Solid Waste & Recycling Collection
Waste Management Automated Trash System FAQ’s
The Borough began a new Automated Trash and Recycling System through Waste Management in April of 2024. This change may have affected what day your trash and recycling is collected. Please refer to the Waste Management Collection Day by Street Listing for information on your pickup day. Recycling will be picked up on an alternating weekly schedule as indicated on the 2026 Collection Schedule.
The 2027 Waste Management Collection Schedule is now available!
All residents received new trash and recycling bins in early 2024. Each household will have received one 96-gallon green cart with a green lid for trash collection and one 64-gallon blue cart with a blue lid for recycling. There are both smaller and larger size options available for the trash bins, at cost to the resident. A second trash or recycling bin may be purchased, at cost to the resident, as well. For a different size or an additional bin, please contact Waste Management directly at 1-800-866-4460.
If your trash or recycling bin has been damaged by a collection truck, there is no cost to the resident for a repair or replacement. If your bin has been damaged, please contact the Borough Administration Office to coordinate a repair or replacement.
Some common questions about the new trash and recycling program, and their answers, can be found in the Trash and Recycling FAQ’s. If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact the Borough Administration Office.
Holidays may affect your regular pickup schedules. If your service day falls on or after a WM-observed holiday (excluding weekends), your pickup will be delayed one day. For the latest updates on holiday schedule changes, visit the Waste Management website at www.wm.com.
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- 4th of July
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
Solid Waste
Two Bulk Items per residence will be collected at the end of each month as indicated on the schedule. Bulk collection is not always on the last week of the month – please check the schedule for correct dates. Beginning in April of 2024 no bulk items will be picked up outside of the Bulk Pickup Week each month. Each household is limited to two items for Bulk Pickup. Please note, no bags or boxes of items will be taken during Bulk Pickup, only large items that do not fit in the trash bins are accepted. An additional Bulk Pickup can be scheduled by the resident, at an additional price, directly with Waste Management. Please refer to the 2026 schedule for bulk collection dates.
2026 Waste Management Calendar
State laws prohibit the collection the following items: televisions, paint, oil, petroleum products, batteries, appliances containing of CFCs (Freon), chemicals, engine or car parts, electronics, and hazardous or infectious wastes. More information on recycling can be found in this Recycling Resource Directory.
Please note tires cannot be collected and televisions must be properly recycled. Please refer to the Recycling Resource Directory linked above for disposal information.
Garbage and recycling containers must only be placed at the curb after 4 p.m. the day before collection. Recyclables will not be taken if they are placed in bags.
If your garbage and/or recycling has been missed, report it by calling Waste Management at 1-800-866-4460.
For more information on Solid Waste pickup, please visit the Waste Management website.
Recycling
Make a resolution to recycle in 2026! For tips visit PRC No Waste New Year.
State laws prohibit the collection the following items: televisions, paint, oil, petroleum products, batteries, appliances containing of CFCs (Freon), chemicals, engine or car parts, electronics, and hazardous or infectious wastes. More information on recycling can be found in this Recycling Resource Directory.
PRC hosts Hard to Recycle Events throughout the year for household chemicals, E-waste, and other hard to recycle items. Please view their 2025 schedules here.
Please note tires cannot be collected and televisions must be properly recycled. Please refer to the Recycling Resource Directory linked above for disposal information.
Recycling is collected from Castle Shannon every other week. Please refer to the 2025 Solid Waste and Recycling Calendar for your recycling dates. Please place recycling in either a blue recycling bin or another container marked “recycling.” Do not place recycling in plastic bags. Beginning in April of 2024 your recycling must be placed in the provided Waste Management recycling containers.
Recycling does not need to be sorted as we are a single-stream community. Glass is now accepted in your regular recycling. Accepted items for recycling can be found here. View the 2025 Recycling Guidelines on the Waste Management website for more information. When in doubt, throw it out in the regular trash.
- Ord. #938 Regulating the Collection and Recycling of Recyclable Materials. For more information on Recycling visit Recycle Right.
Yard Waste Program
Thank you for helping us be sustainable!
The 2025 Yard Waste Disposal Program collected over 70 tons of grass clippings, trimmings, and branches from 160+ residents!
All yard waste is taken to a composting facility for future use in fertilizers and soils.
Yard waste will be collected on the third or fourth Monday of the month, from May-October. Residents must register for this collection. Please see the flyer below for more information on accepted items and regulations.
2026 Yard Waste Collection Program
Residents must register for their yard waste to be picked up. Please call or email the Administration office to register, at 412-885-9200 or csboro@csboro.org. You must register by 4:00pm the Wednesday before collection.
2026 Collection Dates
Monday, May 20th – Please call or email to register by 4:00pm on Wednesday, May 13th
Monday, June 22nd – Please call or email to register by 4:00pm on Wednesday, June 17th
Monday, July 20th – Please call or email to register by 4:00pm on Wednesday, July 15th
Monday, August 17th – Please call or email to register by 4:00pm on Wednesday, August 12th
Monday, September 21st – Please call or email to register by 4:00pm on Wednesday, September 16th
Monday, October 19th – Please call or email to register by 4:00pm on Wednesday, October 14th
Fall Leaf Collection
Waste Management will collect leaves beginning in the last week of October through the last week of November. Leaves must be in paper leaf bags, which are available at most hardware or home improvement stores. Bagged leaves can be put out for collection with your trash and recycling bins on your regular collection day.
The Leaf Collection Schedule will be available in September.
Waste & Recycling Updates
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