Recycling
What is My Scheduled Garbage/Recycling Pickup Day?
- What is My Scheduled Garbage/Recycling Pickup Day? View the Garbage and Recycling Pickup Day List (PDF)
Recycling Collection
- Recycling is picked up once a week and must be placed curbside by 6:00 AM of your scheduled day.
- Only one Township-issued cart for weekly recycling is included in the regular service.
- Additional recycling cart(s) may be ordered, beginning January 1, 2024, by calling 1-800-866-4460. There is an annually adjusted fee for additional recycling cart(s).
- Materials Accepted In Your Recycling Cart
- Metal: Aluminum cans, bi-metal cans, steel cans, and tin food cans
- Plastics: Recycle plastics by shape: bottles, jars, jugs, cups, and tubs
- Glass: Bottles & jars; glass bottles and jars can also be recycled curbside at the Glass Recycling Container, located behind Fire Station #1 at 245 E. McMurray Rd.
- Paper Cups
- Paper: Magazines, advertising inserts, junk mail, phone books, newspaper, catalogs, paperback books, and computer paper. Please remove any metal or plastic spiral binders and plastic covers.
- Cardboard: Cardboard boxes and sheets of cardboard. You may also use the Cardboard Compactor, located behind Fire Station #1 at 245 E. McMurray Rd.
- Paperboard Boxes: Cereal, dry foods, and tissue boxes. Please remove any plastic film and flatten.
- Paper Towel Rolls
- Pizza Boxes - Please remove paper and any food waste and flatten.
- Materials NOT Accepted in Your Recycling Cart
- Discard any plastics not in the shapes of bottles, jars, jugs, cups, and tubs.
- No Plastic Bags of any kind, including blue bags. Plastic bags can be recycled at your nearest Giant Eagle location.
- No Berry Containers & No Clam Shell Containers
- No Garbage or Food Waste
- No Shredded Paper
- No Envelopes
- No Ceramics
- No Styrofoam or Fast Food Wrappers
- No Loose Plastic Caps
- No Metal Lids
- No Aluminum Pie Pans or Aluminum Foil
- No Toilet Paper Rolls
- No Cartons: Milk, Almond/Soy Milk, Cream, & Orange Juice Containers
Electronics & Household Hazardous Waste
- Peters Township residents are able to recycle electronics and household hazardous waste at their front door by scheduling a pickup through Waste Management At Your Door. To schedule a pickup, visit Waste Management at Your Door or call 1-800-449-7587.
A listing of items that Waste Management At Your Door recycles is available by clicking here. There is no extra fee for this service; it is included as part of your garbage/recycling fee.
Glass Recycling Container
- Located Behind Fire Station #1 at 245 E McMurray Road, McMurray, PA 15317
- Open Daily from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Free for Residents to Use
- No Sorting Required - Clear/Brown/Green Glass Accepted; Only Glass: No Bags, No Boxes, No Lids; Make Sure Items Have Been Rinsed out/Cleaned
- Glass Recycling Container Flyer (PDF)
Cardboard Compactor
- Located Behind Fire Station #1 at 245 E. McMurray Road, McMurray, PA 15317
- Open Daily from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Free for Residents & Small Businesses to Use
- Flatten cardboard and insert into slot. Do Not Push Any Buttons - The compactor will run automatically when full.
- Cardboard Compactor Flyer (PDF)
Spring 2026 Leaf Bags
- Public Works will pickup leaves in the spring on three Mondays in April:
- Monday, April 6, 2026
- Monday, April 13, 2026
- Monday, April 20, 2026
- Leaves must be paper leaf/lawn bags and you must call Public Works ahead of time to schedule a pickup at 724-941-6161.
Leaf & Yard Waste
- Yard and leaf waste must always be placed in your garbage container. Yard and leaf waste bags outside your container will NOT be taken. The exception is leaf waste may be placed out in paper leaf/lawn bags curbside during the five-week Fall Leaf Bag Collection only.
2026 Fall Leaf Bag Collection (No Additional Fees - Included with your Garbage Bill)
- The 2026 Fall Leaf Bag Collection weeks will be posted in Summer 2026:
- During this five-week collection period:
- Paper leaf bags left outside your garbage container will be collected by Waste Management.
