Recycling in Penn Township
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2011 Household Hazardous Waste Collection
September 24, 2011
8am - 1pm
713 Bridge Street, Selinsgrove, PA
Former CareerLink Building
Click on the pdf file below to access the detailed flyer
with accepted and unaccepted materials.
Also information in the flyer on how to dispose of the
unacceptable materials.
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***Recycling in Penn Township***
The second Saturday of each month from 8:00 am 'till 12 noon. The recycling bins are located behind the Penn Township Building at 228 Clifford Road. Boy Scout Troop #419 of Selinsgrove is always on hand to assist residents with recycling.
The materials accepted at our site are NOT determined by Penn Township. These decisions come from Lycoming County Resource Management Services in Williamsport and include:
newspaper
*dry and loose...no strings, tape, or plastic bags
magazines, phone books, and catalogs
*all dumped loose in the same bin
aluminum (bagged seperately, accepted by Troop 419)
steel cans
*clean...lids and labels okay
clear, green and brown glass
*each glass color separated
#1 and #2 plastics
*bottles and jugs only....
NO....cool whip containers and lids
NO...deli trays and lids
NO... baby wipe containers
NO...plastic buckets and their lids
NO....plastic dishes
NO....fast food coffee cups
NO...yogurt cups
NO...oil jugs or antifreeze jugs (contaminated)
***Recycling at Selinsgrove Center on State School Road***
Corrugated cardboard and white office paper are accepted at the Selinsgrove Center on State School Road, the former laundry building. Look for the recycling sign. Hours are Mon thru Fri 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM. Tel: 570-374-5600 Please sign the clipboard hanging inside the door and note that you are a Penn Township resident.
All materials should be placed inside the larger garage door,
especially if it is raining.
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RECYCLING QUESTION:
Why are deli trays and other plastic containers stamped with the #1 NOT acceptable at this recycle site?
ANSWER:
Ø A deli tray may be branded with a #1 (just like a water bottle), yet it contains different dyes, softeners, and other chemicals required to shape it into a tray. This mix of additives changes the properties of the plastic and makes it incompatible with the plastic used to make bottles.
Ø To add to the confusion, the plastics industry's use of the chasing arrows with its numbering system leads most to believe that any container with arrows is recyclable.
Ø The industry says it never intended the symbol to indicate that a container was recyclable or had recycled content, but simply used it as a catchy graphic to highlight the identifying number.
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Composting in Penn Township
Penn Township compost site is located on Township land at the end of Gaugler Lane across from the Salem Lutheran Church, Salem Road. We accept trees (including Christmas trees), shrub trimmings, branches, leaves, garden waste, and grass clippings. There are signs on site to show you where to place the various materials.
Materials not to be placed at the site are: tree stumps, animal waste, meat or fish bones, fat-grease-oil, dairy products, plastic, metals....AND
NO DUMPING OF BURN BARRELS.
Coal, wood or charcoal ash can be placed on the Township cinder pile at the compost site.
No ashes at the Township Building.
The site is open 7 days a week, dawn to dusk. Compost and coarse mulch is available for free to our residents. Please call the Township office, 570-374-4778 to check on availability.
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| Penn Township's Composting Site |
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| Sign to Composting Area |
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| Composting Area & Mulch Pile |
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