Recycle & Trash Collection Schedule
Recycling and trash is collected on a weekly basis. The schedule is posted below.
2021 Trash and Recycling Holiday Schedule
Trash Collection
Trash is collected once a week. Please call the township office if you are not sure of your collection day. Trash fee is $66.25 per quarter.
Ordinance 2017-01, which amends Chapter 20, Part 2, Section 203 of the Solid Waste Ordinance, requires that garbage be kept at all times in a receptacle of not more than 48 gallons, or a total of 128 gallons, that is watertight with lids and handles. Items placed in the can shall be in a bag to protect the contents from scattering or from breaking open. Placing trash bags not in a container at the curb is in violation of our ordinance. Please place trash at the curb by 5:00 am.
Click here to view Ord. 2017-01
Click here to view the Solid Waste Ordinance
Click here to view trash container options/info
OPEN BURNING IS NOT PERMITTED IN VALLEY TOWNSHIP.
Old Working Refrigerators or Freezers Disposal
PECO will give you $35 for old working refrigerators or freezers. To schedule, go to www.peco.com/Smartideas, or call 1-888-5-PECO-SAVE (1-888-573-2672). While they are at your home, they will also pick up one old, working window air conditioner and give you an additional $25. Program funding is limited. Participation will be on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are exhausted.
Bulk Trash Collection
Click Here to view 2021 Bulk Trash Dates
Mattresses and boxsprings are no longer allowed to be picked up and dumped in the landfill. (If replacing your boxspring and mattress, please take this into consideration when purchasing your new set to see if the vendor will take your old set.) Valley Township will collect old boxsprings and mattresses for $33.00 each. This requires a special collection by our Public Works Department; therefore, collection will be once per month on the last Monday of the month. Payment must be received by the Township Office by at least 1 week prior to collection date. Items should then be set out prior to 5:00 am on the collection Monday. (view form)
Valley Township will hold Bulk Trash Days in the spring. (click here for dates/details). If you have large items, arrangements can be made with the Township to collect large items for a fee. For bulk item fees and to set up payment and collection, please contact the Township Office.
Recycling Program
Recyclable Items: Aluminum Cans, Newspapers, Magazines, Cardboard (flattened & bundled), Glass, Tin, and Plastic(except the grocery store plastic bags and heavy duty #4). Recyclables can be mixed together in your container including paper. Township-provided recycling cart is required for recycling. Recycling is MANDATORY for all residents, commercial, municipal and institutions. Recycling is collected weekly.
RECYCLE RIGHT!
(click on photo to view flyer)
Recycle Cart Introduction Letter
Rules & Regulations for Recycling & Recycle Carts
COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL & MUNICIPAL RECYCLING is MANDATORY IN VALLEY TOWNSHIP!
Yard Waste & Leaf Collection
Valley Township collects yard waste one day per month during June through October. Items that will be collected are: glass clippings, vegetable and garden waste, brush and weeds. If bagged, items must be in biodegradable bags. Tree limbs must be cut to size, approximately 3 to 4 feet in length and bundled.
2021 Yard waste collection: click here
Leaves are collected in November and early December.
2021 Leaf Pick Up: click here
Reminder to residents: Please do not dispose of trash or yard waste in the leaf collection bags.
CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTION 2021: January 4, 11 & 25
Leaves must be in biodegradable bags. Bags are available for sale at the township building (5 bags for $3.00). Please, no plastic bags. OPEN BURNING IS NOT PERMITTED IN VALLEY TOWNSHIP.
The Compost Site, located at 2240 Upper Gap Road in South Coatesville, is open to Valley Township residents every second Saturday of the month from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Proper ID is required. Residents may take the following items to the site: leaves, vegetable & garden clippings, weeds, brush, limbs and dry grass clippings. Biodegradable bags are acceptable. No plastic bags.
Electronic Waste Collection at Valley Township
An electronic waste drop off is available at the Township Building during normal business hours. Items that will be taken are: computers, laptops, LCD, videotapes, CDs/DVDs, printers, printer cartridges/toner, car batteries, lawn mower batteries, small household applicances with a plug, cell phones and flat screen televisions. ITEMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IF CORDS ARE CUT.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED:
LARGE APPLIANCES
APPLIANCES WITH FREON
ALKALINE BATTERIES
We can no longer take ANY TYPE OF MICROWAVE OR CRT COMPUTER MONITORS -- NOTHING WITH A TUBE!
After January 1, 2013, no person may dispose of a covered device or its components: televisions, desktop or notebook computer or computer monitor or peripheral. This is mandated by the Covered Device Recycling Act. These items will need to be taken to a hazardous waste collection program that is DEP approved collection processing company. Residents may take an unwanted CRT television to the Cheter County Solid Waste Authority location or any of its household hazardous waste collections (schedule posted on our Public Works tab). The PaDEP has information on their website: www.dep.state.pa.us.
Television Collection Program
Valley Township will pick up these items for a fee as noted below. Collection will be once per month on the last Monday of each month. Please note, we cannot collect console-type CRT televisions. (click here for more info and collection form)
New limit on TVs brought for recycling at Lanchester Landfill
* Limit of (1) TV per household
* NO PROJECTION TVs
* You must show ID that you are a resident in our service area.
This change is necessary, until further notice, due to serious capacity limitations.
It is still a free service.
Hazardous Waste Materials
Valley Township residents can participate in the Chester County Household Hazardous Waste Collections held throughout the year. check the Chester County Solid Waste Authority website (www.chestercountyswa.org) for additional information regarding materials taken at the CCSWA facility.