Leaf Collection

2025 Leaf Collection Guidelines and Dates

Residents on the south side of Skippack Pike have leaf and yard waste collected on Mondays.

Residents who live on the north side of Skippack have leaf and yard waste collected on Wednesdays.

Click here for the 2025 leaf and yard waste collection calendar

Click here for the 2026 leaf and yard waste collection calendar

Click here for the 2026 leaf collection map

Leaves must be placed in biodegradable paper bags and put out at the curb the evening before the scheduled collection. As a reminder, please don’t rake leaves to the curb and do not place leaf waste and branch trimmings in plastic bags or in trash can containers. They will not be collected.

If your pickup is missed, you must call the Township the day of collection at 610-277-2400. This program is not available to private communities.

The Township is no longer selling paper bags for leaf collection. Bags are available for purchase at many hardware stores, supermarkets, and warehouse stores.

Biodegradable Bags

Leaves must be placed in biodegradable paper bags and put out at the curb the evening before the scheduled collection date to ensure they will be picked up. Bags should not weigh more than 40 pounds and should not contain trash or other waste. The Township no longer sells leaf bags, but they can be purchased at local supermarkets, hardware stores, wholesale stores, and a variety of other stores. Do not place bagged leaf and branch trimmings in plastic bags. They will not be collected. 

All leaves and branch trimmings are recycled, not landfilled.

What is Yard Waste?

Yard waste includes leaves, grass clippings, shrubbery and minor tree trimmings in biodegradable paper bags or containers, bundled shrubs or plants, excluding dirt, under four (4') feet in length and tied tree branches under three (3") inches in diameter and under four (4") feet in length.

Resources

View Tree Trimming Operations (PDF).