Delaware County, PA Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

County Code § 180-3.B requires that each vehicle, roll-off container, or lugger container used to collect and transport acceptable waste generated within the County be registered with the Solid Waste Management Department and display two solid waste hauling stickers issued under § 180-3.D. Roll-off and lugger containers receive a Type R sticker under § 180-3.D(4), priced at $20 per sticker under § 180-3.E(1)(b), while the underlying hauling license application fee is $150 under § 180-3.E(1)(a). Section 180-4.A requires roll-off containers to be completely covered with a tarpaulin and made as airtight as possible, with tightly fitted, leakproof and dustproof doors or covers.

Section 180-4.I requires the tare weight of every roll-off container to be clearly and permanently printed on both sides. A container's stickers become void once it is traded in, sold, or replaced, and new stickers must be obtained before the replacement unit goes into service under § 180-4.C. Stickers and licenses run from March 1 to the following February 28 under § 180-3.F. Nothing in the chapter regulates where a dumpster physically sits on a job site or a commercial lot; that placement, screening, and setback question is left to the borough or township zoning code where the dumpster is located, not to the County's solid-waste licensing scheme.