Haverford, PA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Section 95-20 of the Haverford Township Code sets the clock. Containers must be at curbside no later than 5:00 a.m. on collection days and no earlier than dusk the night before. Collections begin at 6:30 a.m. Collections are made twice weekly in accordance with the schedule on file at the Department of Public Works in the Township Administration Building. In a week with a holiday on a regular collection day, trash is picked up on a modified schedule posted on the Township website and shown on the recycling calendar. Section 95-17(B)(3)(a) adds that containers must be removed from the curbline within 12 hours of collection.

The Township itself is the hauler. Section 95-13 provides that all residential refuse and recyclables accumulated in Haverford Township are collected, conveyed and disposed of by the Township, makes it unlawful for any person to dispose of any refuse within the Township, and authorizes the Department of Public Works to make regulations on days and hours of collection. A residence building is a structure with no more than four dwelling units. Commercial establishments, including multiple-dwelling buildings with more than four units, are not served: under § 95-17(D) no trash is picked up at a commercial establishment, an apartment building containing more than four units, or an apartment unit above or behind a commercial establishment, and those owners arrange private collection.

Container rules shape what the crew will take. Refuse goes in watertight metal or plastic containers with tight-fitting lids, and plastic trash bags are allowed. Under § 95-18 the maximum weight of a loaded container is 40 pounds and the maximum size is 35 gallons, although § 95-17(B)(1) prints a fifty-gallon cap, so the smaller figure is the one to follow. Under § 95-17(B)(3)(c) no more than 10 bags or containers are picked up during any one collection, and the Township can refuse unreasonable accumulations or materials improperly stored. Waste goes in front of the property at the curb in the Township right-of-way, and nothing can be placed in a street, highway or sidewalk.

The Township charges a fee schedule under Chapter A187: the annual fee for a residential building containing between one and four dwelling units is $283, as amended 12-9-2024 by Ord. No. 3008-24.