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Trash Service

Trash Service Information

Steelton Borough is contracted with the City of Harrisburg to provide trash and recycling services. The contract allows for four (4) trash cans (not to exceed 130 total gallons of trash) and one (1) bulk item per week.

Trash pickup occurs each Wednesday, starting at 6:00 am. On weeks that include a holiday, the schedule may change. Please refer to the calendar above for details. 

Contact Information

City of Harrisburg
MLK Jr. City Government Center
10 N. 2nd St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
www.harrisburgpa.gov

CUSTOMER SERVICE
If you have questions or complaints, do not hesitate to contact the City of Harrisburg at the following email address phone number:

Email Address: steeltontrash@harrisburgpa.gov 
Phone: 717-695-9716
Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 

COLLECTION SCHEDULE
Please place your containers at your regularly designated spot no earlier than Tuesday evening; our trucks will begin collecting early Wednesday morning. Please refer to the calendar above for more details.

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Trash and Recycling collection will be delayed until THURSDAY if there is a holiday on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Please refer to the calendar above for more details. 

PLACEMENT OF CONTAINERS FOR COLLECTION
Please continue placing trash and recycling items in their respective containers just as you have been.  Recycle the same materials as usual.

BULK ITEMS
Each household is allowed one bulk item each week; these include individual pieces of furniture, carpet, a mattress, or a box spring (separately, not both the same week).

Appliances need to be treated as scrap metal by each household, and hauled to any scrap yard in the area.

ALL ELECTRONIC WASTE
TVs, computers, and small appliances are to be taken to the Dauphin County Recycling Center, conveniently located just north of Steelton on PA Route 230 (Front Street) in Harrisburg. 

YARD WASTE will be collected on TRASH DAY
Please tie clippings and wood waste into bundles no longer than 4 feet and no heavier than 40 pounds.

*Yard waste is not counted as trash*