Allegheny County, PA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

No person may own or operate a municipal waste disposal facility, processing facility, residual waste facility, construction/ demolition waste facility, chemotherapeutic waste facility, infectious waste facility, special handling waste facility, resource recovery facility, leaf composting facility, yard waste composting facility or recycling facility unless the person has obtained and is in possession of an unrevoked or unsuspended annual operating permit for the facility from the Department. An annual operating permit is required until final closure of the facility. An operating permit is not required for:

(1) The use or application of poultry and livestock manure, or residual materials in liquid or solid form generated in the production and marketing of poultry, livestock, fur-bearing animals and their products, provided that such agricultural waste is not hazardous waste. The term includes the residual materials generated in producing, harvesting, and marketing of all agronomic, horticultural, and silvicultural crops or commodities grown on what are usually recognized and accepted as farms, forests, or other agricultural facilities.

(2) The use or application of food processing waste used for agricultural purposes.

(3) The beneficial use of municipal wastes for which prior written approval under Penn DER regulations has been received.

(4) Leaf composting or yard waste composting by a homeowner for use in, on, or around the home garden.

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