Township Of Pine: Why Should I Recycle, And Is It Still Worth It?

Press release from the Township of Pine:

July 28, 2021

The Township of Pine is required to recycle as Pennsylvania Act 101 of 1988, "The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling, and Waste Reduction Act," mandates recycling in municipalities with populations over 10,000.  

The items to be collected from residents are leaf waste and at least three materials from a menu of eight steel/tin and aluminum cans, plastics, clear and colored glass, office paper, newspaper, and corrugated cardboard.  Pine collects yard waste; aluminum cans; plastics #1 & 2; bi-metal cans; newsprint; magazines; clear, brown, amber, and green glass bottles and food containers; multiple grades of corrugated cardboard; and other mixed paper through its contracted waste collector Vogel Disposal Service, Inc.

Recycling Program Performance Grants are available to all Pennsylvania local governments with recycling programs. The total tons recycled and the applicant's recycling rate determine the amount of the grant award.   Post-consumer aluminum and steel cans, glass, plastics, corrugated cardboard, newspapers, and other marketable paper grades are materials eligible for the grants. All suitable materials collected from residents, businesses, schools, colleges, universities, and community events are factored into the grant awards.  Pine received a grant award of $41,402 for 1,486.9 tons of residential recyclables collected during 2019.  To be eligible to receive grant awards in the future, residents should continue to dispose of recyclable items, including glass in the blue top cart.   

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