TRASH COLLECTION

Please be advised that Residents are free to make their own choice for Garbage Collection.

Recycling Services:

Every residential household is required to participate in the Recycling Program. Pickup is on the second Monday of the month throughout the Township. Place items in a recyclable container that is provided by the Township. The first container is free and additional containers are $20.00 per set, for lid replacement the fee is $5.00 which can be purchased at the Municipal Building.

Beginning in 2025, Chartiers Township will be self-performing our community’s residential curbside recycling.  We will still be collecting recyclables beginning the Second Monday of each month and carrying on until we can collect the entire Township.   We will be starting on Monday, January 13^th  and continuing through the Township.  We ask for everyone’s patience as we begin providing this service and learn and establish how long it will take to work through the residential areas of the Township.  We are anticipating 2 days, but please understand that until we work through the process a few months, there will be delays and it may take longer than expected.  We will do our best to meet the 2 day schedule on the map provided, but until we actually perform the tasks, we just don’t know if that is feasible.  To start, anticipate that if you are West of the high school/Arnold Park, plan for Monday, if you are East of the high school/Arnold Park plan for Tuesday. Additionally, since safety and clearing the roads are our Public Works Department’s first priority, if we have snow event, collection will be delayed that week while they tend to the roads. We will try to update residents as our schedule becomes clearer.   

Generally, the recycling rules have stayed the same, but as a refresher here are some core concepts: 

• Recyclables must be in a clearly marked “RECYCLE” receptacle.  It does not have to be the Township standard bin, but it must be marked. 
• Recyclables in plastic / garbage bags will NOT be picked up. NO PLASTIC BAGS in the bin or containing recyclables.
• All recyclables can be in the same container
• Keep liquid and food out of your recyclables/ recycling container
• The following are accepted recyclables:

   

  • Plastic Bottles and Containers
  • Paper
  • Glass Bottles and Containers
  • Flattened Cardboard and Paper
  • Food and Beverage Cans
• For more information on what to recycle, please visit Recycle Right- Recycling Guide
• Please see the attached flyer for some general recycling information

Thank you for your patience and understanding as the Township forces take on this service to provide you continued service at a savings to our taxpayers.

It IS Easy Being Green!

• Reduce the environmentally negative impact of salt and other deicing chemicals on drinking water supplies and aquatic life in our streams by shoveling snow onto grassy areas, not into the street, before it turns to ice. Thus the snow melts into the ground rather than flowing into nearby storm drains or streams.
• Practice Grasscycling! Grasscycling means leaving grass clippings on your lawn to decompose into the soil. This provides 60% of the nitrogen and all of the phosphorous your lawn needs.
• Participate in the Township’s Annual Leaf Pick-Up Program! Leaves are to be placed in biodegradable bags provided by the Township and placed curbside by 6a.m. the day of pickup. The first 5 bags are free and additional bags are $.40 each. No vines, tree or brush clippings and/or rubbish and trash will be accepted. Collections are scheduled between October and early December, call the Township office for details.
• Recycle your papers at the Chartiers-Houston Public Library. Please remember the recycling rules: They need newspapers, magazines, catalogs, office and school papers and mail. Telephone books, cardboard and kitchen-type papers are NOT accepted.
• Donate your old eyeglasses to the Lions Club. There is a collection box at the Municipal Building.
• Donate your old cell phones to the Washington County Women’s Shelter. There is a collection box at the Municipal Building.