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

Section 110-4B of the Township Code lists the general prohibitions that police the recycling program, each declared unlawful and subject to the chapter's fines. Subsection B(5) says no person shall place recyclable materials for disposal as municipal waste or leaf waste. Subsection B(6) says no person shall burn or cause to be burned any recyclable materials or municipal waste. Subsection B(7) bars placing municipal waste, recyclable materials or leaf waste on any other property when it was not generated there, with two exceptions: placing recyclables for collection on your own property, and delivering material to a licensed recycling or composting facility. Subsection B(1) adds that no materials may accumulate on the ground or be deposited on streets, highways or vacant lots, or thrown into a stream or body of water in Millcreek Township.

The prohibitions connect to duties elsewhere in the chapter. Section 110-6C(6) requires recyclables to be clean of food waste and foreign material, and § 110-10N makes recyclables placed at the curb the property of the collector, so no third party can remove them. Owners of buildings with more than four units are responsible parties under § 110-4A(2) unless they designate tenants in writing, and § 110-4B(3) makes it a violation to refuse to furnish collection service for such a building. Section 110-7 sets the materials list and preparation standards.

Enforcement runs through the Board of Supervisors, the Police Department and authorized code enforcement personnel under § 110-16, who can investigate, issue enforcement notices, impose administrative fines, issue cease-and-desist orders and seek injunctions. Each day a violation exists is a separate and continuing offense under § 110-16E.