Recycling Oddball Items

Open Hours for Public Collection: Tuesdays & Saturdays: 9am -1 pm

Items Accepted for Recycling:

PAPER:

• Newspaper and inserts
• Magazines, catalogs, junk mail, fax paper, wrapping paper
• Telephone books, paperback books, hardcover books
• Corrugated cardboard, brown bags, paperboard
• Office paper
• White polycoated boxes - juice boxes, cream cheese boxes, frozen food boxes, milk cartons. (They WILL accept the cartons with the plastic pouring spout.)
• Notes: Tape or staples may remain on boxes. No wax paper/cardboard. No carbon paper. · GLASS: o Clean, clear glass bottles and jars with lids removed o Clean, brown glass bottles and jars with lids removed o Clean, green glass bottles and jars with lids removed
• Notes: Pyrex, window, and mirror glass NOT accepted.
• Blue glass goes with green.

PLASTICS:

• PETE - all colors
• HDPE - frosted (milk & water bottles) and colored (detergent containers). They WILL accept empty oil containers as long as they are rinsed well.
• PVC - used for some types of bottles & foods containers, bubble-pack.
• LDPE - used for squeezable bottles like mustard and ketchup.
• PP - used to package food like yogurt, bottle caps for most twist-off bottles.
• PS - Many items made from polystyrene. Food containers, styrofoam meat trays, fast food containers, coffee cups, egg cartons, packing peanuts. ·

METAL:

• Clean steel cans and lids
• Aluminum and bi-metal beverage cans
• Clean aluminum foil, pie plates, and trays
• Brass, copper, stainless steel, lead, steel, and iron.
• Notes: Foil mixes like potato chip bags and coffee bags are NOT accepted.

CAPS & LIDS:

• All screw-on caps
• Soft lids from coffee cans
• Fast food soda lids
• Plastic straws
• Plastic 6-pack rings
• Metal lids

CLOTHING AND FABRIC:

• Clean, reasonably worn clothing and shoes (no high heels or rubber boots)
• Old, worn out clothing, curtains, drapes, towels, sheets, and fabric are recycled into new cloth.
• Notes: All must be clean, dry, and bagged. ·

MISCELLANEOUS:

• Batteries - silver oxide, mercury, nickel cadmium
• Tires, inner tubes, fan belts, runner hoses
• Eye glasses
• Tyvek envelopes
• Phonograph records, tapes, CD's, old floppy discs, video cassettes, DVD's
• Candles
• Fishing line
• Silverware
• Vegetable oil
• Coat hangers
• Clean clay flower pots
• Computers and parts

*** Jim Crater is a great contact for recycling hard-to-recycle items. If Commission members accumulate a good deal of any particular item, Jim has offered to contact the closest recycler so that costs are kept relatively low.***

The Recycler's Exchange is another option for recycling odd items. It is basically an online clearinghouse for recycled items. You can post which items you are looking to recycle and how much you have, and anyone interested can contact you. You are allowed 5 FREE posts per month.

Items Accepted for Recycling:

• Lamps
• Light Ballasts
• Batteries
• Electronics

Items Accepted for Recycling:

Specializes in recycling materials that contain mercury

• Fluorescent lamps
• HIO lamps
• Thermometers
• Thermostats
• Batteries
• Light Ballasts
• e-scrap

Items Accepted for Recycling:

• CRT Glass
• Television tubes
• Computer monitor tubes

Call for an appointment from Monday to Friday 9am - 4:30pm.

Items Accepted for Recycling:

Electronics:

• Computers and Electronics
• Reuse; Computer Donation

Items Accepted for Recycling:

• Refrigerators
• Humidifiers
• Air Conditioners ***CFC/Freon must be disposed of before items will be accepted.***

Items Accepted for Recycling:

Auto:

• Antifreeze
• Car Batteries
• Used Motor Oil
• Used Oil Filters
• Batteries: NiCd, Rechargeable (non-NiCd), Single-Use batteries.
• Electronics: Household electronics and Computers
• Household Hazardous Waste:
• Fluorescent Bulbs
• Items containing mercury
• Paint, Solvents

***Located at the Wyndmoor Train Station near Crittenden Street.***

Items Accepted for Recycling:

Batteries:

• Single Use Batteries

Metal:

• Aluminum cans

Paper:

• Brown paper bags
• catalogs
• chipboard
• computer paper
• magazines
• mixed paper
• newspaper
• telephone books

Items Accepted for Recycling:

• Tires
• Antifreeze
• Used Motor Oil

Other Environmental Companies:

Composting Facilities:

• Mascaro Composting, Lower & Wile Rds. Souderton, PA 18964 (800)-444-6272 · 2 ton minimum and costs $165 to dump · Accepts Food Waste and Yard Waste, sells compost and mulch
• Lapps Landscape Products - 1828 Old Bethlehem Pike Sellersville, PA 18960 (215) 257-9040 Wood Chips Only · Also sells compost, mulch, etc.