Lehigh County runs no curbside collection; each municipality does. In Allentown, trash is collected twice weekly, and residents may set out trash and recycling only between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on their collection night.
Curbside collection is a municipal service in Lehigh County, not a county one. Allentown's Curbside Collection Program collects trash twice weekly, recycling weekly, and yard waste every other week; residents look up their specific nights with the City's search tool. The City directs that residents place out trash and recycling between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on their collection night, and that emptied containers and rejected items be removed from the curb within 12 hours after collection. Only municipal waste generated at that property may be set out in front of it.
Setting waste out early, leaving containers at the curb, or placing another property's waste can be cited under Allentown Chapter 525, Solid Waste.
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