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Yard Waste Weekly Pick-Ups in Pottstown Start April 3

Yard Waste Weekly Pick-Ups in Pottstown Start April 3
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POTTSTOWN PA – If you’ve started garden preparations at your Pottstown home, or used the warm and sunny early March weather to do some advance yard work, the borough Public Works Department has good news for you. Weekly yard waste collections, scheduled for every Wednesday, start April 3 and run through Dec. 18 (2024).

In its spring newsletter, the borough offers specific yard waste collection instructions:

  • Materials must be placed in brown leaf bags, or a separate can with its lid off, or bundled with twine or rope. Yard materials placed in plastic bags will NOT be taken. Do not place yard materials in the borough-issued blue or gray totes;
  • Sticks and branches should be 3-to-4 feet in length, and a maximum of 5 inches in width. Do not include anything larger;
  • No grass clippings will be picked up;
  • No metal is allowed; and
  • If a yard material pick-up day falls on a holiday, or the Monday or Tuesday before a scheduled Wednesday pick-up, the pick-up will be skipped for that week.

For more information, call Public Works at 610-970-6527 or send it an e-mail to publicworks@pottstown.org.

Regarding street trees

Planning to work on street trees on your Pottstown property? The newsletter reminds owners all street tree projects require approval of, and a no-cost permit from, the borough. It offers this guidance:

The permit requirement, under borough Ordinance 2080, requires a free permit for “all trimming, planting, and removal” of street trees. Permits must be approved by the Public Works Department;
Apply for permits at borough hall, or online;

Street trees must be chosen from a borough-approved tree list, available online. All proposed planting locations must be reviewed by the borough before planting can begin; and

Property owners with questions regarding street trees can contact Public Works at 610-970-6527 or by e-mail to publicworks@pottstown.org.

Trees play a valuable role in the borough ecosystem, according to Borough Council, because they contribute to air quality, reduce noise and visual pollution, help to moderate climate extremes, and conserve energy. Trees also enhance property values, and the borough’s overall quality of life, the council noted.

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