Recycling Info

Recycling Information


Single Stream Recycling 

Recycling Bin


Recycling


When recycling took off in the United States in the early 1990s, the environmentally conscious were instructed to sort their recyclables into separate bins.

 

Paper went into one bin, plastic in another, glass sorted by color into another bin. By the end of the decade, however, technology that allowed single-stream recycling was developed.

 

At last, even the laziest among us had no excuse to avoid recycling. Under the single-stream recycling system, all recyclables go into a single bin.

 

At the recycling plant, recyclables are loaded onto a conveyer belt and pushed off in response to certain stimuli: Magnets lift iron-based metals from the belt; puffs of air blow paper from the line, and so on.,


NO leaf or yard waste burning in the Borough

 

 

 

 

EXTRA REMINDERS

 

  • NO STYROFOAM
  • NO PIZZA BOXES
  • NO SHREDDED PAPER
  • NO MINI BLINDS
  • NO GARDEN HOSES
  • NO COAT HANGERS

 

Do not tie up recyclables in garbage bags; drivers will not open bags to check to see if it's recyclables or garbage.

 

If you are using garbage cans or plain plastic bins please pick up new bins at the recycling drop off site.

 

At this time the Borough does have blue recycling bins. They may be picked up at Test Track Park recycling/compost site with indentification.