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Government Services

 

Township Services

 

Emergency Management Coordinator

Steve Funk

 

The Emergency Management Coordinator is the primary agent for elected officials for emergency management planning, training and response.  He oversees the planning, training and preparation during non-disaster time, and acts as the coordinator in the Emergency Operations Center during time of disaster.

 

 

Township Trash, Yard Waste and Recycling

 

More detail is available to download in the "2008 Recycling" chart below.  Choose the "Township Trash & Recycling Program" document.

 

SPRING YARD WASTE COLLECTION

 

District I: Collection south of and including Ridge Road week of Memorial Day, Tuesday and Wednesday

District II: Collection north of Ridge Road week of Memorial Day, Thursday and Friday

 

¨          No registration is required

¨          No leaves, just yard waste

¨          Tree limbs and branches are to be placed in neat piles at the edge of the road or driveway.  Limb size is restricted to four to six feet lengths no greater than five inches in circumference.  Piles for pick-up are limited to four feet wide, four feet high and six feet long.  The pick up may take several days to go through the Township.

 

FALL LEAF COLLECTION

 

¨          Leaves must be raked/blown into neat piles along property road frontage no later than 7:00am. 

¨          Collection will take place in late October; dates will be announced on website and newsletter.

¨          No registration is required

¨          Leaves will be collected by systematically driving each road in the Township.

 

CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTION

 

¨          Collection will occur the 2nd and 3rd Mondays in January

¨          No registration is required

 

PINES at PENNRIDGE I & II / CEDARBROOK CROSSING

 

Is a trash district through a township-bid single hauler contract.  Current contract is with Allied Waste and includes weekly collection of trash and recycling and optional Christmas tree collection and monthly yard waste collection.  Allied Waste can be contacted at 215-723-3862.

Household Hazardous Waste Collection

 

During your annual spring cleaning, you found some half-used bottles of insecticide; plus the chemicals left over from your photography phase; oil-based paint from a redecorating project; old motor oil, antifreeze, turpentine and model airplane glue.  You want to get rid of this stuff. But how?  It’s tempting -- and it would be so easy -- to just throw it out with the regular household trash, flush it down the toilet or pour it down the drain. But if the words 'Caution, Toxic, Danger, Flammable, Warning, Corrosive, Explosive, Reactive, Combustible, Poisonous or Hazardous' appear anywhere on the label, don’t do it.

 

It might not be noticed right away but eventually those hazardous materials can get into the ground water and contaminate drinking water; pollute septic systems and wastewater treatment systems; injure plant and animal life and harm children if the half-full containers are stored around the house.  They can also cause injury or death.  Particularly at risk are sanitation workers. In 1997 a New York trash hauler died when he was unknowingly exposed to a toxic chemical that had been discarded by a laboratory.  In California a study found that three percent of all garbage collectors in the state were injured annually after coming into contact with hazardous waste that is casually tossed into residential trash cans.

 

Each person in the U.S. produces an average of four pounds of hazardous household waste a year.  That’s 530,000 tons a year.  But what exactly is it?  Some jobs around the home require the use of products containing hazardous components such as oil-based paint, stains, varnishes, car batteries and pesticides.  It’s the leftovers you didn’t use that are defined as household hazardous waste. Plus all the used batteries that have been piling up from flashlights, remote controls, toys and other battery-operated appliances.

 

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is making it easy for residents of the Southeastern region to dispose of the hazardous waste they’ve accumulated.  DEP has put together numerous collection days at locations throughout Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.  These drop-off events do work.  A Seattle official reported that a pint of mercury brought to a household hazardous waste collection site would have contaminated the entire region’s sewage system if it had been poured down the drain.

 

 

State Services

Disaster Assistance

 

When tragedy strikes, families, businesses and communities seek assistance to repair homes and stores and to restore vital services.  The types and levels of disaster assistance depend on the severity of the damage and the declarations that result from the disaster event.

 

There are essentially three types of declarations: a governor's proclamation that allows state agencies wide latitude to provide assistance and relaxes contracting requirements; a Small Business Administration disaster declaration that provides limited loan assistance following smaller events; and, a Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster or Disaster Emergency that involves a response from both state and federal resources.

 

Download this document for more information.  You can also find it on the Documents page.

 

 

County Services

 

East Rockhill Township is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of Bucks County.  The county provides numerous services to residents of the county.  The county provides more than sixty departments and agencies to meet the needs of the community.  For a complete listing of services and further information, call 215-348-6000 or find them on the web at www.buckscounty.org.