Lehigh County / population 12,314 (2024 est.)
Borough of Emmaus: dumpster on the street
Emmaus prices its right-of-way dumpster permit by size, with the break at 20 cubic yards. A portable storage container has its own permit.
The rule, as written
- Dumpster in the public right-of-way, up to and including 20 cubic yards: $100.
- Over 20 cubic yards: $125.
- Portable storage container permit: $60.
- Yearly compliance fee when an independent hauler collects refuse and recycling from a dumpster: $50.
- Time limit: not published in the fee schedule.
Order of steps
- Pick the box size. Up to and including 20 yards costs less.
- Apply to the borough before the box goes in the right-of-way.
- If a private hauler empties a dumpster for you all year, file the borough's yearly certification.
Where this comes from
- 2026 fee schedule (read Nov 11, 2026)
- Borough code, Chapter 20 (read Nov 11, 2026)
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