Bin-placement rules are municipal in Lehigh County. Allentown allows containers at the curb only between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on the collection night, and only for waste generated at that property; empties must come off the curb within 12 hours.
Lehigh County sets no bin-placement rule; municipalities do. Allentown's Solid Waste code and Curbside Collection Program provide that only municipal waste generated at the entity included in the City Curbside Collection Program, by the owner or occupants of that entity, may be placed out for collection in front of that entity. Containers may be set out between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on the collection night, and emptied containers must be removed from the curb within 12 hours. Collectors return recycling receptacles to the premises without creating litter or a nuisance.
Bins left out past 12 hours, set out early, or holding another property's waste can be cited under Allentown Chapter 525, Solid Waste.
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