Upper Milford Township

 

5671 Chestnut Street

PO Box 210     

Old Zionsville, PA  18068

             

Office Hours: Monday – Friday

 

Phone:  (610) 966 – 3223

Fax:  (610) 966 - 5184

E-mail:  info@uppermilford.net

 

 8 AM – 4 PM

 
 

Recycling/Trash

 
     

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Upper Milford Yard Waste Facility.

 

Hours of operation are Wednesday's from 12 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday's from 12:00 to 4:00 P.M.

 

Use of the Yard Waste Facility will allow residents of Upper Milford to drop off yard waste, no commercial will be accepted at all.

 

Rules and Regulations of Site.

 

There is mulch available for residents to be loaded onto their vehicles with the backhoe. This service use to be free, this year we are beginning to charge. The fee is $5 per scoop.

 

  • Upper Milford Township does not provide centralized solid waste or recyclables collection or disposal.  Township residents are required to contract for their own solid waste and recycling collection and disposal services.  Following is a list of the current registered haulers.

 

Residential Hauler's List 2010

Hauler's Name

Website

Telephone

A.J. Blosenski, Inc. A.J. Blosenski (610) 942-2707

Raritan Valley Disposal

Raritan Valley Disposal (610) 432-7574

Chest-Mont Disposal

Chest-Mont

(610) 584-5450

John's Hauling - small pickup truck

none

(610) 965-3160

Reiss Brothers Hauling

none

(610) 346-7535

Waste Management - Allentown

Waste Management

(610) 285-6321

Diamond Disposal, LLC

Diamond Disposal LLC

(610) 845-1117

 
Commercial Hauler's List 2010

Hauler's Name

Website

Telephone

Chrin Hauling (Commercial Only)

Chrin

(610) 258-8737

East Penn Sanitation d/b/a Herceg Hauling none (610) 759-6398
J.P. Mascaro & Sons J. P. Mascaro & Sons  (610) 434-2501
McAuliffe Hauling & Recycling Services, Inc. none (610) 767-3152
Raritan Valley Disposal Raritan Valley Disposal (610) 432-7574

Diamond Disposal, LLC

Diamond Disposal LLC

(610) 845-1117

 

 

RECYCLING:

 

Residential and Commercial:

 

  Upper Milford Township regulations require each property within the Township to separate and recycle at minimum three (3) of the following materials:

 

  Glass bottles and containers; aluminum, steel and bimetal cans; plastic bottles and containers; newsprint; high grade office paper.

 

  Please contact your refuse collector for their specific program and requirements.

 

Phone Books and CFL Bulbs:

 

  Phone books can be recycled in the blue bin located in front of the old Township Building at 5831 King's Highway South, Old Zionsville.

 

  CFL bulbs can be recycled by dropping them off at the Township office located at 5671 Chestnut Street, Emmaus week days between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm.

 

Yard Waste:

 

  The Township accepts yard wastes dropped off by residents at the Township’s Yard Waste Drop Off area behind the Township’s Garage, accessed via Church View Road.  Materials may only be dropped off by Township residents and this service is not offered to lawn maintenance or landscape businesses.

  Grass, leaves, and brush or branches must be kept separated and unloaded at the appropriate location as identified by the signage at the site.  Branches are limited to 4” diameter and must be no longer than 8’. 

  The Township, most of the time, has a supply of single ground wood mulch available to the public.  Residents may load their own vehicles at any time or the Township will load your truck or trailer by appointment only.  Appointment hours are based on employee availability so please call prior to stopping by.

Drop-Off Site:

  Location of the drop-off site for yard waste is at 5831 King's Highway South.  Entrance to the site is off of Churchview Road and behind the Public Works Building.

Upper Milford Township Yard Waste Collection Program

Starting this fall Upper Milford Township will begin offering residents a fee based roadside yard waste collection program as a supplement to the Township’s Yard Waste Drop-Off site program.

For more information about this program click here.

Please recycle because it is the right thing to do!

 

Composting

 

Upper Milford Township encourages the backyard composting of leaf and yard wastes.  Click here for more information and learn how to compost your materials.

 

Electronic Recycling:

 

Follow this link.

 

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program

 

Lehigh County - Hazardous Waste

 

Other Useful Recycling Links:

 

Information about Asbestos.

 

Lehigh County - Solid Waste

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


       Updates       
 

Vera Cruz Area Sewer Project Information

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Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes are now available online
Click Here

UPPER MILFORD TOWNSHIP APPROVED 2012 BUDGET   Click Here 

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PUBLIC NOTICE

 

Upper Milford

Yard Waste Facility Site

 

The Yard waste drop off site returns to normal hours of operation beginning Monday,

         January 9, 2012.         

 

Hours of operation:

 

Wednesdays:

12:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M., but no later than one 1/2

hour past dusk.

Saturdays:

12:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M.

 

Closed Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, & Holidays.

 

Branches and other accepted yard waste materials can be taken to the Township yard-waste drop-off site located behind  the Municipal Garage off of Church View Road

 

THE OFFICIAL YARD WASTE SITE  IS LOCATED BEHIND THE MUNICIPAL GARAGE. 

 

This is strictly for UMT resident use only; no commercial at all.

 

There is mulch available for residents to be loaded onto their vehicles with the backhoe. This service used to be free, this year we are beginning to charge and the fee is $5 per scoop.

 

Rules and Regulations!

 

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EMPLOYMENT / VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

CLICK HERE

VOLUNTEERS POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE

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Pennsylvania's Right to Know Law - Request for Information

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BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS:

CLICK HERE

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MOVING

If you are moving CLICK HERE, it is required by Ordinance No. 18A that all people moving in, out or within the Township to complete a moving permit.  This is a no fee moving permit. This can be mailed to the Township or e-mailed to info@uppermilford.net

It is a requirement that any landlord that has a tenant complete a landlord tenant registration. Click Here, it is no fee. E-mail it to info@uppermilford.net

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YOUTH PROGRAMS - click here for additional information.  Upper Milford Youth Association

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Check your property frontage.  Please trim your trees and shrubs that are encroaching the roadway.

Lehigh Valley Air Quality

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Useful government website:

www.GovBenefits.gov

 

 

 

 

 

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