Harrisburg's NEW Trash & Recycling Collection Schedule

The scope of responsibilities also include weekly refuse collection, recyclables collection and transportation to the Harrisburg Resource Recovery Facility. Residential customers are provided weekly service while commercial accounts are collected up to six times weekly.

This bureau also performs organized neighborhood bulk cleanups, leaf collection in the fall and Christmas tree pick-up after Christmas. Street cleaning is performed year-round by crews that operate motorized street sweepers and flusher trucks that keep down the dust. Another project is the demolition of blighted and deteriorating properties. A four-man crew knocks down the property, hauls away all debris and backfills the foundation with dirt.

If you have any questions about Trash & Recycling Collection, click here to
ASK PUBLIC WORKS!

To make our routes more efficient
NEW COLLECTION ROUTES CITY WIDE!
Starting: Tuesday, January 4, 2011

• ALL Trash & Recycling collected on the same day
  
• Business trash (1 X week schedule) collected on the same day as residential
  
• If you have 2 or more collections per week check with Public Works
  
• New System will divide the City into 4 sections
  
• Maximizing fuel efficiency by consolidating trucks
  
• Easy to manage routes. Clear boundary's for collection
  
• The new routes will eliminate the need to change schedule on 8 Holidays
  
• No collection on Mondays except some Holiday Weeks
  
• The Holiday Calendar is on the City Web Site (See below.)
  
• Good Friday will be the first Holiday of the year that your day collection day will be effected
  
• Please remember all trash must be in a trash can with a lid
  

WEEKLY RESIDENTIAL TRASH & RECYCLING
COLLECTION SCHEDULE

Tuesday - Route 2 Downtown / Part of Midtown / Allison Hill (PINK)
Wednesday - Route 3 Part of Mid Town / Uptown (GREEN)
Thursday – Route 4 North Side / Bellevue (ORANGE)
Friday - Route 5 South Side / Paxton South (BLUE)

• No Main Streets are Split
  
• Reily Street from the River to 7th Street is Tuesday Route 2
  
• State Street to 17th Street is Tuesday Route 2
  
• 17th Street from State to Paxton is Tuesday Route 2
  
• Rudy Street from the City line to 18th Street is Friday Route 5
  

MAPS OF EACH COLLECTION LOCATION
Click each route to download maps in PDF format.

• ROUTE 2 - TUESDAY
• ROUTE 3 - WEDNESDAY
• ROUTE 4 (part 1 of 2) - THURSDAY
• ROUTE 4 (part 2 of 2) - THURSDAY
• ROUTE 5 - FRIDAY
• CITYWIDE MAP OF ALL ROUTES
  

No scheduled residential collection on Mondays
Mondays will be for the following:

• 13 Holiday Weeks
  
• Leaf collection
  
• Bulk Collection
  
• Special weekend event support collection
  
• City clean ups
  

COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS COLLECTION

• If you are picked up 1 time per week your collection day will be the City Route Day
  Check the Maps for your Area (Download schedule PDF)
  
• If you have 2 collections per week your first day is the
  City Route Day & your second day is in yellow (Download schedule PDF)
  
• If you have 3 collections per week your first day is the City Route Day & your Second and Third days are in Yellow (Download schedule PDF)
  
• If you have 4 collections per week you will be picked up
  Tuesday through Friday (Download schedule PDF)
  
• If you have Trash collected 5, 6 or 7 times per week, your schedule will not change
  

FUTURE SANITATION PLANS

• Increase Recycling
  
• City wide office recycling program
  
• Outreach to City Schools
  
• Outreach to business community recycling
  
• Convert the City to a cart system for trash & recycling

For more details please Watch Channel 20, Local News Stations, or call to schedule group presentations Flyers and Maps available in the lobby of the City Government Center @ 10 N 2nd Street Still have questions call: Public Work Route Hotline: 717-236-1549

2011 Holiday Sanitation Dates

Holiday Schedule for New Years, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents, Memorial, 4th July, Labor, Columbus, Christmas
Monday Holidays, No Effect on Regular Schedule Days

GOOD FRIDAY - Friday, April 22, 2011
Place out your trash & recyclables One Day Early than you regular trash day

VETERANS DAY - Friday, November 11, 2011
Place out your trash & recyclables One Day Early than you regular trash day

Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 24, 2011 & Black Friday - Friday, November 25, 2011
Place out your trash & recyclables One Day Early , except Friday Collection will be MONDAY the 28th.

After Christmas - Tuesday, December 27, 2011
December 26th & 27th Place out your trash & recyclables One Day Late
Friday's collection will be on Saturday, December 31, 2011

• All trash should be in cans with tight fitting lids and not placed out for collection more than 24 hours in advance or left out more than 24 hours after collection.
  
  
• CHRISTMAS TREES can be placed at the front curb on the same day that trash and recycling is collected during the first two (2) weeks of January.
  
  
• The City encourages leaves and soft-leafy waste from your yard to be bagged for collection with your regular trash. Larger tied bundles of woody yard waste will be collected on a call-in-basis at 717-236-5274.
  
  
• The phone number for the Harrisburg Incinerator is 236-0958, for City Sanitation collection and recycling call 717-236-5274.
  
  
• Street Cleaning is in effect all year, which includes leaf collection and snow clearing. Please observe the No Parking signs in your neighborhood. The phone number for the Public Works/Highway Office is 236-4802.
  
  
• BULK ITEMS are collected at the front curb by calling the City Sanitation Office, 236-5274. The City charges for Bulk Item collection, $10.00 to $25.00 per item.
  
  

2011 Special Yard Waste Collection Dates
Dates to come!

• Yard Waste (i.e., shrubbery, tree trimmings, garden residue, and branches) that can be tied in manageable bundles will be collected on the front curb the same day that trash and recycling is collected those two weeks.
  
• Bulk Items are collected at the front curb by calling 717-236-5274 at a charge of $10 to $25 per item.
  
• For Recycling or Trash Information, call 717-236-5274