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1. I live on a County/State road; will my bagged leaves be picked up?

Hamilton Township Public Works does provide for the pick up of bagged leaves on both State roads and County roads.

2. Where are the leaf drop off locations?

The Drop Off locations are only available in the Fall.

If you do not wish to wait for collection, you may drop off your leaves at one of the convenient drop off locations from October 23rd to December 11th, or at Hamilton's Ecological Facility on Kuser Road. The Ecological Facility is open daily Monday through Saturday from 8 am to 3:30 pm with the exception of holidays.

Contractors are prohibited from using these drop off sites.

Drop off sites:

• Pearson House on Hobson Avenue
• Shady Brook Park - Ruth Avenue
• Kuser Park off of Newkirk Avenue
• Public Service-Right-of-Way-Hamilton Avenue and Donald Drive
• Bromley Park - Hollywood Drive
• Whitehead Manor Park - Whitehead Road - off Fifth Avenue
• Cornell Heights Playground - Amherst Avenue
• Warwick Park-off Quakerbridge Road - end of lot
• George Dick Field - Wegner Avenue (HGSA)
• Estates Boulevard and Shady Lane
• Flock Road at dead end
• Switlik Park (near batting cages)
• Nottingham Little League
• Dead end of Estates Boulevard by Great Oak Road
• Drialo Playground off Yardville-Allentown Road
• Dead end of Paddock Road off of Corral Drive

Bags must be emptied.

No debris or branches. Violators will be prosecuted under Illegal Dumping ordinance Number 73-2.

3. When will the county pick up my gutter leaves?

2023 dates for gutter leaf pick up on a county road is the week of November 20th & December 18th 

• Arena Drive
• County Route 620 Chambers Street
• County Route 626 East State Street
• County Route 535 Hamilton Avenue
• County Route 606 Kuser Road
• County Route 619 Mercerville Edinburg Road
• County Route 535 Nottingham Way
• County Route 652/618/614 Quakerbridge Road
• County Route 533 South Broad Street
• County Route 572 South Olden Avenue
• County Route 622 Sweetbriar Avenue
• County Route 649 Sloan Avenue
• County Route 649 Flock Road
• County Route 649 Whitehead Road
• County Route 616 Whitehorse Mercerville Road
• County Route 533 South Broad Street
• County Route 672/524 Yardville Allentown Road
• County Route 524 Church Street
• County Route 609

4. If I hire a contractor to rake the leaves on my property, can the contractor put the leaves on the curb?

Contractors are prohibited from placing your leaves curbside in accordance with Ordinance Section 123-13.

5. What is the benefit of recycling leaves?

By recycling leaves, we remove approximately 12,000 tons of leaves per year from the waste stream and avoid approximately 1.67 million dollars in disposal and pick up fees.  Recycling our leaves provides us with the materials needed to make compost that we make available to our residents at no cost.