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2024 CURBSIDE RECYCLING & REFUSE

NEWSLETTER AND CALENDAR

BETTER RECYCLING. BETTER BURGH.

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When is Your Collection Day?

Type ‘PGH.ST’ into any internet browser and search by address

CITY OF PITTSBURGH

Department of Public Works Bureau of Environmental Services 3001 Railroad Street Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Your Northern-Southern 2024 City of Pittsburgh Recycling & Refuse Newsletter & Calendar has arrived!

For more information or to request a translation of this mailer - please contact our friends at 311

Curbside Yard Debris Collection April 20th and November 2nd

ACCEPTED ITEMS:

Scheduled HHW Recycling:

Twice Weekly Electronic Waste Recycling

REACH OUT TO 311: the City’s non-emergency request line!

Debris must be placed in a paper bag (no plastic bags are accepted) Branches should be bundled and tied, and no bigger than 4 inches in diameter and lengths not more than 5 feet long

• Leaves

• Grass

• Plants

• Tree Trimmings

• Branches

• Shrubs

• March 9

• May 11

• July 12

• September 14

• November 9

City of Pittsburgh & Pennsylvania Resources Council Electronic and Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off

- By phone 311 or 412-255-2621

- MyBurgh app

- Online webform PittsburghPA.gov/311

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Curbside Do’s Curbside Don’ts

Recyclables in City issued or other appropriate can

Recycling is collected every other week. Cardboard and other recyclable materials will only be accepted on recycling week.

Pittsburgh Goes Plastic Bag Free!

We’d like to remind you that Pittsburgh has banned plastic bags and they will become increasingly scarce in our community.

When recycling, please place recyclables loosely in the recycling bin at the curb, without bagging them in plastic grocery bags. Overflow recyclables should be placed loosely in another bin clearly marked for recycling.

Thanks for supporting the city’s efforts to go plastic free in stores and at the curb!

Loose garbage creating litter

Boxes not bundled

Recycling in plastic bags

Can larger than 35 gallons

Cardboard bundled Trash and recycling separated

PLASTIC

CONTAINERS

Bottles, jugs & jars only.

Remove lids and caps.

CARDBOARD

Flatten, bundle & place in your bin, or another box.

GLASS

Bottles, jugs & jars.

Remove lids and caps.

METAL CONTAINERS

Empty aluminum, aerosol, & steel cans. Leave labels on, discard lids, or leave attached to can.

MIXED PAPER

Office, newspaper, junk mail, magazines, soft/hardback books, and paperboard.

What goes inside my blue bin for curbside collection in Pittsburgh?

Auto parts prohibited

E-waste and household hazardous waste prohibited

ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Call ahead at 412-489-9299 or register online PRC.org/recyclePGH

NORTHERN-SOUTHERN 2024 Refuse/Bulk and Recycling Pickup Calendar

Drop Off Locations No Electronics or Household Hazardous Wastes are accepted at these drop off locations

LOCATIONS LOCATION ADDRESS DROP OFF HOURS

(closed on holidays)

MATERIALS ACCEPTED

ENVIRONMENTAL

SERVICES 2024

HOLIDAYS

Monday, January 1 - New Year’s Day Monday, January 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, May 27 - Memorial Day Wednesday, June 19 - Juneteenth

When a holiday falls on or before your collection day, your pickup will be one day later.

Thursday, July 4 - Independence Day Monday, September 2 - Labor Day Thursday, November 28 - Thanksgiving Day Wednesday, December 25 - Christmas Day

East End (Dept. of Public Works - 2nd Division)

6814 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15208 (Entrance on Dallas Ave)

Recycling Foreman Manny

40 Melanchton St, Pittsburgh, PA 15207

1330 Hassler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15220

623 Bausman St, Pittsburgh, PA 15210

3001 Railroad St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 (Entrance under 31st Bridge)

214 N. Lexington, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

MON - SAT

8am - 1:30pm

MON - FRI

8am - 1:30pm

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8am - 2pm

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7am - 3pm

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7am - 1:30pm

24 HOUR / 7 DAYS A WEEK

DURING BUSINESS HOURS

(visit CJReuse.org)

• Curbside recyclables

• Yard waste

• Xmas trees

• Tires

• Scrap metal

• Curbside recycling

• Dedicated glass bin

West End (Dept. of Public Works - 5th Division)

Strip District (Dept. of Public Works - Environmental Services)

North Point Breeze (Construction Junction)

Hazelwood (Dept. of Public Works - 3rd Division)

Beltzhoover/Knoxville (by McKinley Skate Park)

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Scan the QR code for more curbside and drop off information, or visit pittsburghpa.gov/dpw/curbside-pick-up

Red - Holidays (No Pickup)KEY Blue - Recycling Pickup Gray - No Regular Trash Pickup Green - Yard Debris Pickup

Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off (by appt. only)

Curbside Regulations

• All items for pickup must be set out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the night before collection and no later than 6:00 a.m. the day of collection.

• All cans set out for collection must not exceed 35 gallons in size and must be removed from the curb after collection on your pickup day (City code 619).

• Each dwelling may only set out two bulk items per week. Carpeting and fencing must be tied and bundled not to exceed 35 lbs or 5 ft in length.

• Tires, electronics, and household hazardous waste including liquids and flammables are prohibited from curbside disposal but are accepted at various drop off locations in the city.

• Automotive parts and large amounts of construction and demolition waste are prohibited from curbside collection.

Keep Our Environmental Services Workers Safe!

• Please slow down and look for city workers before attempting to pass any truck.

• Secure needles and syringes in hard plastic container with a tight fitting lid, labeled “medical waste” and place in the trash.

• Maintain clear access from the street to the items you have placed at the curb for collection with a clear separation between trash and recycling.

• Snow must be removed from sidewalks within 24 hours after each snowfall. Please do not plow snow, sleet, or ice against garbage receptacles.

• “Are your recycling materials free from contamination?”

• “Is your container less than 35 gallons?”

• “Were others on your street missed too?”

• “Did you set out by 6am?“

Before calling

After you answer yes for all of these, please contact 311 to submit a ticket for a missed pick-up.

For a behind-the-scenes visit to Pittsburgh’s recycling facility, search “recycling” on YouTube.com/CityChannel

Think you’ve been missed for collection?