Vogel Disposal takes over residential trash and recycling in Hampton Township on January 1, 2027. Hampton households will deal with Vogel well before then, though. The company's customer form is due in about five weeks. Its first bill comes a full month before its first pickup. Its new carts are scheduled to reach the curb in mid-December, while Waste Management is still running the routes.
So the part of this change that takes effort happens this fall. On New Year's Day the trucks change. Before that, the paperwork, the bill and the carts all have to come together.
Four Dates Before the First Vogel Truck
Here is the calendar as Hampton Township and Vogel have published it so far.
| Date | What happens | Who announced it |
|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2026 | Township posts notice to watch the mail for a Vogel information and registration packet | Hampton Township |
| Before November 13, 2026 | Vogel's Hampton customer-information form is due | Vogel Disposal |
| December 1, 2026 | First Vogel bill is sent | Vogel Disposal |
| By December 19, 2026 | New Vogel carts expected to be delivered | Vogel Disposal |
| January 1, 2027 | Vogel's 2027–2031 contract begins | Hampton Township Council |
The township's October 2 notice lists the prep steps. Residents update their customer information, submit any required documents, look for more details online and, if they want, set up auto pay. All of it runs through Vogel's Hampton page. The company says the customer information supports both service and communications. If your details are missing or wrong in November, you may also be off the list for the December bill and the December cart delivery.
Why Council Signed On for the Hassle
The switch started with a five-year bid that included an option for five more years. The April 8, 2026 agenda-meeting minutes show three bidders: Vogel, Waste Management and County Hauling. All three came in below the rate residents were paying at the time.
Two weeks later, on April 22, Council voted unanimously to give Vogel the 2027–2031 contract. Township Manager Ryan Jeroski called Vogel the low bidder and said residents would save over $100 a year. A council member asked how Vogel could bid so far below the others. Jeroski said Vogel is a smaller firm with less overhead, and that he had confirmed the company was comfortable with its price.
The April 22 minutes also show the township expected the switch to need residents' help from the start:
"He mentioned that there will be a lot of public advertising for this change since it will require a lot of public involvement with changing out the carts."
That cart swap is why the fall calendar matters. A new hauler on the same carts would barely register at the curb. A new hauler with new carts, new billing and a new customer database means work for every household, and the savings Council pointed to depend on that work getting done.
What the Savings Look Like on a Real Bill
Under Waste Management, Hampton's 2026 regular rate was $158.04 per four months, billed every four months. That works out to $39.51 a month. Citizen Portal reported on the April 22 meeting that the base monthly rate under Vogel would fall to about $30.35 in 2027. That figure comes from the meeting report, not from a rate table in the official minutes.
Run the numbers for a full year:
- 2026 under WM: $39.51 a month, or about $474 a year
- 2027 under Vogel, as reported: about $30.35 a month, or about $364 a year
- Difference: roughly $110 a year, which matches the manager's "over $100" figure
Citizen Portal also reported projected savings of about $418.32 per household over the full five years. That is less than five times the first-year difference. Read together, the figures suggest the projected yearly gap gets smaller later in the contract. The first year shows the biggest drop.
Where Households Can Spend the Savings Back
The base rate covers the standard setup. Vogel's Hampton form offers extra carts, up to two of each type, at $6 per trash cart per month and $4.50 per recycling cart per month. A second trash cart adds $72 a year, which uses up about two-thirds of the roughly $110 first-year savings. Add a second recycling cart for another $54 a year and the household pays a little more than it did under the 2026 WM rate.
Seniors have their own path on Vogel's Hampton page. Separate "Senior Citizens" forms ask for updated customer information and the "required ID," with or without auto pay sign-up. Under WM, Hampton's 10% senior discount required proof of age, including photo ID, plus documents showing financial responsibility for the household. Vogel's pages so far don't say what its ID requirement verifies or how large its senior discount is. A senior household that got the WM discount may want to find those terms before the November 13 deadline.
Payment changes too. Vogel's residential customer-service page has customers pay Vogel directly, either online or by mailed check. Vogel's Hampton form also offers email billing and refers to a "quarterly statement," which would mean a shorter cycle than WM's bill every four months.
What Changes at the Curb
Vogel's general recycling guidelines call for recyclables to go loose, not bagged, into one container, with items rinsed clean. The accepted list includes cardboard, paper, plastics labeled #1, #2 and #5, metals and glass.
On holidays, Vogel delays collection by one day when your scheduled day falls on or after a weekday holiday it observes. Its schedules are looked up by municipality and address, so your pickup day comes from Vogel's lookup, not from an assumption carried over from WM.
For large items, Vogel says extra curbside pickup is available, but fees vary by municipality, and it asks residents to call customer service for instructions and pricing. Vogel already works nearby. Its service page lists Richland Township among the municipalities with a Vogel residential hazardous-waste and e-waste pickup option.
The Questions Still Open as of October 10
Several details residents will want had not appeared in the township or Vogel materials as of October 10, 2026:
- Hampton's Vogel pickup day or days, and how often recycling will be collected in 2027
- The standard cart sizes being delivered by December 19
- Yard waste and leaf collection under the new contract. Hampton's 2026 WM program included yard waste, household hazardous waste and e-waste collection.
- Bulk-item allowance and pricing specific to Hampton
- What happens to the current WM carts, and when they leave the curb
- WM's final December pickups, which so far fall under its general holiday-delay rules rather than a published end-of-contract schedule
Vogel's Hampton page links to a "Collection Guidelines" resource that may answer several of these as the packet goes out. The township has also set up a page titled Changes Coming to Garbage Collection Services for transition updates. For now, the confirmed dates are the November 13 form deadline, the December 1 bill and the December 19 cart delivery, and all three come before Vogel's first pickup in January.
Township updates like this one are part of what Robin Taylor Homes follows across the North Hills, and Robin is happy to pass along what she hears as Vogel's Hampton details come out. If you're selling a Hampton home this winter and want to know how the hauler switch fits your listing and closing timeline, reply with your street name and we'll go through it together.
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