Recycling & Trash Removal

Trash General Info
Edgmont Township does not provide trash service to any residents or businesses. Each resident and business must contract with a trash hauler to have their trash picked up. Please make sure that your trash hauler can pick up your recycling items, as recycling is mandatory for all residents.

Recycling General Info
Recycling is mandatory for all residents of Edgmont Township. Free recycling containers are provided for your recycling convenience by Edgmont Township through a State grant. If you don’t already have one, stop by the Township Building and get your recycling container.
Edgmont Township is eligible for Performance Grants from the State; so if you need more than one recycling container please ask for it. The more we recycle the more we are paid, and this money goes into the general fund, reducing taxes.

New Drop-offs at Township Building
Drop off your junk mail, newspapers, and catalogs in Paper drop-off.
We now have glass and Aluminum drop-off containers as well.

Your recycling should never go into the trash truck. If you see that happen, please call the Township Office immediately at 610-459-1662.

Thank you for recycling. Edgmont Township appreciates your support in protecting the environment, resources and landfills.

What to Recycle
MIXED PAPER - New to Edgmont Township is a drop-off container for mixed paper. It is located at the Township Building at the front of the parking lot. The following items can be place in the container: catalogs, magazines, newspapers, junk mail, office paper, fax paper, notebooks, folders (No phonebooks, cardboard, cereal boxes, chipboard, milk cartons, soda cartons, or food cartons of any kind - nothing from the kitchen or bathroom). No sorting or removal of staples is necessary. The Township is paid by the ton, so the more tons, the more money, which helps keep our taxes low.

CELL PHONES – Bring your old, unwanted cell phones and power cords to the marked box in the Township’s lobby. Your cell phone will be refurbished to make outgoing 911 emergency calls only. The phones will then be given to local victims of domestic abuse. Let’s fill up our box to help others.

Edgmont Township’s recycling ordinance mandates that the following items be recycled:

Glass - clear, green and brown (excluding blue)
Aluminum Containers
Bi-metal Containers – (“tin” cans)
Newsprint – (excluding magazines and periodicals)

Even though it is not mandated, check with your trash hauler, as most haulers will also accept Type 1 and Type 2 plastic. Look inside the triangle on the bottom of your plastic container to determine the Type number.

What NOT to Recycle:
Blue Glass
Ceramics
Magazines and periodicals
Telephone Books
Glossy Inserts
Paper Bags
Antifreeze/Motor Oil Containers

How to Prepare Items:
Glass/Plastic/Metal Cans: Rinse and remove the lids and rings before putting in your recycling bin. You do not have to remove the paper labels from your items.
Newspapers: Tie in bundles or place in paper bags

White Horse Village:
White Horse Village’s recycler accepts the following recyclables: Plastic Type #2-except milk containers and detergent bottles
(check the number on the bottom of the container
Glass - clear, brown and green (excluding blue)
Metal cans – (“tin” cans)
Paper – newspaper, computer paper, office paper and corrugated
cardboard (excluding telephone books, glossy inserts,
paper bags or magazines)

For glass, plastic or metal cans – rinse and remove lids and rings before putting into recycling bin. It is not necessary to remove paper labels from items. Tie newspapers in bundles or place in paper bags.

Call White Horse Village Housekeeping Department (610-558-5005) for: replacement of recycling bins or disposal of: paint and solvents, metals, fluorescent tubes, TVs, VCRs or other bulky items, and disposal of unused medications.

Benefits of Recycling
Recycling Feels Good: Environmental problems have become so complex that many individuals feel they can have no effect on them, such as oil spills. hazardous waste, loss of rain forests, endangered species, acid rain, the ozone layer, and the municipal waste crisis. At the very least, these problems require group and corporate action or government intervention.

But there are some things the individual can control. Our waste reduction and recycling activities can make a difference. That’s why so many Pennsylvania communities began voluntary recycling programs, and others – required to recycle under Act 101 – started early. Recycling feels good. It’s the right thing to do.

Recycling Saves Natural Resources
Our finite reserves of natural resources are being depleted rapidly, particularly with the increasing use of disposable products and packaging. It is estimated that Americans will throw away millions of tons of aluminum cans, foil, office paper, newsprint, and glass bottles and jars every year. This rate of use and disposal takes a particularly heavy toll on irreplaceable natural resources such as minerals and petroleum.

Reprocessing used materials to make new products and packaging reduces the consumption of natural resources. Each ton of recycled paper can save about 17 trees. Every ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1000 pounds of coal, and 40 pounds of limestone. Recycling often produces better products than those made of virgin materials; for instance, the tin in bimetallic cans is more refined (thus more valuable) after being processed for recycling.

Recycling Saves Energy
Processing raw materials makes heavy demands on energy resources. About 3% of America’s energy is used for producing packaging alone. Reprocessing used materials reduces energy needs for mining, refining, and many manufacturing processes.

