Recycling/Trash

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