Hatfield Borough

Recycling Ordinance Highlights

• · The borough has no single hauler. Most residents have contracted with the three major haulers (BFI, Waste Management, and J.P. Mascaro and Sons).
• Residents recycle newsprint and other paper, Numbers 1 and 2 plastics, aluminum and bi-metallic cans and glass.
• Over the past three years (1996, 1997, 1998) borough residents have recycled almost 467 tons of materials.
• The recycling ordinance is enforced by an employee in the Code Enforcement Department.
• The borough has an active leaf collection program. It sells biodegradable leaf collection bags from a number of stores in the borough. They are collected twice a year and taken to an authorized disposal site.
• Visit the Hatfield Borough web page.

Howard E. Heckler (right), the Mayor of Hatfield Borough and vice chairman of the Northern Montgomery County Reycling Commission presents the "Excellence in Recycling" Award to Scot Limbert of Surco.

Recycling plays an important part in the Hatfield Rubber Company operation even though it does not receive a lot of its raw materials in cardboard boxes.

The firm, also known as Surco Inc., uses specialized molds to custom manufacturer between 500 and 600 different rubber products for a wide variety of customers. During the manufacturing process, a certain amount of rubber waste occurs. This waste is trimmed from the final product, ground up and added back into the raw material mix for reuse. In that sense, the company has its own internal recycling program inside its Hatfield Borough plant.

Surco receives some raw materials in cardboard boxes. When they are emptied, they are crushed and placed in a dumpster which is collected several times a week. Because of its unique recycling programs---both inside the plant and outside---Hatfield Borough awarded the "Excellence in Recycling Award" to the Hatfield Rubber Company, or Surco