Penndel Borough has started the new year with a change in its waste management services.
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Bucks County-based Leck Waste Services has been selected as the new provider for trash and recycling collection.
The borough’s collection day for trash and recycling is Thursday.
Residents should note that there are six holidays affecting the regular collection schedule. The collection day, typically Thursday, will move to Friday during weeks that include Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. The change begins this week due to the New Year holiday.
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To alert residents of the change, the borough has mailed postcards to all residences to inform them of the new schedule.
The change comes after the Penndel Borough Council finalized a five-year contract with Leck Waste Services late last year. The contract with the Northampton Township-based company amounts to $266,616 annually, with a planned increase of $20,000 each year.
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The decision to hire Leck was made after considering bids from other companies. Waste Management proposed a bid of $335,147 per year and J.P. Mascaro and Sons bid $514,812 annually.
Councilman Gary Nickerson said at a council meeting that the borough will see a 15 percent increase in trash and recycling costs over 2023.
The increase reflects the rising expenses of trash collection across the region in recent years.
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In addition to Penndel, Leck presently provides municipal waste collection for Langhorne Borough, Hulmeville Borough, and Ivyland Borough.
Below are a list of items the trash hauler won’t take:
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Demolition, construction or discarded building materials like drywall, roofing, brick and wood
• Trees, large tree limbs or tree stumps longer than 3 feet in length (only limbs cut shorter than 3 feet and tied and bundled will be taken)
• Brush and vegetation from building contractors, commercial tree trimmers or lawn services
• Sod, fill dirt and trash from contractor cleaning, and other materials that require special handling, explosives, pathological and biological waste, radioactive material, ashes and sand
• Automotive parts like engines, rear ends, springs, fenders and seats
• Farm equipment, marine vessels, or any other major parts
• Septic, human and animal waste (minimal amounts only, like diapers, dog waste and kitty litter are acceptable)
Below are a list of items that are acceptable for recycling:
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• All paper grades
• Empty aluminum, metal, tin and steel cans (please rinse; put lids in cans)
• Glass bottles and food jars (please rinse; labels are acceptable)
• Fiber beverage containers
• All plastic bottles marked #1-#7 (Empty. Clean. Dry.)
• Newspapers and inserts
• Magazines, phone books and soft cover books
• Cardboard/cereal box type packaging, brown paper
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