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RECYCLING AND REFUSE
Recycling in Spring Garden Township and York County
Spring Garden Township residents enjoy weekly curbside recycling collection of
aluminum and steel cans; plastic bottles & jugs #1, 2, and 5; newspaper (clean and
dry, no food contact); glass bottles and jars; corrugated cardboard (dry and
flattened, no food contact), cartons (i.e. milk, juice, etc.) from PennWaste.
The following are NOT recyclable with PennWaste: paperboard, junk mail,
magazines, catalogues, office paper, plastic bags, liquid/food, garden hoses,
clothing, diapers, medical waste, scrap metal, construction debris, and styrofoam. https://www.
ycswa.com/other-recycling-locations-not-affiliated-with-ycswa/.
Fun facts about plastic, metal, and paper recycling and tips to reduce waste can be found at www.
pennwaste.com/recucling/why-recycle.
Use the following link to find more information on where you can recycle paper materials not
collected curbside: https://www.ycswa.com/other-recycling-locations-not-affiliated-with-ycswa

Refuse Collection from Penn Waste
Residents of Spring Garden Township are provided with 2x/week refuse collection (4
bag limit) and 1x/week large item curbside collection. The fourth Saturday of the
month (April to October) is yard waste collection. For more information on Christmas
Tree collection, holiday schedule and collection days, inclement weather, paying your
bill, trash/recycling calendar, and helpful guidelines such as appliance removal, visit:
www.pennwaste.com/municipalities/spring-garden-township.

Recycling – PA Act 101 (businesses, industries, institutional…..)
PA Act 101 was passed in 1988 in an attempt to lessen waste and intensify recycling
participation. All commercial, industrial, and institutional establishments (such as
(schools, churches, retailers, offices, and non-profits), multi-family dwelling with five or
more units, and certain community activities in Spring Garden Township must recycle,
at a minimum, AND report the recycled tonnages of the following annually by January
15th for the previous reporting year: cardboard, high-grade office paper, aluminum
cans, plastics, and glass. No business establishment is exempt from recycling and what recycling is
generated in Spring Garden Township needs to be reported to the Township. For more information
on Act 101 requirements, penalties for non-compliance, hauler verification, and recycling weight slips,
visit: www.springgardentwp.org and click on Recycling and Refuse button.

Yard Waste What Electronic Devices Must Be Recycled?
What are the options for managing yard waste In Pennsylvania certain electronics are
in York County? What to do with grass restricted by law from being disposed
clippings, leaves, tree trimmings and stumps? of in the trash due to the toxic metals
Use grass clippings and leaves as garden and they contain. The Covered Device
lawn mulch! York County Solid Waste Recycling Act (CDRA), Act 108 of
Authority’s website provides a list of local 2010, requires the following “covered
mulch processors as well as hours, rates, and devices” be recycled in Pennsylvania:
directions to the York County Resource Computers
Recover Center complex (www.ycswa.com/ Computer Peripherals
disposal-of-household-waste/ (keyboard, mouse, printer, etc.)
yard-waste). Penn Waste Yard
Waste Collection Guidelines: Computer Monitors
www.pennwaste.com/wp- Televisions
content/uploads/Yard-Waste- Where to recycle electronics? Contact York
Guidelines.pdf County Solid Waste Authority for information
(717.845.1066) or visit www.ycswa.com/where-
can-york-county-residents-recycle-electronics.

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