Millcreek, PA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

The Nuisance Ordinance in Chapter 40, Article II, declares several dumping activities to be nuisances. Section 40-7A covers using any premises as a trash, garbage or other dump unless specifically authorized. Section 40-7B covers depositing or dumping any amount of trash, garbage, solid waste, recyclable materials, leaf waste or other unauthorized material upon the premises of another or upon public property. Section 40-7K covers allowing refuse or litter to be strewn about the premises of any property, and § 40-7L covers depositing litter, refuse or other materials on public property or the property of another. Section 40-7 adds that it does not authorize other activities not listed, because those are also prohibited.

Chapter 110, Article I, Municipal Waste and Recycling, backs this up. Section 110-4B(1) says no materials shall be allowed to accumulate on the ground nor be deposited on the streets or highways, vacant lots, homes, nor on any land publicly or privately owned, nor be thrown into any stream or body of water in Millcreek Township, except as expressly permitted. Section 110-4B(7) says no person shall place upon any other property municipal waste, recyclable materials or leaf waste not generated upon that property, except placing recyclables for collection on one's own property or taking materials to a licensed recycling or composting facility.

Enforcement is split by subsection. Section 40-9B says the regulations that must be enforced as summary criminal offenses under Section 1601(c.1)(2) of the Second Class Township Code include § 40-7, Subsections B and L. Under § 48-3A the Millcreek Township Police Department is responsible for investigating dumping. Section 40-6B lets the Township abate and remove any nuisance on public or private grounds after notice to the owner and, on the owner's default, collect all costs of removal together with the penalty. Under § 40-10C the Township can cite the owner, the occupant, or both, and decides who is responsible.