Trash & Recycling Collection

Waste Management is under contract to the Crafton Borough to collect refuse and recyclables for all residential properties with up to eight units. Please read the information below regarding materials that will or will not be collected.

Refuse in Crafton Borough is collected every Tuesday. The collection schedule will be delayed one day if collection day falls on or after the New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day holidays. If any of these holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday there will be no change in the collection schedule. For more information, please contact 1-800-866-4460. 

There are some businesses and larger residential communities within Crafton Borough who have other contracts with waste management companies that differ on pickup days and communal recycling containers. Check with your Property Management. Borough ordinances require all residents to recycle.

For individual home owners, refuse and recycling containers can be placed at curbside after 4:00 p.m. on the day prior to collection and no later than 6:00 a.m. on the day of collection.

Click here for a printable version of the 2024 Trash & Recycle Information and Calendar.

Click here for a printable version of the Waste Management Collection Calendar

Not sure what can be recycled? Click here

*When a holiday falls on a weekday (Monday or Tuesday), collection will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week. If a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, there will be no delay.

**Recyclables MUST be loose in a container clearly marked recycle. You may NOT recycle plastic bags or “grocery” type bags.

Garbage / Trash Preparation

Here are some things to remember when setting your garbage at the curb:

• Carpet must be cut to four-foot lengths and bundles.

• Building materials, construction material and car parts are NOT accepted with regular trash pick-up.

• Freon needs to be removed – proof of removal must be attached (sticker and invoice).

• Cans/Trash bags should not exceed 30 gallons.

• Televisions will no longer be accepted.

• Bulk item are limited to one per week.

Single Stream Recycling

Crafton residents can place all of their recyclables together in the same bin. No sorting required. Please take careful note what Waste Management will accept as recyclables in the curbside bins:

Permitted Recyclables

• Aluminum food and beverage containers with food or liquid debris removed. Labels do not need to be removed.

• Glass food and beverage containers with lids and food debris removed – clear, brown, green. Labels do NOT have the be removed.

• Natural and pigmented plastic narrow-neck containers with symbols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 (milk bottles, water bottles, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles, bleach bottles, etc.). Food and beverage debris must be removed. Labels do not need to be removed. Lids must be attached to the bottle.

• Ferrous (iron, steel, tin) cans with food debris removed.

• Newsprint – black & white or pigmented. Not bound or placed in bags.

• Construction papers, Kraft paper, cereal boxes, shoe boxes, or similar. (No food boxes with food debris on them, i.e., pizza boxes, etc.)

• Printer paper, computer paper, copy paper.

• Junk mail.

• Magazines and catalogs.

• Corrugated cardboard MUST be flattened and cut, and can be no larger than 14 x 14 inches.

Materials NOT Accepted for Recycling

• Any material with food debris.

• Polystyrene foam, foam cups, dinnerware, packing foam or peanuts, etc., of any kind.

• Any item smaller than 2″ in diameter or larger than a five-gallon bucket.

• Mirrors, window or auto glass, porcelain, ceramics, glass cookware/bakeware, microwave oven trays, drinking glasses, perfume/cologne bottles.

• Household items such as toasters, cookware, bake ware, electronics, appliances, etc.

• VHS/cassette tapes and ribbon.

• Items containing or having debris and residue containing hazardous or toxic substances such as paint cans with wet paint, motor oil containers, gasoline cans, glue, petroleum products, etc.

• Hazardous or toxic substances.

• Political campaign signs.

• Unnumbered plastics.

• Batteries of any kind.

• Coat hangers, wire.

• Wood or yard waste.

• Wrapping ribbon.

• Rubber hoses.

• Holiday lights.

• Light bulbs.

• Plastic reusable bags.

All permitted items can be co-mingled in the appropriate recycling container without being separated (please note the exceptions above). Be sure all the items are secure in the recycling containers.

Service Notice 

If an observed holiday falls on a Monday or Tuesday before your service day in a particular week, service will be one day later. If the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday there will be no change in service. For more information, please contact 1-800-866-4460.

It may be necessary to delay or cancel trash/recycling collection during inclement weather. Service delays, cancellation and updates will be communicated accordingly and available at www.wm.com.

At Your Door Special Collection: Home Pickup Program for Household Hazardous Waste

As part of the residential solid waste and recycling contract with Waste Management, Crafton residents now have a convenient new opportunity to dispose of their household hazardous waste (HHW) safely, easily, and responsibly. Waste Management is introducing At Your Door Special Collection, a new residential service to provide year-round HHW collections for you.

How Does It Work?

1. To participate, you must contact the Call Center at 1-800-449-7587 to set up a collection appointment.
   The Call Center operators will guide you through the steps toward a safe and successful collection. You will be asked several questions, including your address and the type and amount of materials available for collection. You will be provided a convenient collection date and information about where to place the HHW kit for collection. A kit will be sent to your home in plenty of time for you to gather and pack your materials.

2. Preparing for collection
   The HHW kit includes a program instruction sheet and other items to help pack and secure household hazardous waste. All materials, such as gasoline, poisons, pesticides and aerosols, must be placed into the kit. Other items may be placed outside the kit.

3. HHW materials is collected
   On the scheduled date, the customer service technician will collect materials directly from your home. They will sort and pack the materials for proper transportation, recycling and disposal. Participants will receive a postage-paid survey card to complete and mail back to help track the program.

4. You have more material than will fit into the kit?
   Don’t worry. Remember, this service is available year-round for Crafton Borough residents. Just schedule another collection! Small quantities may be combined with your neighbors. Waste Management’s Call Center (1-800-449-7587) will be happy to explain your options.

At Your Door Special Collection – How to Prepare Your Hazardous Household Waste for Collection

Examples of acceptable items that MUST be placed inside the container:

• Garden Chemicals

• Thermometers

• Solvents

• Batteries

• Oil-Based and Latex Paints

• Metal Polish

• Aerosols
  

Items which may be placed OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER (Place no other waste outside the container):

Material

Automotive Batteries
Fluorescent Bulbs
Televisions
Computer Monitors
Consumer Electronics with Circuit Boards

No console, lamps, appliances, exercise equipment, etc.

Materials that WILL NOT be collected as part of the At Your Door Special Collection

Ammunition

• Medicine

• Sharps

• Explosives

• Asbestos

• Any materials in unlabeled or leaking containers

If you have questions about proper disposal methods for non-acceptable items, commercial chemicals or hazardous materials in containers larger than five gallons, please contact the Call Center at 1-800-449-7587.