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RECYCLING AND REFUSE YARD WASTE
What are the options for managing yard
RECYCLING IN SPRING GARDEN waste in York County? What to do with
TOWNSHIP AND YORK COUNTY grass clippings, leaves, tree trimmings
Spring Garden Township residents and stumps? Use grass clippings and
leaves as garden and lawn mulch! York County Solid
enjoy weekly curbside recycling Waste Authority’s website provides a list of local much
collection of aluminum and steel processors as well as hours, rates, and directions to the
cans; plastic bottles & jugs #1, 2, York County Resource Recover Center complex
and 5; newspaper (clean and dry, (www.ycswa.com/disposal-of-household-waste/
no food contact); glass bottles and yard-waste). Penn Waste Yard Waste Collection
jars; corrugated cardboard (dry Guidelines: www.pennwaste.com/wp-content/
and flattened, no food contact), uploads/Yard-Waste-Guidelines.pdf.
cartons (i.e. milk, juice, etc.) from Penn Waste.
The following are NOT recyclable: paperboard, junk WHAT ELECTRONIC DEVICES
mail, magazines, catalogues, office paper, plastic bags, MUST BE RECYCLED?
liquid/food, garden hoses, clothing, diapers, medical
waste, scrap metal, construction debris, and styrofoam. In Pennsylvania certain electronics
https://www.ycswa.com/other-recycling-locations-not- are restricted by law from being
affiliated-with-ycswa/. disposed of in the trash due to the
toxic metals they contain. The
Fun facts about plastic, metal, and paper recycling and Covered Device Recycling Act
tips to reduce waste can be found at www.pennwaste. (CDRA), Act 108 of 2010, requires
com/recucling/why-recycle. the following “covered devices” be
Use the following link to find more information on recycled in Pennsylvania:
where you can recycle paper materials not collected
curbside: https://www.ycswa.com/other-recycling- Computers
locations-not-affiliated-with-ycswa/. Computer Peripherals
(keyboard, mouse, printer, etc.)
REFUSE COLLECTION FROM PENN WASTE
Computer Monitors
Residents of Spring Garden Township are
provided with 2x/week refuse collection Televisions
(4 bag limit) and 1x/week large item curbside Where to recycle electronics? Contact York County
collection. The fourth Saturday of the month Solid Waste Authority for information (717.845.1066) or
(April to October) is yard waste collection. For more visit www.ycswa.com/where-can-york-county-residents-
information on Christmas Tree collection, holiday recycle-electronics.
schedule and collection days, inclement weather,
paying your bill, trash/recycling calendar, and helpful HAZARDOUS WASTE
guidelines such as appliance removal, visit: www.
pennwaste.com/municipalities/spring-garden-township. Penn Waste has recently
experienced garbage
RECYCLING – PA ACT 101 (BUSINESSES, collection truck fires due to
INDUSTRIES, INSTITUTIONAL...) hazardous waste being
disposed of in household trash. Pool chemicals and
PA Act 101 was passed in 1988 in an other hazardous waste should NOT be disposed of in
attempt to lessen waste and intensify your trash or recycle bin. YCSWA offers household
recycling participation. All commercial, hazardous waste drop-off. To find out more, visit
industrial, and institutional establishments YCSWA’s website: https://www.ycswa.com/disposal-of-
(such as (schools, churches, retailers, household-waste/household-hazardous-products/.
offices, and non-profits), multi-family
dwelling with five or more units, and certain community YORK COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY
activities in Spring Garden Township must recycle AND Visit YCSWA’s website at https://www.ycswa.com/ for
report the recycled tonnages of the following annually in locations on where to donate, recycle, or dispose of any
mid-January for the previous reporting year: cardboard, item. YCSWA free Litter Disposal Program on YCSWA’s
high-grade office paper, aluminum cans, plastics, and website: https://www.ycswa.com/free-litter-disposal-
glass. No business establishment is exempt from program/. Residents can apply to receive free waste
recycling and what recycling is generated in Spring disposal for materials collected in a roadside litter
Garden Township needs to be reported to the Township. cleanup.
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.

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