Millcreek, PA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Section 110-7A of the Township Code lists the declared recyclable materials: clear and colored glass; aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans; recyclable plastics; newspapers and newsprint; magazines; corrugated cardboard; mixed paper; and mixed cardboard. A former entry for recyclable cartons was repealed 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-3. Under § 110-7B, all persons must separate, or be responsible for separating, those materials and any later designated by the Millcreek Township Board of Supervisors from municipal waste and leaf waste, at all properties and community activities in the Township.

Preparation rules follow. Under § 110-7C, containers made of recyclable materials must be emptied and rinsed clean before storage, and § 110-7E requires everything placed for collection to be free of foreign matter that is not recyclable. Residents on the Township residential contract set out recyclables at curbside in transparent plastic bags not exceeding 33 gallons, a 25 gallon bin, a tote supplied by Millcreek Township, or a like container clearly identified as holding recyclables, and corrugated cardboard must be flattened, tied and bundled separately (§ 110-7I).

Properties outside the residential contract carry their own duties. Under § 110-7F, owners, landlords, occupants and managers of those properties must contract with a hauling firm for recycling. A commercial pickup must also set up an occupant collection system with all designated materials covered, suitable containers, easily accessible locations and written instructions to occupants (§ 110-7J(1)), and its owners and haulers must file the recycling reports the chapter requires (§ 110-7J(2)). Residential recycling is collected weekly by the contractor on the same day as trash under § 110-11C and D, and § 110-4B(5) bars putting recyclables out as trash.