Recycling facilities can be found at the township building at 158 Election Road.
In addition, information about the Chester County Solid Waste Authority can be found on their website here.
ALUMINUM
Do's:
Aluminum Beverage Cans
Don'ts:
Foil, pie plates, chair legs, aluminum siding
METAL FOOD CONTAINERS
Do's:
Rinsed metal food cans
Don'ts:
Paint cans, misc. metal, pipe, cylinders, anything which is not a metal food or beverage can
GLASS,CLEAR , GREEN, & BROWN
Do's:
Glass food containers, and glass beverage containers
Don'ts:
plate glass, mirrors, Pyrex, light bulbs,head lamps, ceramics, or anything that is not a glass beverage or food container
PLASTIC BOTTLES
Do's:
PETE #1, soda bottles
HDPE #2, unpigmented jugs
HDPE #2, pigmented bottlesand jugs. These numbers are generally located on the bottom of the container
Don'ts:
Butter tubs, plastic pots, plastic sheets, plastic bags, Styrofoam, polypropylene, PVC, buckets,oranything that does not have a #1 or #2
These materials should be rinsed and lids removed. Breakage of glass should be minimized. Cans and plastic containers may be crushed
NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PAPERS
Do's:
Newspapers (including inserts)
Magazines, Junk mail, Catalogs, Phone Books, Cereal boxes /flat (minus plastic insert), Office paper
Don'ts:
Waxed papers, milk cartons, metal reinforced packaging, metal coated papers, plasticcoated coated papers, fiberboard, hardbound books, and other heavy materials
*Recycle corrugated boxes, and high volumes of office paper separately.
Stack and bind with twine or bag in brown paper grocery bags. Please do not use
synthetic cords or metal to bind or plastic bags for packaging.
CARDBOARD
Do's:
Flatten boxes
Onlydispose in marked containers
Don'ts:
Leave materials around drop-off centers if dumpsters are full
USED MOTOR OIL
* Used motor oil is only accepted at the SECCRA Landfill drop off center
Do's:
Preventspills
Collect at home with a drip pan
Bring oil in a sealed container
Don'ts:
Do not mix oil with anything, including gasoline and antifreeze Do not bring commercially generated oil
Do not bring more than 5 gallons at one time
For additional information contact SECCRA Landfill at (610) 869-2452. For alternative recycling information contact Chester County Health Department Recycling at(610) 344-5937.