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

Section 208(1) opens by requiring every resident who is not in a multifamily building, plus churches and mixed-use properties, to follow the separation and collection rules for recyclable materials. Subsection (A) requires each residence, church and mixed-use property to separate recycling materials, yard materials and leaf waste from other municipal waste at the point of generation, store it, and place it for collection following the guidelines the Borough has established under Section 207. Subsection (C) fixes the container: each dwelling unit, church, and non-residential mixed-use establishment gets a 65-gallon recycling container, while a mixed-use property receives one 65-gallon container for every two residential units, and the container may be used only to store and dispose of recyclable materials, not trash.

Section 212 backs this up at the point of a property sale or rental turnover: the Code Enforcement Officer verifies a 65-gallon container is present during the transfer or occupancy inspection, and if it is missing the property owner is billed for a replacement and a new container is issued before an occupancy permit is granted. Larger properties, multifamily buildings, commercial, industrial, municipal and institutional establishments, face a parallel but separate duty in Section 208(2) to separate high-grade office paper, aluminum, corrugated paper and yard materials and to file an annual recycling report with the Borough by February 1. Noncompliance with any of these separation or container requirements is a violation of Chapter 20, Part 2 and is enforceable under Section 221.