- Leaves must be in paper leaf/lawn bags.
- Leaf bags must be curbside by 6:00 a.m. on your scheduled garbage day
- While pickup will occur on your scheduled garbage day, a separate WM truck will pick up leaf bags. They will not be picked up as part of the garbage or recycling collection.
- Leaf bags placed outside your garbage container before October 27th or after December 4th will NOT be taken.
Leaf Vacuuming (Residents Must Purchase Season Pass)
- Residents may purchase a 2025 leaf vacuuming season pass for a fee of $150, starting in the early fall. See the flyer and map below for complete details on the leaf vacuuming program.
Excess Yard Waste/Leaf Bags
- If you have excess yard waste bags, you may take them to Woehler Landscape Supply & Recycling Yard. Woehler's will charge residents a fee based on the amount of cubic yards of yard waste. Woehler’s will take grass clippings, leaves, yard debris, and yard waste. Woehler's address is 202 Buckeye Street, McMurray, PA 15317. Their phone number is 724-941-6965. Hours are M-F, 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sat, 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.; Sun, 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Spring 2026 Leaf Bags
- Public Works will pickup leaves in the spring on select Mondays in April. A listing of those days will be posted in early 2026. Leaves must be paper leaf/lawn bags and you must call Public Works ahead of time to schedule a pickup at 724-941-6161.
- Leaves must be paper leaf/lawn bags and you must call Public Works ahead of time to schedule a pickup at 724-941-6161.
Missed Collection
- For missed garbage or recycling collection, please call the Peters Township Municipal Building at 724-941-4180. Township staff will contact Waste Management to resolve the issue.
Broken Garbage/Recycling Cart
- If your Township garbage or Township recycling cart is damaged, please contact the Peters Township Municipal Building at 724-941-4180, and we will schedule a repair date for Waste Management to repair the cart.
- If your additional Waste Management garbage cart or additional Waste Management recycling cart is damaged, contact Waste Management at 1-800-866-4460.
New Residents
- New residents should contact Jordan Tax Service (724-731-2300) to set up garbage/recycling billing for their property. Each property should have one garbage cart and one recycling cart. If you are missing a garbage or recycling cart, call the Municipal Building (724-941-4180).
Holiday Delays
- When Waste Management observes a holiday, there is no garbage or recycling service on the holiday itself. In addition, collection is delayed by one day for the remainder of that week. Holidays that occur on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday DO NOT cause a garbage delay.
- The 2025-2026 holidays that will cause a delay are listed below:
- Christmas Day - Thursday, December 25, 2025 - Thursday streets delayed one day
- New Year's Day - Thursday, January 1, 2026 - Thursday streets delayed one day
- Memorial Day - Monday, May 25, 2026 - All streets delayed by one day
- Labor Day - Monday, September 7, 2026 - All streets delayed by one day
- Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 26, 2026 - Thursday streets delayed one day
Helpful Tips
- If you do not already have one, it could be a good time to consider using a mulching lawn mower. A mulching lawn mower redistributes fine-cut grass clippings back into your yard, removing the need for bagging and disposing of the clippings.
- Consider composting leaf and yard waste instead of disposing of this waste with your trash.
- If you do not have a trash compactor, you may want to consider that purchase to maximize you garbage cart’s capacity.
Discounts/Forms
- Peters Township offers senior discounts, low-income discounts, and snow-bird discounts. For more information, click here.
Other Resources
- While you do not pay your garbage bill to Waste Management (this is paid to Jordan Tax Service), you may sign up for a MY WM account, and be alerted on delays, view service visuals, etc. Sign up at wm.com/mywm.
- Additional services, such as house cleanouts, disposal of construction materials, etc., will still be available directly through Waste Management for an additional fee.
- Contact Waste Management at 1-800-866-4460; or
- Utilize the Bagster program. You can purchase bags at a participating retailers, order bags online at thebagster.com, or call 1-877-789-2247. In 2026, there is a coupon residents for residents who wish to participate in the Bagster program. Click here for the coupon.