White Oak Borough Composting

Leaves will be picked up on your regular trash day the last week of October and the entire month of November except for Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Saturdays, and Sundays. Leaves are to be placed at your front curb (no alleys). They can either be placed in clear bags or brown paper leaf bags or just piled and covered with a tarp. Residents living on dead-end streets will need to use bags because the leaf vactor cannot get to those streets to collect them. The leaf collection is for leaves only. Please do not include other yard waste such as grass clippings, potted flowers, or potted plants.

Wood Chipping - The seasonal wood chipping program will begin on Thursday, May 6, 2010. The chipping program will be available during May, June, July, August, September and the first two weeks of October. The program is provided at no cost, as a service to our residents. Materials will not be picked up from any apartment complex, business, or institution.

To schedule the chipper, just call (412) 672-9727 extension 238 and speak to Jim McCabe. When leaving a message, please be sure to include your name, address, and phone number so that the office can get back to you. Please be sure to call before placing the items to be chipped at the curb and we will schedule you in as quickly as possible.

Place the items at the curb in a neat orderly fashion with the larger end facing the street (no alleys). The chipper can accept brush, branches, and trees up to 14 inches in diameter. No root systems or tree parts that have dirt on them will be removed. Piles of brush that are intertwined will not be chipped. We do not accept any type of lumber, building materials, or landscaping timbers. The Public Works Employees will have the final say as to whether an item or the quantity is acceptable for removal or not. Please refer to the photos for proper placement and piling of items to be chipped.

Wood chips are available to all Borough residents free of charge and can be picked up at the Heritage Hill Park. The ODB Leaf Collection System and the Woodsman Brush Chipper were purchased through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Yard waste recycling is a sensible solid waste management alternative for Pennsylvania municipalities and both programs have helped to reduce the amount of yard waste going into our landfills and at the same time produced beneficial mulch, which can be used for ornamental landscaping or garden pathways.

Detailed Information:

White Oak Borough Recycling Schedule 2010
(*Portable Document Format - PDF File)
White Oak Borough Recycling Calendar 2010
(*Portable Document Format - PDF File)

 

Paper Recycling Program

Updated for 2009 - Newspaper Drop-off Collection Program - In partnership with Abitibi Paper Retriever. We accept newspapers, magazines, catalogs, mail, envelopes, folders, fax or copy paper, colored paper.

We will accept all types of paper products including shredded paper, however we cannot accept cardboard or phone books.

Paper Recycling Boxes Available.  In keeping with White Oak Borough's commitment to recycling, we now have paper recycling boxes available for purchase.  the boxes can be purchased at the White Oak Borough Building for $3.00. The boxes measure 12" x 16" and are the perfect size for collecting newspapers. They also have hadles, which make them very easy to carry and empty.


Bins are located at the Municipal Building. All proceeds received from the paper collected will be used for program operation. Please help to reduce waste disposal costs and recycle your paper products.

Any questions can be directed to Michelle at (412) 672-9727.

Detailed Information:

White Oak Borough Recycling Schedule 2010
(*Portable Document Format - PDF File)
White Oak Borough Recycling Calendar 2010
(*Portable Document Format - PDF File)