Manheim Borough Municipal Services Program     Street Sweeping In the spring Manheim Borough rents a street sweeper to clean out the gutters and sweep the streets free of debris.  Before each street sweeping event an article is published in the Borough Newsletter.    In 2012 the street sweeping was conducted in four consecutive days. One quadrant of the town is swept each day.  Residents are asked to refrain from parking on the street during the street sweeping period in each quadrant. Signs will be posted and parking will not be allowed until the signs have been removed.  Please check back next spring for the street sweeping schedule in 2012.   Trash & Recycling Manheim Borough contracts a licensed waste hauler to operate in the Borough so that residents receive uniform refuse and recycling services. Trash and recycling will be picked up on Thursday mornings for all properties in the Borough starting Feb.  2011.    All trash and recycling is to be placed curbside after 6:30 PM Wednesday evenings, and must be out by 4:30 AM Thursday mornings.  Trash and recycling not out between these times will not be collected.   Trash and recycling should be placed curbside the night before pick up, but not before 6 pm the night before pick up.  Each residential unit is allowed to place three 30-gallon containers out for trash pick up.  These containers are not to exceed 30 pounds each.  Should you have additional trash, extra service tags are available for purchase at the Borough Office.    A special curbside recycling bin is available for your home and is to be used to place your recyclables at the curb for pick-up each week. Items not placed in a bin will not be collected.  Recyclable materials are also to be rinsed before being placed in the bin.  The following are collected each week: Glass: Clear, brown, & green glass food & beverage containers Plastic Containers:  #1 - #7 containers & bottles with necks smaller than their base.  Aluminum and other food and beverage cans:  These are made of steel, tin, or a combination of metals, such as soda cans. Paperboard: pizza boxes, food boxes(i.e. cereal & jello boxes), magazines,catalogs,phone books & tissue boxes. Newspapers:  Newspapers MUST be tied in a bundle or brown bagged.  NO plastic bags.  Place the bundle or brown bag on top of or beside your recycling bin.  Special Items of Disposal Oversized items such as furniture, carpets, televisions etc. (weighing more than 30 pounds or bulky to handle) - must have a orange tag which is available for purchase at the Borough Office or Manheim Community Library for $5.00 per tag.  No more than two (2) oversized items will be picked up at any one residence each week. No sofa beds, flourescent bulbs, light bulbs, plasma televisions, construction debris or glass doors are to be set out with trash or recycling.  These items must be specially be disposed of.    Please contact the Lancaster Solid Waste Management Authority for disposal information on these items:  717-397-9968.  Visit the LCSWMA web site at: http://www.lcswma.org/.   Extra Trash Beyond the three 30 gallon containers of trash allowed per week must have a yellow tag that is available for purchase at the Borough Office or Manheim Community Library for $1.50 per tag.   Yard Waste Yard Waste is to be placed in a Kraft bag and have a green tag that is available for purchase at the Borough Office or Manheim Community Library for $1.50 per tag. It will no longer be collected in plastic bags of any kind.  Yard Waste is considered "soft" organic materials including grass clippings, leaves, sod and topsoil. Topsoil is the purchased soil which has aeration beads in it. Dirt from the yard is NOT topsoil.   Large Appliances Appliances must have an orange tag affixed.  Tags are available for purchase at the Borough Office for $15.00 per tag. Large appliances are picked up twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.   Tires Tires must must have an orange tag which is available for purchase at the Borough Office for $3.00 per tag. Tires are picked up the same day as the large appliances.   Household Batteries For disposal of regular batteries, use the orange plastic battery collection bags which are provided by the Lancaster County Solid Waste Authority.  These are available for free at the Borough Office.   Place all household batteries in the orange bag. When the bag is full, place it next to the recycling bin at the curb. The trash hauler will collect the bag during regular trash pickup. Please be careful that the batteries do not leak inside the bag.   Cardboard Three cardboard dumpsters are located, side by side, in the Municipal Parking Lot - located at the corner of North Wolf Street and East High Street (just behind the Fasig House).  These are currently the only cardboard dumpsters available.    Cardboard is NOT to be taken to Memorial Park.  There is a sign posted redirecting residents to the actual cardboard dumpster location in the Municipal Parking Lot.  If you witness anyone dumping cardboard in that area, they are dumping illegally and should be reported.  This is a public area and should not be abused.    All clean corrugated cardboard is to be disposed of in the cardboard dumpster.  The trash hauler has been advised to leave behind any salvageable cardboard at residential stops.  They will NOT take the cardboard to the dumpster for you.  If for any reason you are physically incapable of taking it there, please give us a call at the Office at 717-665-2461 and we will assist you in any way we can.   Thank you for recycling!  Participation in the recycling program allows the Borough to obtain grants that fund the program.  Our positive recycling allowed us to obtain a grant for the Kraft bags so that residents may take them for free.   Trash Delays The hauler used in the Borough operates on a different holiday schedule than the Borough.  For the following holidays there will be a one day delay in pick up.    The following holidays are observed by the hauler; Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.  For specific dates please refer to your Borough Newsletter.   Leaf Program In order to keep the Borough Storm Sewer System as free from leaves as possible, leaves are to be collected by residents from sidewalks, curbs, and yard to be places in biodegradable Kraft Bags.  THE HAULER WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT LEAVES BAGGED IN PLASTIC BAGS.  This will assist the farmers that accept leaves as plastic does not decompose.  It also lessens our trash tipping fees.  Pick up dates will be listed in your newsletter.    On these dates, the Kraft Bags should be placed curbside in front of your property by 4:30 AM. Bags containing a combination of leaves, sticks, trash and/or garbage will NOT be collected. After the specified leaf pick-up days, bags of leaves must have a green tag attached to the bag. Kraft bags are available free of charge at the Public Works Facility at 272 West Colebrook Street.  If you have any questions regarding pick up, please contact the office before your scheduled pick up date.       Municipal Service Fee Charges To help with the cost of the above programs and others such as street lighting, a service charge of $124.00 is issued to each unit within the Borough once every six months.  These statements are mailed in January and July.  Questions regarding your statement should be directed to the Trash and Recycling Coordinator at extension 10.