Recycling paper cuts energy usage in half. Every pound of steel recycled saves 5,450 BTUs of energy, enough to light a 60-watt bulb for over 26 hours. Recycling a ton of glass saves the equivalent of 9 gallons of fuel oil. Recycling used aluminum cans requires only about 5% of the energy needed to produce aluminum from Bauxite; recycling just one can saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt bulb for 3 ½ hours.

Recycling Saves Our Environment
Recycling reduces environmental damage cause by mining, logging and manufacturing raw materials.

Recycling reduces the risks of air and water pollution from manufacturing processes. Recycling paper cuts air pollution by about 75%. Substituting steel scrap for virgin ore reduces air emissions by 85% and water pollution by 76%.

Recycling also reduces pollution risks by keeping materials out of disposal facilities. No matter how strong environmental standards may be, there is always some risk associated with waste disposal. Recycling and waste reduction are preferred and effective alternatives.

Recycling Saves Disposal Capacity
Before Pennsylvania’s Recycling Law (Act 101) was passed in 1988, about 97% of the state’s municipal waste was landfilled. The per capita waste generation rate was increasing, largely due to disposable consumer goods and excess packaging. We were depleting landfill capacity at an alarming rate.

Recycling and waste reduction save landfill space. Given the recent growth of recycling technology and the creation of new recycled products, manufacturing techniques, and ways to recycle more materials, it may be possible to recycle as much as 60% of our municipal waste stream. Some estimates put the figure as high as 80%.

Recycling Saves Disposal Costs
The combination of landfill closings, the increasing demand for disposal sites, and the need to haul wastes to disposal sites farther away from the point of origin led to increased disposal costs. Recycling will not reduce disposal rates, but it will reduce the amount of waste we have to landfill or incinerate. Recycling will save in terms of avoided disposal costs.

Recycling is Good Business
Manufacturers who produce consumer goods and packaging with recycled content are able to reduce their needs for raw materials and energy. They need less equipment, and require fewer power plants, refineries and processing plants. They rely less on foreign imports such as petroleum. By reducing pollution risks, manufacturers reduce the need for pollution controls. Recycling can save money for manufacturers and their customer.

Recycling is a growth industry with many kinds of business opportunities, from waste management to manufacturing to inventing new technologies. New businesses in Pennsylvania will create jobs for more Pennsylvanians, produce more spendable income and improve our economy.

Recycling Contacts
Delaware County Solid Waste Authority
1521 North Providence Road
Media, PA 19063
Ph-610-892-9716
www.co.delaware.pa.us/recycle/hhw.html

Bureau of Waste Management
Division of Waste Minimization and Planning
PO Box 2063
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063

Household Hazardous Waste

Buy Wisely
Read product labels when you shop. To find environmentally-friendly products, look for words and phrases such as: green, non-toxic, all natural, earth-friendly, and safe for use around children and pets, environmentally safe, 100% biodegradable.

Buy only the amount of product you need. Purchase water-based products such as paint (latex paint) whenever possible.

HHW Disposal Tips
Preventing Household Hazardous Waste in the first place is the best, least expensive method of disposal. For all waste items, we recommend that you follow the disposal options in this order:

REDUCE – Buy only what you need and return unopened cans. If you are near the end of a job and realize you need only a small amount to finish, exchange the unopened can for a smaller size.

REUSE – Use leftover paint for a second coat. Place remaining paint in a mayonnaise jar; put plastic on top before tightly securing the cap.

Be sure the lid is removed from the can(s) before placing out with your household trash.

RECYCLE – Old latex paints can be blended together to produce beige or gray. Oil-based paints may also be mixed together; however, do not mix oil-based paints with latex paints.


2007 HHW Collection Events
*Computer and TV Recycling Dates. Computers, printers, scanners, fax machines and portable TVs will be
collected at these specific events. Maximum of 3 per vehicle.
Saturday, April 28, 2007 – Marple Transfer Station, Broomall
* Saturday, June 2, 2007 – Emergency Services Training
Center, Darby Twp.
Saturday, September 15, 2007 – Covanta Delaware Valley, City
of Chester
*Friday, October 12, 2007 – Rose Tree Park, Upper
Providence

Electronic related items accepted at the June 3 and Sept. 29 events include: CPUs, monitors, printers, scanners, peripherals, keyboards, laptop computers, fax machines, power cords, cables, cell phones, and portable TVs (Console TVs will not be accepted).

HHW will be accepted at all events. Items include: oil-based paint, paint thinner, varnish, kerosene, gasoline, motor oil, antifreeze, weed killers, fungicides, pesticides, items containing Mercury, propane tanks weighing less than 20 lbs., batteries (lead-acid, NiCad, Lithium, rechargeable) and cell phones.

These collection events are administered by the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority.