Frequently Asked Questions

Hamilton Township Public Works does provide for the pick up of bagged leaves on both State roads and County roads.

The Drop Off locations are only available in the Fall.

Our Drop Off Locations for 2025 will open October 20th - December 19th:

• Pearson House on Hobson Avenue 
• Snell-Wilkus Park (Shady Brook Park) – Ruth Ave.
• 320 Scully Ave.
• Public Service - Right of Way - Hamilton Ave & Donald Dr. 
• Bromley Park - Hollywood Dr. 
• Whitehead Manor Park - Whitehead Rd. - off 5th Avenue 
• Cornell Heights Playground - Amherst Ave. 
• Warwick Park - off Quakerbridge Rd - end of lot 
• George Dick Field - Wegner Ave. (HGSA)
• Estates Blvd. & Shady Ln. 
• Flock Rd. at dead end
• Switlik Park (near batting cages)
• Nottingham Little League
• Dead End of Estates Blvd. by Great Oak Rd.
• Drialo Playground off Yardville - Allentown Rd. 
• Dead end of Paddock Rd. off of Corral Dr. 
• The Hamilton Ecological Facility (1360 Kuser Rd) will be open 6 days a week for your convenience with the exception of 11/4, 11/11, 11/27, 11/28 & 12/25.  

Contractors are prohibited from using these drop off sites.

Bags, must be emptied.  No debris or branches. Violators will be prosecuted under Illegal Dumping ordinance Number 73-2.

County Gutter leaf schedule 2025 - Weeks of Nov. 17th & Dec. 15th

• Arena Drive - County Rd. 620
• Chambers St. -  County Route 626 
• Edinburg Rd./ County Rt. 535
• East State St. - County Route 535
• Hamilton Ave - County Route 606 
• Kuser Rd. - County Route 619
• Lalor St./ County Rt. 650
• Mercerville Edinburg Road - County Rt 535
• Nottingham Way - County Rt 614, County Rt 618, County Rt 652
• Quakerbridge Rd - County Route 533 
• S Broad St. - County Rt 524, County Rt. 672
• S. Olden Avenue - County Rt 622
• Sweetbriar Ave - County Rt  649
• Sloan Ave - County Rt 649
• Flock Rd - County Rt 649
• Whitehead Rd - County Rt 616
• Whitehorse Ave. / County Rt. 533
• Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd - County Rt 533
• Yardville-Allentown Rd - County Rt 524
• Church Street - County Rt 524

Contractors are prohibited from placing your leaves curbside in accordance with Ordinance Section 123-13.

By recycling leaves, we remove approximately 12,000 tons of leaves per year from the waste stream and avoid approximately 1.67 million dollars in disposal and pick up fees.  Recycling our leaves provides us with the materials needed to make compost that we make available to our residents at no cost.

Every Hamilton neighborhood is offered one gutter leaf collection. Residents must have gutter leaves prepared for pick up no later than 7:30 am on the starting date provided for their neighborhood (if you live on a county road, please check the schedule for county roads gutter leaf pick up (609) 989-6629

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR GUTTER LEAF SCHEDULE

Please note ** State Storm Water Management Regulations - that all towns and residents must follow - requires that leaves may not be placed near the gutter more than seven days in advance of the scheduled pick up and not be placed closer than ten feet to a storm drain.

Our Fall 2025 Bagged Leaf pick up will begin November 3rd -December 26th.

• Place Leaves in either untied biodegradable paper bags (no plastic bags) or in open rigid containers (no recycling containers) with handles on the curbside of their property (to distinguish leaves from closed bagged household trash)
• Containers must not weigh more than 50lbs
• No cardboard boxes/containers 
• Please leave your Biodegradable bags OPEN and UNTIED