West Chester bulk trash pickup
1st full business week of each month on regular trash day — 1 bulk item.
Verified 2026-10-15 · west-chester.com
At a glance
| Brush | PW collects brush (details on PW pages — not fully pulled ). |
|---|---|
| Limits | 2 cans + 4 bags; 1 bulk/bulk week. |
| Not allowed | Plastic bags in recycle; listed bulk exclusions. |
| Curbside | ≥6:00 p.m. prior evening; ≤6:00 a.m. collection morning. Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · west-chester.com |
Schedule
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
When
≥6:00 p.m. prior evening; ≤6:00 a.m. collection morning.
Where
Curb or alley.
Limits
2 cans + 4 bags; 1 bulk/bulk week.
Not allowed
Plastic bags in recycle; listed bulk exclusions.
Bags
Borough bags for extra trash.
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Full details for West Chester: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- Borough PW by quadrant — NW Monday, NE Tuesday, SE Wednesday, SW Thursday (quadrant map PDF). ≤2×35-gal cans + ≤4 Borough disposal bags. Place curb/alley by 6:00 a.m. collection day; not earlier than 6:00 p.m. prior evening; empty cans in by midnight.
- Recycling
- Same day — single-stream blue ≤20-gal Borough bin or own ≤30-gal / ≤50 lb marked with drain holes: Al cans, glass bottles/jars, cardboard bundled, clean foil, empty aerosols, mixed paper, plastics #1–7 rigid, steel cans. No plastic bags.
- Bulk pickup
- 1st full business week of each month on regular trash day — 1 bulk item. Small bulk free for trash customers; large (mattresses, box springs, upholstered) $35 via Bulk Trash Form + payment at 205 Lacey St. No tires/TVs/computers/Freon appliances as bulk (FAQ).
- Curbside: when
- ≥6:00 p.m. prior evening; ≤6:00 a.m. collection morning.
- Curbside: where
- Curb or alley.
- Curbside: limits
- 2 cans + 4 bags; 1 bulk/bulk week.
- Curbside: brush
- PW collects brush (details on PW pages — not fully pulled ).
- Curbside: not allowed
- Plastic bags in recycle; listed bulk exclusions.
- Curbside: bags
- Borough bags for extra trash.
- Curbside: fees and fines
- Not on solid-waste HTML.
- Holidays
Holiday on Mon–Thu collection day → all routes delayed one day. Observed: NY, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas.
- Hauler
- Borough of West Chester Public Works
- Contacts
- PW 205 Lacey St, West Chester PA 19380; 610-696-5282
- Find your day
- Solid Waste + Recycling + Bulk
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: west-chester.com
Bulk: west-chester.com
Holidays: west-chester.com
Curbside: west-chester.com - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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