Public Works

General Information

Roads

Report a Pothole
Snow Removal

Garbage & Trash

New Recycling Poster
Refuse Collection & Schedule
Veg Waste
Recycling Program
Spring Cleanup
Leaf Collection
Brush Collection

Trees

Shade Trees
Report a dead tree
Request a tree to be trimmed

Solutions to Stormwater Pollution (pdf 523K)
What is a Watershed? (pdf 477K)
How Does Urbanization Change a Watershed? (pdf 263K)
What is Nonpoint Source Pollution? (pdf 135K)
What is Ground Water? (pdf 239K)
Fact Sheets - Various Composting Strategies

Public Works Update - 4/1/09

Beginning March 30th the vegetative waste truck will be back out following the trash routes. The vegetative waste truck will run continuously until leaf season begins the 19th of October.

April 6th begins Spring Clean Up and it will end May 1st. An additional man will be placed on each trash truck to assist with the anticipated increase in household debris during this period. One leaf machine will also be working its way around town. Leaves may be piled between the curb and the sidewalk without being in containers. We ask that residents have patience, as it may not be possible to handle the unusually large quantity put out in the spring on a weekly basis.

Spring Clean Up provides a method for property owners to get rid of the yard debris which accumulates over the winter and for larger quantities of waste material that are not permitted under the normal collection regulations. All items must still be put at the curb in the proper manner; see the Community Calendar or the spring cleanup portion of this page for specific details. Following Friday, May 1st the normal regulations regarding trash, brush and leaf removal will be reinstated.

Also starting April 6th the chipper truck will also be back on the streets. It is anticipated that this truck will be out each weekday. Tree limbs and branches should be placed unbundled. Branches must be stacked in an orderly fashion all facing the same direction. Branches to be chipped will not necessarily be picked up on the regular trash day. Limbs may be a maximum of 6" in diameter and no longer than 4 feet.

Pot holes - a crew will be out on Saturday, April 4th placing cold patch in pot holes throughout town. Starting in May, after the completion of Spring Clean Up, a crew will begin to use hot patch for repairs. A new procedure was begun in 2008 for the repair of pot holes which produces a longer lasting repair. This procedure includes saw cutting the hole, spreading of a tack material, adding hot patch and finally tamping the hole to produce a flat surface and ensure a solid seal of the new material with the old roadway. This new procedure does lengthen the time to fill each hole but the results are worth it. The previous method guaranteed the whole to appear within 8 months to a year. This method has lengthened that time to several years.

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Snow Removal

Owners of commercial properties are required to remove snow and ice from public sidewalks abutting their property within 18 hours of falling snow or forming of ice. Residents are asked to remove their vehicles from the street and Borough lots during snow emergencies. The Borough does not clear driveways that get plowed in when the street is plowed. Wait to do driveway until street is completely plowed: "curb to curb".

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Refuse Collection & Schedule -

Quantity - The Borough will collect a reasonable amount of trash and garbage one day per week. The quantity limit is a maximum of 6 items (cans, bags, separate bulk items, bundled or individual items). Each must meet the weight rules for that item and with an aggregate weight of 300 pounds. There is no separate collection for bulk items. These items will be collected on your regular trash day. Collection will take place 5 days per week (Monday - Friday) in certain business areas.

Schedule - Map delineating the collection days

Holidays - On certain holidays, trash will be postponed as listed in the community calendar.

Placement and Timing - It is illegal to rake or place anything into the street. No refuse shall be placed for collection on any sidewalk prior to 1:00 p.m. of the date before collection. Business District trash cannot be put out before 5:00 p.m. of the day before collection. Refuse must be out by 7:00 a.m. of the scheduled trash day to insure collection. Homeowners must notify landscapers that cans of clippings cannot be left out for days. They must be put out on regular trash pick up days. No piles of mulch, dirt, etc are to be left in the street.

Construction Debris - No construction debris requiring a building permit will be picked up. Any person doing construction work shall be informed when they obtain their Building Permit that such debris must be disposed of at a State approved sanitary landfill. Permit forms to dispose of items at the Pennsauken Landfill, at the property owner's expense, are available in Room 104 at Borough Hall. Call 429-4700 ext 224 for information. Dumpsters can not be placed in the street without special permission from the Police Dept. Dumpsters must be properly reflectorized per State law.

Rules - For the health and safety of the trash collection personnel and the most efficient operation of the collection system, the following important rules are necessary.

1. Trash must be in metal or plastic cans with lids of no more than 30-gallon capacity or heavy duty plastic bags of 1.3 mil thickness or trash compactor bags.
2. Trash will not be picked up in paper bags, cardboard boxes, 40 or 50-gallon drums, bushel baskets, metal or plastic tubs.
3. No single item (except bulk items as delineated below) may weigh more than 50 pounds at time of collection.

Materials Collected - The following materials will be collected (see Spring Cleanup Section for special exceptions):

1. Brush - hedges, bushes, vines, shrubbery, etc. This must be tied in bundles of no more than 50 pounds and may not exceed 4' in length.
2. Tree Limbs and Branches – may be bundled as brush for pickup by the vegetative waste truck or placed unbundled to be chipped (not put in trash trucks). This is an important part of the Borough’s recycling program. Branches must be stacked in an orderly fashion all facing the same direction. Branches to be chipped will be picked up on your trash day the first full week of each month. Branches for chipping during the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks of each month should be called in to the DPA office. The chipper truck will pick up called locations on Fridays of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th week of each month. The Borough will not pick up entire trees taken down from private property or tree stumps. Limbs may be a maximum of 6 inches in diameter.
   
