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Wrightsville Borough · York County

Junk Removal in Wrightsville, PA, Close to Home

About 6 miles from our base, in a river town whose own authority runs the trash and keeps a short large-item list.

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From our base on Druck Valley Road, Wrightsville is about 6 miles as the crow flies, which puts it among the closest towns we serve.[1]

Trash works differently here than in most of York County. There’s no outside contract hauler. The Wrightsville Borough Municipal Authority collects it and bills refuse along with water and sewer. The Authority’s large-item list is short and specific, and a lot of ordinary household junk isn’t on it. That gap is where junk removal in Wrightsville, PA comes in: William prices the job, shows up with the crew and loads whatever the list leaves behind, as long as it isn’t hazardous or liquid.[2][3][4]

From our base
~6.1 miles
Residents
1,869
Homes built before 1960
69.7%
Renter households
32.1%

Straight-line miles from 4343 Druck Valley Rd; Wrightsville Borough figures from the Census Bureau's 2020–2024 American Community Survey.[1][5]

Pre-war houses with attics and basements to match

Wrightsville’s houses are old. The median home in Wrightsville was built in 1944, about 46 percent date to before 1940, and close to 70 percent were standing before 1960. The Wrightsville Historic District, roughly bounded by the Susquehanna River, Vine Street, Fourth Street and Willow Street, has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983.[5][3]

A house that has stood since the 1940s or earlier has had time to fill an attic, a basement and a back porch, sometimes with more than one owner’s leftovers. About a third of households rent and just over half of homes are single-family detached, so a Wrightsville job is as likely to be a rental turnover as a long-held family house.[5]

How the Municipal Authority handles large items and yard waste

Large-item pickup is Fridays only, and you have to arrange and pay for it through the Municipal Office by the end of the day Wednesday that week. The borough also has an ordinance against letting bulky rubbish like old furniture and large appliances pile up on a property, and says fines will be imposed.[2][6][7]

  • On the Authority’s 2024 list: wood bed frames, cribs, box springs, mattresses, chairs and recliners, love seats, sofas and fiberglass tubs. For anything else, call the office.[6]
  • Taken off the list: electronics, including air conditioners, TVs, computers and toasters, and lawn mowers.[2]
  • Not accepted: metal bed frames and other metal objects, porcelain toilets and bathtubs, and electronic devices of any kind. The borough points residents to the York County Solid Waste Authority for those.[6]
  • Yard waste pickup for 2026 started March 2. Use brown biodegradable bags or a can holding only yard waste, and bundle anything that won’t fit in lengths of 4 feet or less. Yard waste in plastic bags is left behind.[8][2][7]
  • Paint, chemicals and other household hazardous waste go to the county’s collection events, which are free for York County residents with registration. Check ycswa.com for the current dates.[9]

Neighborhoods and nearby townships

  • Wrightsville Historic District
  • Hellam Township

The historic district’s boundaries come from the borough’s comprehensive plan; Census boundary data shows Hellam Township bordering the borough on the York County side.[3][5]

What we haul and tear down in Wrightsville

Storm debris that’s already on the ground

On August 20, 2026, the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-2 tornado near Wrightsville in eastern York County, with peak winds around 120 mph. When something that size comes through, York County’s municipalities lead disaster debris management, with the county’s solid waste authority in support, so watch for your borough’s own instructions first.[10][11]

For what’s left on your own property, we handle the pieces already down. That means snapped limbs, a fence panel in the flower bed, a crushed grill, shingles and siding scattered across the yard. None of that fits a 4-foot yard waste bundle. We load it and haul it. We’re not arborists, and we don’t fell standing trees, including leaning ones or ones hung up in another tree. Trimming and stump grinding are arborist work too. If a tree is touching a power line, call the utility before you call anybody else.[7]

More about our storm cleanup service

Appliances and metal the Wrightsville list won’t take

Wrightsville’s large-item list is mostly furniture. Air conditioners and other electronics came off it, and metal objects aren’t accepted at all. That leaves the washer, dryer, stove, chest freezer, dehumidifier and old metal shelving with no curbside route. Your fallback is the county’s Small Load Drop-Off at the Resource Recovery Center, which takes refrigerant appliances and metal items. That works if you have a truck and two strong backs, and you’ve emptied the food out of the fridge first.[2][6][12][13]

Or we do it. Our two-person crew comes down the basement stairs, carries the appliance up and out, and hauls it away. You just point at it.

More about our appliance removal service

Wrightsville questions, answered

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Sources

  1. [1] U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer Files: Pennsylvania places (accessed 2026-10-04)
  2. [2] wrightsvilleborough.com — Municipal Authority | Wrightsville Borough (accessed 2026-10-04)
  3. [3] wrightsvilleborough.com — Wrightsville Borough Comprehensive Plan (accessed 2026-10-04)
  4. [4] York County Solid Waste Authority — Who is My Hauler? (accessed 2026-10-04)
  5. [5] U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates: Wrightsville borough, York County, PA (accessed 2026-10-04)
  6. [6] wrightsvilleborough.com — Large Item Pick-Up Fee List 2024 (accessed 2026-10-04)
  7. [7] wrightsvilleborough.com — Wrightsville Borough Summer 2025 Newsletter (accessed 2026-10-04)
  8. [8] wrightsvilleborough.com — Wrightsville Borough home page (accessed 2026-10-04)
  9. [9] York County Solid Waste Authority — Household Hazardous Waste (accessed 2026-10-04)
  10. [10] National Weather Service — Tornadoes of 20 August 2026 (accessed 2026-10-04)
  11. [11] York County Solid Waste Authority — Disaster Debris Management, presentation PDF (accessed 2026-10-04)
  12. [12] York County Solid Waste Authority — Small Load Drop-Off Facility (accessed 2026-10-04)
  13. [13] York County Solid Waste Authority — Household Appliances (accessed 2026-10-04)
  14. [14] wrightsvilleborough.com — Permits and Ordinances | Wrightsville Borough (accessed 2026-10-04)
  15. [15] hellamtownship.gov — How do I find my trash and recycling pickup day? - Hellam Township, PA (accessed 2026-10-04)
  16. [16] storage.googleapis.com — Hellam Township Recycling Poster 2026 (accessed 2026-10-04)
  17. [17] hellamtownship.gov — Zoning Permit Applications - Hellam Township, PA (accessed 2026-10-04)
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