5 rules for unincorporated Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Verified from official government sources
Chester County does not run curbside trash collection. Each borough, city, or township either contracts a hauler or licenses private ones, and most county waste goes to the county-owned Lanchester Landfill under a state-mandated waste plan.
Chester County sets no countywide bin-placement rule. Curb set-out timing, placement, and container type are governed by your borough or township ordinance and your hauler's contract, not the county.
Chester County residents can drop off bulky trash, appliances, and electronics at the county-owned Lanchester Landfill and Reclamation Center in Narvon. Fees apply. Curbside bulky pickup, if offered, is arranged through your municipal hauler.
Under Pennsylvania Act 101, larger Chester County municipalities must run mandatory recycling programs. The county Solid Waste Authority uses a single-stream system accepting cans, cartons, glass jars, cardboard, newspaper, and #1 and #2 plastics.
Dumping trash on roads, another's land, or waters of Pennsylvania is a summary offense under 18 Pa.C.S. Section 6501 (scattering rubbish). A first offense carries a $50 to $300 fine plus mandatory litter cleanup; repeat offenses are misdemeanors.
18 Pa.C.S. Section 6501(a)(1)
A person is guilty of a summary offense if he: (1) deposits, or causes any waste paper, sweepings, ashes, household waste, glass, metal, refuse or rubbish, or any dangerous or detrimental substance to be deposited into or upon any road, street, highway, alley or railroad right-of-way, or upon the land of another or into the waters of this Commonwealth.
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