3. Bulk Items - Furniture, appliances, mattresses, etc. These items will be picked up with the weekly collection and must be no larger than what can fit in a pickup truck nor heavier than 2 men can safely lift. Refrigerators must have doors removed for safety. These items will be picked up separately at the beginning of the regular trash day. Large and heavy items, such as carpet, will not be picked up as bulk items. To be picked up, these items must be cut into 4 foot lengths and in pieces not to exceed 50 pounds.
4. Debris - Stones, dirt, cement, etc. must be placed in trash cans (no boxes) and may not exceed 50 pounds in each can.
5. Food Waste (Garbage) - Must be combined with trash in permitted covered trash cans not to exceed 50 pounds. Garbage should NOT be put in plastic bags and put out for collection.
6. Grass Clippings and Small Yard Waste - It is strongly recommended that grass be cut with a mulching mower or often enough to avoid the need for removing the grass clippings as stated in the State wide "Cut It and Leave It" program. These mulching methods leave the small clippings in the lawn which makes for a healthier lawn and avoid the major cost and environmental problems due to disposing of grass clippings as trash.

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Veg Waste

Where disposal is the choice, from the beginning of April thru mid-October, the Borough will pick up grass clippings for composting if put out for collection in one of the following ways:

1. in Borough supplied green vegetative waste containers
2. in open containers (max 50 pounds) with a Borough provided yellow sticker on it;
3. in compostable paper bags; or
4. in Polymer Compost Bags such as from NOVON.

No bag or container can exceed 50 pounds at the time of collection. Note that grass in containers will absorb moisture and weigh more after placed in container. Be sure not to place too much in each bag or can. Grass clippings and yard waste must be put out on your regular trash day. Landscapers cannot cut grass and leave out for days. This separate collection will not take place from mid-October thru March. Plastic bags for your waste are not acceptable.

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Recycling Program

Haddonfield is a leader in recycling through the cooperation of our residents and businesses. Recycling is mandated by law and enforcement guidelines have been established. The items will be collected each week on regular trash day.

Red & Blue Containers

1. Haddonfield has gone single stream with recycling. This means that your paper and cardboard recycling can be mixed with your bottle and can recycling. All glass, metal, plastic, paper, cardboard and other items for recycling collection can be mixed in your red and blue cans. This includes any colored glass, tin, aluminum cans, plastic soda, milk, juice, detergent and other #1 and #2 coded plastic containers, newspaper, other clean paper, magazines and paperback books.
2. Containers should be rinsed, loose lids discarded, but labels can remain. Plastic containers should be flattened.
3. Corrugated boxes should be cut into 2’ x 3’ pieces and may be bundled together or put into the red and blue buckets. All buckets cannot exceed the maximum of 50 lbs. Boxes must be broken down for pickup.
4. Shredded paper is considered trash and should be put out as trash, not recycling.
5. Items for recycling collection must be out by 7 am on your scheduled day to ensure collection.
6. Recycling saves on trash disposal costs. Failure to remove recycling products from your trash will result in non-pickup of your trash and/or a fine.
7. All replacement recycling containers are available at the Public Works facility, 555 Centre Street, for a fee of $10.00 each.

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Spring Cleanup

Beginning Monday, April 6, 2009 and ending on Friday, May 1, 2009, the Public Works Department will provide special Spring Cleanup.

During that period special trucks will pick up leaves & other yard debris. The leaves may be piled between the curb and the sidewalk without being in containers. Residents must have patience, as it will not be possible to handle the unusually large quantity put out in the Spring on a weekly basis.

This program provides a method for property owners to get rid of the yard debris which accumulates over the winter and for quantities of waste material that are not permitted under the normal collection regulations. It lasts for four weeks. Following the final date listed above the normal regulations regarding trash and brush removal will be reinstated.

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Leaf Collection

Each fall, from mid-October through early December, the massive job of collecting leaves begins. This fall the Borough will again schedule leaf collections WEEKLY on trash pick up day. Only piles will be collected. DO NOT RAKE LEAVES INTO GUTTER OR STREETS! Do not bag leaves during this time period. Residents are encouraged to compost their leaves on their own property for use as fertilizer and to reduce the quantity that must be collected.

In addition, during the month of April (Spring Cleanup) leaves will only be collected loose at the curb line (leaves cannot be put in trash trucks per State Law). See Fall Leaf Collection rules.

This collection will take place on the regular trash day or as soon as possible afterwards.

Brush Collection

DO NOT MIX BRUSH WITH LEAVES. It is necessary that citizens cooperate by separating leaves and other debris such as sticks and tree branches. The leaf machine cannot pickup the latter. State law requires that we avoid taking recyclable brush to a landfill. During Fall Leaf Collection is the only time the chipper will NOT be out for brush pick-up; at this time all brush must be tied and bundled in 4 foot bundles of 50 pounds or less to be picked up by the regular trash truck.

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Shade Trees

The Borough owns approximately 11,000 trees planted along our streets. Each year many are trimmed for beauty and safety, or removed if they have died or been severely damaged. The Shade Tree Commission decides what to do with the trees, and the type and location for planting new trees. Borough owned trees are not to be removed with out Borough approval. Proposals for planting new trees must be approved in writing by the Shade Tree Commission.

For further information about the Commission and programs sponsored click here to go to the Shade Tree Commission Page.

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Report a Dead Tree

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Request a tree be trimmed

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