Summer Garbage Schedule Starts Friday

A sure sign that summer is coming: Twice weekly garbage collection begins Friday and yard waste collection starts on April 4. Here's everything you need to know: 

Garbage

Garbage will be collected on a Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday schedule depending on where you live. Here's the street-by-street list. 

Bears and other wild animals are attracted to garbage. To avoid possible problems, residents are encouraged to place trash at the curb on the morning of collection, no later than 6 a.m. Borough code states garbage cannot be brought to the curb before 3 p.m. the day before collection. 

For garbage collection, during the months when there are two collection days, if the collection day falls on a holiday, garbage will be collected on the next scheduled collection day.  There will be no change in the recycling collection schedule. 

Yard Waste

Yard waste collection includes grass clippings, vegetation, plants,  flowers, tree limb and twigs. No rocks, dirt, trees or tree stumps will be collected. 

Grass and yard waste must be placed in brown recyclable bags or loose in a reusable sturdy container with no liner.  Tree limbs or twigs need to be cut into 3 foot by 3 foot sections and bundled. Yard waste in plastic bags or landscaping barrels, and tree limbs or twigs not cut into sections and bundled will not be picked up.  

Leaf Composting

The borough leaf compost facility on DeKorte Drive will be open beginning next Saturday to receive leaves from residents only.  No professional landscapers will be allowed to use this facility. The facility is open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The center is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to noon in April. 

Collection Schedules

For neighborhoods with a Monday and Thursday collection, the weekly schedule will be: 

• Monday: Garbage
• Tuesday: Yard Waste
• Wednesday: Recycling
• Thursday: Garbage

For  those with a Tuesday and Friday collection, the weekly schedule will be: 

• Monday: Yard Waste
• Tuesday: Garbage
• Wednesday: Recyling
• Friday: Garbage

For more information, visit the borough website www.franklinlakes.org.