Trash & Recycling Services

Heavy Trash Pick-Up:
Large items of trash are collected by the Borough Highway Department each Wednesday. To have items picked up, please fill out the “Bulk Trash Removal Form” found under “Borough Documents” and bring the form to the Municipal Building at 1111 Market Street, prior to Wednesday. A modest fee is charged for this service.

 

May is Clean-Up Month:
May is annually declared clean-up month in Marcus Hook to emphasize our commitment to a clean town. Free dumping privileges on selected days are often afforded residents in the large trash dumpster at the Highway Department garage. Details will be announced.

 

Leaf Collection Services:
Bagged leaves are collected by the once weekly service. During the latter part of fall, the Highway Department operates a vacuuming program to collect leaves piled along the streets.

 

Christmas Tree Pick-Up:
A special collection is provided after the Christmas season to collect Christmas trees by the Highway Department. Trees must be free of lights and decorations, and placed curbside to be picked up.

 

Dead Animal Disposal:
The removal of dead animals is provided by calling the Municipal Building 610-485-1341.

Regulations

  • Items must be placed where your residential trash is collected.  Where your property backs to a drive-able alley, place your refuse alongside of the alley.  If there is no drive-able alley behind your property, place refuse in front next to the curb.  Bulk trash is not to be placed out for collection before 6:00 PM on the evening before the day of collection. 
  • Doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers.
  • Mattresses and Box Springs MUST be bagged and sealed in a plastic mattress bag and placed at the curbside.
  • Collection hours are 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM on Wednesday of each week.
  • Loose materials must be in sturdy containers.  Materials in paper bags or cardboard boxes will not be collected. 

Fees

Special Items

 

Others Items - $10 per item listed below

 

The Borough will not collect the following items

Hazardous Waste

Dispose of Your Household Hazardous Waste Safely:
Delaware County is part of a Five-County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program.  Residents can bring household hazardous waste to various collection points on specific dates each year.  For a program brochure and further information contact the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority at 610-892-9628 or the Marcus Hook administrative office at 610-485-1341. 

The Delaware County Solid Waste Authority can also be contacted for a list of places in the county that will recycle used motor oil and batteries.

Recycling

The Recycling Drop-off Center is located in the rear of the Municipal Building at 1111 Market Street.

 

We accept glass, cardboard, paper, plastics, and televisions.

 

There are blue totes specifically for household plastic items made from polypropylene (like yogurt cups, margarine containers, medicine bottles, take out containers), a white igloo for aluminum, a green dumpster for glass items, and another for paper/cardboard items, and Televisions.

 

The dumping of larger items is strictly prohibited. The Center is available to anyone in the Marcus Hook area. It will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is camera monitored.

 

Leaves collected by the Highway Department are taken to the Delaware County Compost Farm at the Chester Township Transfer Station. This dark brown compost can be used in gardens and as a landscape mulch and is available free of charge at the compost farm and is often stockpiled in the Borough for resident use.