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Old 03-06-2008, 06:56 PM
 
Location: Pittston, PA
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Why Is there no place to recycle #3-7 plastics in in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area?
It seems to me more and more containers are either #5 and #7 and therefor have to go in the trash!
I enjoy recycling to do my little part for the environment
I would go a little out of my way to recycle them,
because I don't see it coming here to Avoca (uses Exeter Boro) anytime soon.


Now if we could just get the people here in Avoca to separate their recyclables before Exeter Boro pulls out again
If the the sign says 'Newspapers only' then it is newspapers only!, Not cereal boxes, plastic bags, etc.
Sorry for the little rant.

If you would like to find out where to recycle what, check it out here...
Recycling Location Search (http://www.dep.state.pa.us/wm_apps/RecyclingLocations/ - broken link)
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:06 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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NEPA is hostile towards the environment, in case you haven't noticed. I live in neighboring Pittston Township, a municipality that nixed curbside recycling in order to divert revenues to make garbage collection free because our supervisors don't see the value in recycling to make our world a "greener" place. The end result? Very few people now take the time and effort to clean and sort their recyclable waste because they would have to haul it to the refuse building along South Township Boulevard. Now people just chuck bottles, cans, newspapers, etc. into their regular trash bags because their rationale is "why take the time to recycle when garbage collection is free?"
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Old 03-06-2008, 11:21 PM
 
Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA
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NEPA is hostile towards the environment, in case you haven't noticed. I live in neighboring Pittston Township, a municipality that nixed curbside recycling in order to divert revenues to make garbage collection free because our supervisors don't see the value in recycling to make our world a "greener" place. The end result? Very few people now take the time and effort to clean and sort their recyclable waste because they would have to haul it to the refuse building along South Township Boulevard. Now people just chuck bottles, cans, newspapers, etc. into their regular trash bags because their rationale is "why take the time to recycle when garbage collection is free?"
Not true here in Wilkes Barre SWB. We all seem to do pretty good with recycling. When I drive through town to go to work or walk the dog I see that many people here are doing a great job of recycling. There have been times in the summer when I opted to actually drive to the public works to drop off stuff rather then wait for the pick up. Either way, the area seems to be doing an upstanding job.
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Old 03-07-2008, 07:36 AM
 
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NEPA is hostile towards the environment, in case you haven't noticed.
Not true here in Greentown/Newfoundland either. We have never had recycling pickup either and probably never will, but the recycling dropoff areas in the community are always full.

If anyone in Pike County needs recycling info, try this link:

Recycling (http://www.pikepa.org/recycle.htm - broken link)
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Old 03-07-2008, 08:13 AM
 
Location: Pittston, PA
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Originally Posted by SWB View Post
NEPA is hostile towards the environment, in case you haven't noticed. I live in neighboring Pittston Township, a municipality that nixed curbside recycling in order to divert revenues to make garbage collection free because our supervisors don't see the value in recycling to make our world a "greener" place. The end result? Very few people now take the time and effort to clean and sort their recyclable waste because they would have to haul it to the refuse building along South Township Boulevard. Now people just chuck bottles, cans, newspapers, etc. into their regular trash bags because their rationale is "why take the time to recycle when garbage collection is free?"
I used to live in Browntown, I do miss the free garbage. Back when I lived there, they still had curbside pickup.
We don't have curbside pickup here in Avoca and still have to pay $140 for our garbage pickup.
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Old 02-18-2009, 10:30 PM
 
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PA residents do not do near as much in regards to recycling as I have seen in other states. There is nowhere to recycle #3-#7 where I live, and that is more than 50% of the plastic that is used in my household. I did do research online and found that the Aveda Salons have a cap recycling program in which you can drop off all rigid caps (detergents, soda bottles, milk containers, etc...) and they use them for new packaging. I think until this and other states that are a little behind in the recycling arena catch up, that it will take creative thinking as to where and how to recycle certain items.
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Old 02-18-2009, 10:34 PM
 
Location: wilkes-barre
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Wilkes-Barre has recycling pick-up. You simply put your plastics and aluminum in a bin provided by the city, and then you put it out like you put out your garbage. It's a great program for the city.
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Old 02-19-2009, 08:36 AM
 
Location: NE PA
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I believe any town with a population of over 5,000 in PA is required by law to have a curbside recycling program.
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Old 02-19-2009, 10:40 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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I believe any town with a population of over 5,000 in PA is required by law to have a curbside recycling program.
If this is accurate then I may have a case to present to our township's board of supervisors whenever the results of the 2010 U.S. Census are released, as we'll be very close to hitting that 5,000 population milestone due to our rapid recent growth by that time.

1990: 2,725
2000: 3,450
2010: 4,175 (Assuming same rate of growth from 2000-2010 as 1990-2000).

I happen to think that with Horizon Estates, Stauffer Pointe, Quail Hill, and other large-scale communities that have been initiated or expanded in our township in recent years that we'll easily eclipse 4,000 in the 2010 U.S. Census and will eclipse 5,000 by 2020.

Here's an analysis into how the population of my own small subdivision has grown since we moved here thirteen years ago:

1996: 62
2009: 81

With free curbside garbage collection with NO curbside recycling service available, our sprawled out township's residents have absolutely NO incentive to pack their vehicles full of bags of plastic, glass, newspapers, etc. and visit the recycling center when they can just shove everything into their garbage bags and let United Sanitation worry about it. I'd love to have a study done of as to how much less efficient the recycling center is now that there is no longer curbside collection. A frequent complaint is about "illegal dumping" at the recycling center. If they were to re-introduce curbside recycling collection and only have the center unlocked and available for personal drop-off at designated times when a DPW worker is there to check incoming contributions, then 100% of the problems could be averted. The money they spend NOW to police the premises, maintain surveillance equipment, pay for illegal trash removal, etc. would be better spent towards re-introducing the program.
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Old 02-19-2009, 12:51 PM
 
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I believe any town with a population of over 5,000 in PA is required by law to have a curbside recycling program.
Hmmmm..quite interesting....quite interesting...indeed....good to know.....


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