Recycling Pick-up
The Olyphant DPW crew picks up recycled items. The Borough recycling program reduces the cost of refuse collection and dumping fees while saving natural resources. Recycling containers are issued to each residential unit. The Borough currently replaces broken containers.
Recycling collection day is Wednesday throughout the entire Borough.

Refuse Pick-Up
The Borough of Olyphant pick-up days are as follows:
Wednesday: 1st & 4th Ward
Thursday 2nd & 3rd Ward

Olyphant Borough Refuse Department Charges

Stickers for Garbage Bags $2.00 EACH
White Goods $5.00 EACH
Refrigerators (FREON) $25.00 EACH
Air Conditioners (FREON) $25.00 EACH
Tires $1.50 EACH
Tires with Rims $5.00 EACH
Borough Truck $100.00 DEPOSIT

Recycling / Refuse Collection Guidelines

Recyclable Items
All recyclable items with the exception of cardboard will be picked up on Wednesday throughout the Borough. Recyclable items such as metal cans, glass jars, and plastic bottles are to be rinsed with no lids and can be co-mingled. Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and phone books are to be tied with string or placed in paper bags and set on top of recyclable items in the container. DO NOT use plastic bags. Put out on Tuesday evening; they will be picked up on Wednesday.

Cardboard
Corrugated cardboard will be picked up on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month throughout the Borough. Please flatten boxes and tie with string.

Office Paper
Office paper will be picked up with cardboard on the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month. Office paper consists of printer paper and plain white envelopes with no windows. It should be placed in a blue recycling container and placed curbside Thursday night.

Stickers

SPECIAL ORANGE STICKERS $5.00 EACH NEEDED FOR WHITE GOODS.
White goods consist of stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers, dehumidifiers, and tires with rims and require one (1) orange sticker ($5.00). Refrigerators, air conditioners, water coolers, or other appliances containing refrigerant gas require five (5) orange stickers ($25.00). These items will be picked up on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month throughout the Borough.

GARBAGE STICKERS $2.00 EACH.
Stickers are needed for household waste, Christmas paper, microwaves, and tires with NO rims. These items will be picked up:
1st and 4th Wards – Wednesdays
2nd and 3rd Wards – Thursdays

No demolition or remodeling material will be picked up without stickers. You may also reserve the use of a Borough truck to dispose of these materials.

CLEAN UP OF BASEMENT, ATTIC, OR HOUSE, REMODELING, OR CONSTRUCTION ITEMS REQUIRE THE USE OF THE BOROUGH TRUCK.
For a one hundred dollar ($100.00) deposit, you can use the Borough truck. You will load the truck and the Borough will haul the items away. You will only be charged for the landfill charges incurred and the balance will be returned to you from your deposit. Currently, for trees and brush the truck is available with no fees. For arrangements, please call the Borough at 489-2135.

SPRING CLEANUP ITEMS
TVs, tables, couches, chairs, bed frames, mattresses, clothing, toys, and paint cans (dried out – lid off) can be put out on regularly scheduled garbage days with not sticker required. Please leave the bag open. Wall-to-wall carpet is not considered spring cleanup. If put out, it must be cut into 4’ lengths, rolled, and tied with a $2.00 sticker on each roll.

Liquidation of estate items or cleaning out of homes or apartments is not considered spring cleanup. You may reserve the Borough truck or you can obtain a dumpster to dispose of these items.

GRASS, TREE TRIMMINGS, LEAF PICK-UP
Grass pick-up will be each week in the months of May, June, July, August, and September on Fridays placed in open containers (NO PLASTIC BAGS). The rest of the year, grass and yard waste will be picked up with your regular garbage.

Tree trimmings and branch clippings must be tied and bundled at curbside.

Leaf pick-up will occur during the months of October and November. Rake leaves to the curb. DO NOT place them in plastic bags.

Yard Waste Collection
The Lackawanna Recycling Center has directed that tree branches and brush be separated from grass and leaf waste prior to delivery at the Recycling Center. Therefore, during the months of May through November, brush clippings and tree trimmings will be collected curbside on the 2nd Friday of each month. Tree trimmings and brush clippings must be tied and bundled at curbside in lengths of no more than 4 feet. No grass or leaves will be collected on the 2nd Friday of each month. Grass pick-up will be every Friday except the 2nd Friday of the month during the months of May through September. Grass must be placed in open containers or biodegradable paper bags, NO PLASTIC BAGS. Leaf pick-up will be every Friday except the 2nd Friday during the months of October and November. Leaves must be raked in a pile at the curb or placed in containers or biodegradable bags, NO PLASTIC BAGS. Except for the moths specified above, all types of yard waste items will be collected with your regular garbage.
April, 2010