The Township offers several organic waste recycling programs to our residents. These programs provide an outlet for our residents to dispose of their organic waste and in return reap the benefits of the programs by utilizing the mulch and compost derived from the recycling process. The programs are outlined below.

Please remember to bring a form of identification that includes your address.

Facility Operations: March through November

Hours:  NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY
               Mondays and Fridays: 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
               1st & 3rd Saturday / month: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., 
               CLOSED: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays

Holiday schedule:  Click for a list of Township holidays

• If a holiday falls on a Monday, program will be open on Tuesdays.
• If a holiday falls on a Friday, program will be open on Thursdays.

Acceptable Material:

Brush (natural/untreated): 8-inch diameter max and no longer than 8 feet; bushes – no roots please!

Compost Items: Hedge trimmings, garden residue and leaves – loose or in brown paper bags only. NO PLASTIC BAGS!

BRUSH AND COMPOST ITEMS SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE.

Unacceptable Material: Grass clippings, ornamental grass, sod, soil, straw or hay, and plastic bags!

Lower Nazareth Township supports the position of the State Department of Environmental Protection and strongly recommends recycling your grass clippings by using a mulching mower. Please visit the DEP website for more information on this topic.

Special instructions: All material must be thoroughly checked for any foreign objects (nails, wire, stones, etc.). Material with debris will not be accepted as it may harm the processing equipment!

We will not accept material from any commercial services or business. All persons participating in the program will be required to provide identification at the time of drop-off or pick up.

By-products / mulch and compost

When available, a supply of the mulch and compost products derived from the FRCA recycling process will be on hand.

We strongly encourage our residents to utilize these products. Scheduled pick-ups for these products are also subject to the above mentioned appointment.

FIRST REGIONAL COMPOST AUTHORITY (FRCA)

In addition to our local program, a secondary drop-off site known as the First Regional Compost Authority (FRCA) is available to Township Residents. The facility is located at 6701 Weaversville Road, Northampton, PA 18067. The FRCA operates under its own schedule. Click here for their current hours. Please call 610-262-1000 with any questions.

CURBSIDE ORGANIC WASTE REMOVAL

The Township is proud to announce this Spring the Township will be continuing our program where we will be providing Curbside Organic waste removal. The Township will run this program for two weeks in the Spring so that residents have a way of cleaning up their yard and providing an easy means of disposal for yard waste. The 2025 program will begin on April 21st and run until May 2nd. Crews will cycle through the Township numerous times during this two-week period.

Please place the material at the curb no later than Thursday May 1st. Materials placed by the curb on the final day may not get picked up.

The Township personnel will be utilizing the leaf vacuums for this program. There will be no manual pick-up of debris that is not suitable for the leaf vacuum equipment. Acceptable material will consist of leaves and garden residue. No animal feces, sticks, or dirt.

Larger material, which will not pass through the leaf vacuum, must be brought to our yard waste recycling center located at 4600 Newburg Road by appointment during the normally scheduled hours of operation.

Also, we will be offering bulk waste removal...no appointment required

We will not accept tree stumps, grass clippings, roots, or dirt. Bulk items must set to curb either in an open container, bundled with cotton or hemp twine (bundles shall be no larger than 3x3x3 and no more than 40lbs), or in compostable paper bags.