The Salisbury Township Board of Supervisors, at their public meeting on Thursday, December 14th, 2023 voted to award local solid waste hauling company Whitetail Disposal, Inc. its comprehensive trash, recycle, and yard waste collection contract valued for as much as $10.73 million dollars. The contract encompasses once a week collection for trash, recycle, and yard waste over a 3-year base term with two successive 1-year options.
Under the new contract, service for the 5,044 homes in Lehigh County, PA will begin January 1, 2024. Salisbury Township will be serviced out of our WD Lehigh-North facility located in Northampton, PA. Each home will be provided a new 95-gallon trash and new 65-gallon recycle toter for their weekly service. Yard waste service will remain the same. “Salisbury will be the fourth community we’ve switched from solely rear-load service to our new hybrid service utilizing automation where best suited in the community,” said President & COO, Paul Brady. Brady said, “We’re excited about introducing this approach to our neighbors. Historic Salisbury is over 270 years old, and we look forward to providing the highest quality service in their history.”
Whitetail Disposal, Inc. is a family-owned company headquartered in Perkiomenville, PA. New Hanover Township, Montgomery County. Whitetail employees 345 team members, who operate over 230 vehicles while servicing almost 210,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers every week.
Founded by Michael Schmidt in 2008, the company is celebrating its 15-year anniversary and is the fastest growing hauler in the Philadelphia service area.