Trash & Recycling Collection

Recycling pickups are every other Wednesday. Please refer to the County Recycling Guide below for specific dates. Call the County of Burlington at (609) 267-6889 for curbside collection issues. The Borough also accepts textiles for recycling. Textiles may be brought to the Public Works yard for drop off. Click here for recycling brochure.

For the latest in Recycling New, read up on how to recycle plastic packaging, bag and wraps!

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Holiday Recycling Do’s & Don’ts

Bulk and Trash Collection

Special Bulk Pick Up Schedule

Bulk trash shall include furniture, small appliances, home furnishings, rugs, bundled or bagged yard debris, discarded tree limbs and bushes, brush, grass clippings (EXCLUDING LEAVES).

Bulk Trash: 1st Friday of Each Month

  • Call Public Works for Bulk Trash questions.
  • Call Public Works for any missed stops.
  • Bedding and Mattresses MUST be bagged to help control the contamination of bedbugs!
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Other household and yard materials and large appliances such as clothes washers & dryers, food refrigerators & freezers, dishwashers, trash compactors, and similar appliances; automobile & truck tires; light fixtures containing ballasts and/or fluorescent lamps; asbestos roofing materials, and/or other material prohibited from a landfill or deemed inappropriate for bulk trash by the Borough, shall not be collected.

*PLEASE NOTE: Call the Riverton Public Works Department at 829-1792 to make arrangements for curbside pick-up or advice for disposal of these items.

Drop Off Guidelines

UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS FOR DROP OFF:

Televisions

Propane Tanks

Computers

Concrete or Bricks

Tires without a receipt (Tire disposal fee is $5.00 per tire. Must be paid for at Borough Hall during office hours.)

ACCEPTABLE ITEMS FOR DROP OFF:

Household Bagged Trash

Brush and Tree Trimmings

Paint and Household Chemicals

Fluorescent Bulbs

Anti-Freeze and Oil in sealed containers

Textiles in textile bins

Trash and Garbage Collection

The Borough’s contract for trash pick-up is with Republic through 2024. 

  • Regular Trash: Monday only– ONE TIME A WEEK – ALL YEAR ROUND.

Ensure a minimum of 3-feet distance from cart to objects (parked cars, mailboxes, lamp posts, etc.)

Only contents inside the carts will be collected, no refuse lying next to cart will be taken.

Cart lids should be fully closed with nothing sticking out of the can.

Cart lids should be fully closed with nothing sticking out of the can.

Residents may purchase additional carts–32-gallon cart $85, 64-gallon cart $95, 96-gallon $110. Additional carts can be purchased at Borough Hall (cash or check payable to the Borough of Riverton). Public Works will deliver pre-purchased carts to your property the following Friday.

Please make every effort to separate your brush, branches, and debris from your leaves.

Please Note:
  • Call Public Works for any missed stops.
Please, No Drop Off for:
  • No Tires without a receipt (Tire disposal fee is $5.00 per tire and may be paid for during business hours at the Borough Hall.)
Acceptable Items for Drop Off:
  • Textiles in textile bins

Leaf Collection 2023-2024

Leaf Collection 2021

Residents must have leaves to the curb by Monday 6 a.m. the WEEK OF PICKUP!

River side of the Borough pick-up: November 4, November 18, December 2, 2024

Park side of Borough Pick up weeks: November 11, November 25, December 9, 2024

Notes:

  • Spring pick up will resume in April of each year.
  • The deadline for private contractor leaf pickup is December 16, 2024. After that date, it will be their responsibility to haul the leaves.
  • December 16-20, 2024--All Streets final pick up and street sweeping for the year

Grass Clipping Disposal

Please Keep Drains Clear of Debris! Including Grass, Brush and Leaves
  • Grass clippings may not be co-mingled with leaves and/or brush. Please keep this in mind when doing yard work.
  • Grass Clippings and weeds MUST be bagged as trash. When bagged properly, it can be picked up by trash collector, or dropped off at the DPW Yard.

Brush Pickup

  • No grass clippings, dirt or garden debris may be placed on the street.
  • Place brush at curb by Monday at 6 a.m., as it’s the only day for pick up.
  • No grass clippings, dirt, or garden debris may be placed on the street.
  • Pickups alternate from week to week from January thru October from river side to park side.
  • Christmas trees (WITHOUT LIGHTS!) are picked up with Brush!
  • NO Contractor Debris pick up!

Street Sweeping

May – October sweepings occur once a month pending mechanical issues and staff availability.

Seasonal Mulch

The Borough offers free mulch at the Public Works Yard for Borough Residents only. There will not be any deliveries made for mulch.

Utilities

PSE&G for Power Outages or Gas Leaks: 800-436-7734
New Jersey American Water for Water issues or billing: 800-272-1325

Snow Removal

Our goal is to clear the roads to make them as safe as possible. Snow is removed curb to curb. Help us help you by remembering the following:
  • Park your vehicles on the odd side of the road to assist in street plowing.
  • Once plowed, please move vehicles to the even side allowing the road crew to finish the plowing.
  • Keep the curb line clear of garbage cans, branches, portable basketball nets, and vehicles.
  • Consider shoveling your driveway out after your street plowing has been completed. It cannot be helped that plowing area roadways will cause snow to block driveways, at times.
  • Walkways must be shoveled within 24 hours of the end of the snowfall.

Helpful information from Zoning/Code Enforcement Official, Pete Clifford

Before you consider adding or amending any of the following (not a complete list) on your property, please contact Pete. He can be reached via email at [email protected] or 856-829-9559, ext.5 on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m.

A Note about Borough trees from Shade Tree Board Chairman, Barry Emens and Council Liaison Jim Quinn:

So far this year, over twenty (20) Borough street trees have been destroyed by severe windstorms and Hurricane Isaias. Please consider donating to the Shade Tree Trust Fund to help plant new trees. Tax deductible donations to this dedicated fund are used solely to purchase and plant Borough Shade Trees. Trees planted between the curb and sidewalk are Borough trees. On some streets, Borough trees are planted in the right of ways just inside the sidewalks. The Borough is responsible for maintaining these trees. Residents may not trim, remove or hang anything from a Borough tree. Please call the Borough office if you have a problem with a tree and are not sure of ownership.