Bensalem, PA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Spring collection
- At least once during spring
- Fall collection
- At least once during fall
- Hauler schedule
- Two pickups Oct/Nov, one in May
- Drop-off site
- 200 Bordentown Road, Tullytown
- Curbside time limit
- No more than 24 hours before pickup
- Burning ban
- Residents may not burn leaf waste
Summary
Bensalem Township Code Section 107-15 requires every municipal waste collector to run at least one yard and leaf waste collection during the spring and one during the fall each year. Leaf waste must go to a DEP-permitted facility, never a sanitary landfill or waste-to-energy plant, and residents are flatly barred from burning leaf waste.
(a)Each municipal waste collector shall provide yard and leaf waste collection service at least once during the spring and at least once during the fall of each year.(b)Leaf waste collection shall be conducted by municipal waste collectors in accordance with regulations of DEP and leaf waste disposal shall be in a DEP-permitted facility in accordance with all applicable State guidelines.(c)All municipal waste collectors shall provide the Township with the name and address of the facility(ies) where the leaf waste will be disposed and report the quantity in tons or cubic yards. Leaf waste shall not be commingled with any other municipal solid waste. The disposal of noncomposted leaf waste at a sanitary landfill or waste-to-energy facility is strictly prohibited.(d)The methodology for separating and collecting leaf waste shall be established by the municipal waste collectors and subject to approval by the Township. ... Leaf waste shall not be left at curbside more than 24 hours prior to collection and shall not be left in a form that obstructs the flow of traffic or affects the performance of drainage facilities or catch basins.(e)It is prohibited for residents to burn leaf waste.
Full Breakdown
Bensalem Township Code Section 107-15 governs yard and leaf waste under the recycling article. Subsection (a) requires every municipal waste collector to provide yard and leaf waste service at least once in spring and once in fall each year. Subsection (b) requires that collection and disposal follow Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regulations and go to a DEP-permitted facility. Subsection (c) bars commingling leaf waste with other solid waste and flatly prohibits disposing of noncomposted leaf waste at a sanitary landfill or waste-to-energy facility, while requiring haulers to report the disposal site and tonnage or cubic yards to the Township.
Subsection (d) requires haulers to submit a leaf waste collection and disposal plan to the Township by June 30 each year, gives the Township 60 days to comment before it is deemed approved, caps curbside leaf waste at 24 hours before collection, and bars leaving it in a way that blocks traffic or drainage. Subsection (e) prohibits residents from burning leaf waste outright. Section 107-5.5(c)(3) adds the hauler schedule: at least two leaf waste collections during October and November and one yard waste collection in May, plus a customer drop-off option at Waste Management's facility at 200 Bordentown Road in Tullytown when curbside collection is not running.
Violations & Fines
Violating Bensalem Township Code Section 107-15, including burning leaf waste or leaving it at curbside more than 24 hours before collection, falls under the general penalty in Section 107-12(b): a criminal fine of up to $1,000 per violation, plus damages, court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, with possible imprisonment in the Bucks County Correctional Facility, prosecuted before a District Justice as a summary offense. Each day the violation continues is a separate offense punishable by the same fine.
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