If you live in Hellertown borough, it’s time to shift your fall yard cleanup efforts into high gear.
The borough has announced that it will be making a community-wide, curbside yard waste collection the week of Sept. 28, 2015.
Here’s what you need to know about it:
- Collections will generally follow the weekly trash collection schedule.
- Residents with yard waste for collection should place it outside at their normal collection location the evening before their usual trash pick-up date.
- All yard waste for collection 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.
- Only the following material, free of garbage, will be accepted: leaves, small brush (up to 4 inches in diameter and no longer than 6 feet), hedge trimmings and garden plant residue. GRASS, SOD AND TREE STUMPS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, NOR WILL COMMERCIAL BUSINESS MATERIALS. FOR SAFETY REASONS, YARD WASTE THAT IS NOT BUNDLED, BAGGED OR CONTAINED, OR IS TOO HEAVY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO LIFT INTO THE TRUCK WILL NOT BE COLLECTED.
The borough is also reminding residents that the Saucon Valley Compost Center is open to receive yard waste.
The center is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. throughout the fall, except for Nov. 27 and Nov. 28, 2015. It is located at 2011 Springtown Hill Road, Hellertown, and is open for dropoffs by residents of both Hellertown borough and Lower Saucon Township. Compost center identification cards–which are required–can be obtained at either Hellertown Borough Hall, 685 Main St., Hellertown, or Lower Saucon Town Hall, 3700 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem.