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Yard Waste Carts

Harrison Township provides pick up and disposal of yard waste. Pickups occur on the same day as your trash and recycling collection, however they will be handled by a separate truck. Yard-cart collection continues through the end of November. Please note that due to the Thanksgiving holiday the final collection for the Thursday route is November 20 and November 21 for the Friday route.

Special Yard Waste Carts are available to all residents. You can request a Yard Waste Cart by calling (856) 223-1308 or emailing pwsec@harrisontwp.us.

Yard Waste Cart Guidelines

• Yard carts are picked up April through November ONLY.
• Your cart will be picked up the same day as your trash and recycling carts by a separate truck.
• Space your cart three (3) feet from any other cart or fixed object, i.e., car, mailbox, telephone pole, light pole, fire hydrant, etc.

Items that are acceptable to place in the yard waste cart:

• Grass clippings
• Leaves
• Small twigs & clippings (1⁄2” diameter or less)
• Garden waste
• Organic trimmings
• Old mulch

Items that are NOT acceptable to place in the yard waste cart:

• Household Trash/Plastic Bags
• Recyclables
• Dirt
• Rocks/Stones
• Sod
• Concrete
• Bricks
• Logs
• Branches over 1⁄2” in diameter
• Metal
• Construction debris
• Wood/lumber
• Food waste

Recycle Center at 151 Colson Lane

The Center is open Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5 PM – 7 PM from the first week in April through the last week in October and year rounds on Saturday from 9 AM – 3 PM.

Residents can drop of the following items:

• Vegetative material
• Metal
• Electronics
• Used oil
• Used oil filters
• Used antifreeze

Harrison Township Leaf Collection

Leaf collection begins in October 21, 2024 and continues through the week of December 30, 2024. There will be no leaf collection during the week of Monday, November 25 through Saturday, 30.

To keep the collection organized and efficient, the Township has been divided into 6 zones.
View Zone Map Here

Leaf Collection Schedule:
Week of 10/21: Zone 1
Week of 10/28: Zones 2 & 3
Week of 11/4: Zones 4, 5 & 6
Week of 11/11: Zone 1
Week of 11/18: Zones 2 & 3
WEEK OF 11/25: NO LEAF COLLECTION
Week of 12/2: Zones 4, 5 & 6
Week of 12/9: Zone 1
Week of 12/16: Zones 2 & 3
Week of 12/23: Zones 4, 5 & 6
Week of 12/30: Zone 1

PLEASE be reminded that once the leaf crews have gone by your house, in order to keep to the schedule, we cannot accommodate requests for returns until the next scheduled pickup. PLEASE do not place additional leaves out until then.

If you hire a private landscaper or contractor to perform your leaf cleanup, please have them take the leaves with them. If they are not equipped to do so, kindly ask them to schedule their cleanup of your property to coincide with our collection schedule so that the leaves are not out for a long period of time.

NO LEAVES SHOULD BE PLACED IN BAGS!
We utilize a leaf vacuum to collect the leaves. Bags will damage the vacuum and possibly injure our crew.

• Place your leaves in wind-rows (long, narrow, neat piles), curbside by the starting dates for your zone.
• Do not place leaves within 10 feet of a storm drain inlet.
• Do not park vehicles in front of leaf wind-rows…if we can’t reach your leaves we cannot pick them up!

The wind rows should contain ONLY leaves. No grass, twigs, branches, trash, dirt, concrete, metal, bushes or other debris are to be in leaf wind-rows.

• Leaves can also be placed in your brown yard cart for regular weekly pickup through the end of November.
• Leaves, as well as all other vegetation, is still accepted at the Recycle Center located at 151 Colson Lane.
• The below schedule is a guideline. The crew may move faster or slower based on conditions and volume.

Cooperation from every resident is essential for the program’s success.

Bulk Collection

Harrison Township offers a curbside collection for bulk items i.e., extra bags of trash, furniture, lumber, etc. every Wednesday of each month.  Residents can call the Public Works office at 223-1308 to arrange for a pick up.  The cut off for the collection is the Tuesday before the pick up at 9:00 AM or if the list fills up prior to that time.

Live Christmas Tree Collection

Live non-flocked Christmas tree collection is available in early January, dates will be announced in the News & Announcements section of this page. Please do not bag your tree and place it at the curb the evening before. Do not bag your tree, simply place it curbside the night before collection is scheduled. Flocked Christmas trees are not recyclable and are required to be scheduled for bulk collection at (856) 223-1308.

Brush Collection

Residents may schedule curbside collection services for brush on the fourth Wednesday of each month year-round. Please contact the Public Works Department at (856) 223-1308 or the Trash Hotline at (856) 478-9514 to arrange for collection no later than 9 AM on the Tuesday prior to the pickup. Please note there are limited pickups each month and are scheduled on a first come first service basis.

Metal and Electronic Collection

Residents may schedule curbside collection services for metal and electronics on the second Wednesday of each month year-round. Please contact the Public Works Department at (856) 223-1308 or the Trash Hotline at (856) 478-9514 to arrange for collection. Metal and electronic collection must be scheduled no later than 9 AM on the Tuesday prior to the pickup. Please note there are limited pickups each week and are scheduled on a first come first service basis.