NO ELECTRONIC DISPOSAL OPTIONS FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY
In order to assist residents in recycling their electronic items the County has compiled a list of companies that will accept Televisions and computers to be recycled for a fee. To see a company near you please click on the link below.
COMMUNITY ELECTRONIC COLLECTION
COMMUNITY ELECTRONIC COLLECTION
The Borough offers Weekly Trash Collection Services.
Place your trash at the curb the evening before your trash collection day. Use trash containers with lids and limit it to four. Listed below are the names of the streets and days your trash will be collected:
IF A BOROUGH HOLIDAY FALLS ON YOUR TRASH COLLECTION DAY, YOUR TRASH WILL BE COLLECTED THE FOLLLOWING DAY.
BULK TRASH IS COLLECTED THE LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER. NOVEMBER BULK TRASH WILL BE COLLECTED THE 3RD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. THERE IS NO BULK TRASH IN DECEMBER.
The Borough Offers Monthly Bulk Trash Collection Services
Bulk trash is picked up the last Thursday of each month from January until November. Please note that in November, Bulk Trash will be picked up on the third Thursday due to Thanksgiving Holiday. There is no bulk trash pickup in December.
Are your tenants moving out? Are you selling your house?
We ask that you contract with a firm for a dumpster. We do not have the resources to clean out an entire house or apartment.
NO TELEVISIONS CAN BE PICKED UP BY THE BOROUGH
Q. What is “bulk trash”?
A. Bulk trash consists of such items as appliances and furniture. Tree branches, wood and metal must be bundled in no more than 3′ lengths. Lawn mower tires and bike tires must be removed by the owner. No construction material will be picked up by the Borough.
Q. Is there a fee for bulk trash pickup?
A. Only for certain items. You will need to come to Borough Hall, 112 Ford Street, to pay the fee and receive a sticker. The fees are:
- Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners – $10.00 each item
- Tires – $4.00 each
The Borough Offers Weekly Recycling Collection Services
Recycling collection is every Wednesday
Recycling cans are free to residents. Call Borough Hall 610-828-9747 for assistance.
Recycling cans are free to residents. Call Borough Hall 610-828-9747 for assistance.
What is Single Stream Recycling?
Single Stream Recycling means that you don’t have to separate your recyclables. Instead place all of your recyclable materials, such as paper, cans, and bottles, in the same container, and take the container out to the curb.
This has many benefits. Single stream recycling has been shown to increase household recycling by 25%. This saves time by not having to separate recyclables. Recycling helps to lower the Borough’s trash bill and improves the environment.
What CAN be Recycled?
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Cardboard
- Paperback Books
- Paper Egg Cartons
- Aluminum Cans
- Empty Glass Containers
- Plastic Containers Labeled # 1- # 7
- Empty Aerosol Containers
What Can NOT be Recycled?
- Garbage
- Plastic Shopping Bags
- Styrofoam
- Hazardous Chemicals
- Batteries/Electronics
- CDs/DVDs
- Light Bulbs
- Toys or Sporting Goods
- Ice Cream Cartons
- Food-Tainted Items
More Facts about Recycling
- An aluminum can recycled today will be back on the grocery shelf in about 90 days.
- Making glass from recycled material uses 50% less energy than making virgin glass.
- Recycling one ton of cardboard saves over nine cubic yards of landfill space.
- One ton of recycled paper saves 3,700 pounds of lumber and 24,000 gallons of water.
- Recycling a soda can saves 96% of the energy used to make a new can, thus reducing water and air pollution.
- If all morning newspapers read in this country were recycled, 41,000 trees would be saved daily and 6 million tons of waste would never end up in landfills.
- Recycling generates jobs and revenue.
- 75% of our trash can be recycled.