Junk Removal Across York County, PA

How trash works in York County

• Small Load Drop-Off: York County residents can bring furniture, mattresses, extra trash, metal, yard waste, electronics and refrigerant appliances after checking in at the scale house. A fee applies to waste loads. Hours as of 2026 are weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon.^[13][14]
• Electronics: free for residents at the Resource Recovery Center and at the Fairview Township and Penn Township recycling centers, with a limit of five TVs per visit.^[15]
• Household hazardous waste: two collection events a year, one in spring and one in fall, free for county residents with registration required. We don’t take paint, chemicals or propane tanks, so these events are the route for them.^[16]
• Tires: off the rim, no more than 32 inches across and 12 inches of tread, and up to ten at the Resource Recovery Center, where a fee applies.^[17]
• Renovation debris: drywall, plaster and tile are taken at the Small Load Drop-Off only two 42-gallon contractor bags at a time, and concrete, brick and stone aren’t accepted there at all.^[18]

York County homes and what they hold

How the York County towns we serve differ

• York: about half the homes predate 1940 and fewer than 1 in 4 is a detached house; the city’s hauler takes up to five scheduled bulky items a week.^[1][10]
• Hanover: the borough collects its own trash, and large items are scheduled and paid for through Public Works.^[21][11]
• Red Lion: nearly half the homes date before 1940, and under the 2026 contract residents call ahead before setting out a large item.^[22][23]
• Dallastown: more than half of households rent, and one large item goes out each Thursday.^[24][25]
• Spring Grove: one bulk item a week, and trash is limited to what fits in the hauler’s totes.^[26]
• Wrightsville: a borough authority collects trash, and large items go only on Fridays, arranged and paid for at the Municipal Office.^[27][28]
• Shrewsbury: a median age near 52 and more than a quarter of residents 65 or older, in mostly detached homes.^[2]
• New Freedom: 86% detached houses and fewer than 1 in 10 households renting.^[3]
• Glen Rock: a small borough where nearly 4 in 10 homes predate 1940, surrounded entirely by Shrewsbury Township.^[29]
• Dover: the borough is enclosed by Dover Township, where the median home dates to 1988.^[30][19]
• Manchester: the borough and Manchester Township are separate places that don’t touch; the Resource Recovery Center sits in the township.^[31][32][7]
• Dillsburg: enclosed by Carroll Township, where 88% of homes are detached houses.^[33][20]