Ambler Borough

Recycling Ordinance Highlights

• Recycles newsprint and other paper, Numbers 1 and 2 plastics, aluminum and bi-metallic cans and glass. The township uses a single hauler. Currently, the hauler is J. P. Mascaro.
• All residents have recycling bins. New residents needing a bin can contact the borough.
• All borough residents place all recyclables out on Tuesday night for curbside collection on Wednesdays.
• For additional information on recycling, contact the borough office: 215-646-1000 or e-mail: eac@borough.ambler.pa.us.

Acme Markets of Ambler Borough received the Excellence in Recycling Award for 2003.

Acme Markets has a strong corporate recycling policy that impacts every store that operates under its familiar name. That includes the Acme Market in Ambler Borough. Everyone from the new employee to the old timer is trained to be "hands on" when it comes to recycling.

When the store was built in 1958, few worried about recycling. Now, everyone does. Almost everything from canned goods and produce enters the store packaged in those familiar cardboard boxes. Once the products find their way onto the shelves, the packaging is broken down and made ready to be baled.

Three times a week, a shipment cardboard is sent to a corporate location in Lancaster where it is sold for reprocessing and eventual reuse. Because of its commitment to recycling at the local as well as national level, Ambler Borough awarded the "Excellence in Recycling Award" for recycling occurring in 2003 to the local Acme Market.

Ambler's Acme Market receives the "Excellence in Recycling" Award from the Northern Montgomery County Recycling Commission at the recent annual luncheon for award winners. Shown above are (from left) Ambler Police Chief Rocco Wack, Acme Market Manager Tunnis Perry, Acme scan coordinator Don Marcellino and head of Ambler Borough Council, Salvatore Pasceri. The police chief presented the award to Perry.

Ambler residents recently received free recycling bins that were purchased through the Northern Montgomery County Recylcing Commimssion.

• Visit the Ambler Borough web site.