Pottstown, PA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 220, adopted by Ordinance 2071 on December 29, 2009, gives the Borough Manager authority to designate special collections of bulk waste "from time to time," rather than on a fixed recurring schedule the way twice-weekly municipal waste pickup runs under Section 215. Bulk items go out through whichever hauler holds the Borough's existing municipal waste collection contract at the time of the request, not through a separate bulk-only vendor. The fee charged for collecting and disposing of each bulk item is not fixed in the code itself; Section 220(2) sets it by resolution of Borough Council, so the current rate is published in the Borough's Fee Schedule rather than the ordinance text, and residents should confirm the amount with the Borough before setting an item at the curb.

Bulk collection sits within the same Part as the regular residential service charge in Section 223, which separately bills each residential dwelling unit, church and mixed-use unit for standard municipal waste and recycling collection, but that section carves out commercial, industrial and seven-or-more-unit apartment buildings from the residential fee, so a landlord of a large complex arranging bulk pickup for tenants is billed under the special collection fee rather than the residential rate. Because bulk waste is defined by Borough practice under the existing hauling contract rather than an itemized list in the ordinance, residents should call the Borough Manager's office before scheduling a special collection to confirm what qualifies.