO LARGE DUMP TRUCKS ARE ALLOWED.  CONTAMINATED LOADS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.
If you have small amounts of yard waste they can be brought to the Hartley Avenue Recycling Center and placed in the yard waste dumpster.
 
*NOTE:  Hours are subject to change due to weather and other conditions. Heavy rain, snow or extreme cold may force the temporary closure of this site. This facility may open additional hours to handle materials in the event of a serious storm.
 
Check the website at http://www.palmertwp.com/yard-waste.html
or call the municipal building at (610) 253-7191 for more information.
 
ILLEGAL DUMPING is a CRIME!
You are reminded that Illegal Dumping outside of this Facility or anywhere else in the Township is a violation of Palmer Township Ordinance: § 138-5 Disposal of refuse.
It shall be unlawful to dump, burn, bury, destroy, or otherwise dispose of refuse within the jurisdictional limits of the said Township of Palmer except at a Township-approved refuse disposal site. It shall be unlawful to dump, burn, bury, destroy, or otherwise dispose of materials designated for recycling pursuant to the Act of July 28, 1988 (P.L. 556, No. 101), known as the "Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act," except as prescribed by Palmer Township's Municipal Recycling Program.
§ 138-6 Violations and penalties.
A. Any person or persons charged with the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, upon conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace of the said Township of Palmer, shall pay a fine not to exceed $600 and, in default thereof, be committed to the Northampton County Prison for a period not exceeding 30 days.