Yard Waste & Bulk Items

Yard Waste

From March through October, yard waste is collected on a regular basis by our contracted trash hauler. To have your yard waste collected, you can place your yard waste in one of the Township’s yellow yard waste bins and place it curbside on your regularly schedule trash pick up day. Once the yard waste is collected by the contracted trash hauler, it is then taken to the Public Works Facility where the Township has a 1.4 acre pad that was constructed through grants obtained through Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection allows for the staging and processing of yard waste material. Once a large enough pile of natural material is collected, the Township rents a large grinder to process the material to turn it into wood chips. If you have additional yard waste that exceeds what can be placed in the yellow yard waste bins, you can drop off up to four (4) truck loads of excess material per year to the Public Works Facility, with additional loads requiring a $25.00 fee per load.

Acceptable items that can be collected are shrubs and shrubbery trimmings, tree trimmings no larger than 14 inches in diameter and no longer than 6 feet in length, Christmas trees (tinsel, lights, ornaments, and bases removed), and leaves.

Please do NOT put grass clippings in the yard waste containers as this material can clog the grinding equipment and does not decompose well in the mulch product that is created from the yard waste. Grass clippings must be placed in with your regular trash. Additionally, it is extremely important for the process material to not have trash or other unapproved items in it as this can cause damage to the equipment or cause injury to the Public Works staff. Additional materials that are NOT accepted include:

Bamboo
Ashes
Stumps
Sod, dirt
Stones, bricks, concrete
Construction debris or furniture
Painted or treated wood, railroad ties, landscaping timbers
Garbage
Food compost

This pile of yard waste…

…will turn into this pile of wood chips.

Both leaf compost and wood chips can be picked up by residents at the Public Works Facility for free or can be delivered to residents for a fee. Please complete the Leaf Compost & Wood Chip Delivery Order Form and return it with the appropriate fee to the Public Works Facility.

Pay for your compost or wood chips on-line. Click here – allpaid to get started (3.99% convenience fee, minimum fee of $3.99 per transaction, from allpaid will be applied.) Prior to delivery, a completed order form must be submitted in-person at the Public Works Facility (address below), by mail, or via email.

To pick up a yellow waste bin, drop off a completed Leaf Compost & Wood Chip Delivery Form, drop off yard waste material, or pick up leaf compost or wood chip material, please visit our Public Work Facility at 1400 St. Johns Rd, Camp Hill, PA 17011. The facility is open to the public Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 2:30pm. If you need assistance with loading leaf compost or wood chips, please come between 9:00am and 12:00pm to ensure staff availability. PLEASE STOP TO CHECK IN WITH OFFICE STAFF, even if you do not need staff assistance with your drop off or pick up. Additionally, Public Works Facility is open to the public on the second Saturday of the month, March through October, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Public works main entrance

Bulk Items

Bulk Item Drop-off:

The Township currently allow for residents to drop off four (4) bulk items per year at no charge with additional drop-offs requiring a $25.00 fee. PLEASE STOP TO CHECK IN WITH OFFICE STAFF to sign in and have your load checked prior to proceeding to the dumpsters. Please come between 9:00am and 12:00pm to ensure staff availability.

Items accepted include:

Wood furniture and non-treated lumber
Appliances
Carpet
Furniture

Items NOT accepted include:

Construction debris – concrete, bricks, shingles, glass, treated lumber, tar, synthetic products
Batteries
Grass clippings
Fuel tanks
Paint cans
Tires
Garbage