INFO on Recycling in your area:
INFO on Recycling in your area:
Greater
Philadelphia Area
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Altoona/State
College/Johnstown
Erie
Lancaster/York
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton
Greater
Pittsburgh Area
Greater
Harrisburg Area
Reading
Lewisburg/Williamsport
Central Pennsylvania
Eastern Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania
Contact Information
Use it Again, PA! Allentown Highlight
Allentown and Bethlehem Recycling Programs
Lehigh County
Mr. Kurt Fenstermacher
Solid Waste/Recycling Manager
Office of Solid Waste Management
Lehigh County Government Center
17 South Seventh Street
Allentown, PA 18101-2400
Phone: 610-782-3046
Fax: 610-820-8257
E-mail: kurtfenstermacher@lehighcounty.org
City of Allentown
Betsy Levin
Manager
Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste
1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-437-8729
Fax: 610-437-8732
E-mail: levin@allentowncity.org
City of Bethlehem
Mr. Tom Marshall
Phone: 610-865-7082
Information on how to recycle in Lehigh County can be found on the Lehigh County Office of Solid Waste Management website at www.lehighcounty.org. Visit their website to click on a link to information about recycling in your municipality.
You can also find information about Lehigh County's exciting composting program on their website. The Lehigh County Compost site is located on Old Packhouse Road in Schecksville. You can bring your yard waste to the compost site and also visit the site to pickup the finished compost, which has been turned into mulch.
The mulch at the Lehigh County Compost Site is available 24 hours a day, seven days per week for FREE, as long as you load it yourself. Composting is a great way to reuse, saving landfill space and improving your garden as well!
Use it Again, PA! Allentown Highlight
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Allentown and Bethlehem Recycling Programs
The two largest municipalities in Lehigh County, Allentown and Bethlehem, have curbside recycling programs.
Allentown Recycling
Allentown Recycling Drop-Off Centers
Bethlehem Recycling
Bethlehem Recycling Drop-Off Centers
Allentown Recycling
In the City of Allentown, you can recycle the following materials: aluminum
and steel cans, aluminum pans and foil, glass, plastics, junk mail,
brown paper bags, mixed paper, newspaper, office paper, phone books, and
yard waste.
You can also recycle those materials and others at the Recycling Drop-off Centers
around the city. Proof of Allentown residency is required to use the Yard Waste
Drop-off facilities.
Allentown Recycling Drop-Off Centers
Martin Luther King Drive
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Under the 15th Street Bridge
Oxford Drive and Fish Hatchery Road (yard waste only)
Open Wednesday, 3 PM-6:30 PM and on Saturday, 9 AM-3 PM
Lloyd and Dauphin Streets (yard waste only)
Open Tuesday, 3 PM-6:30 PM and on Saturday, 1 PM-4 PM.
In the City of Bethlehem, you can recycle at the curbside and at three different recycling drop-off centers in the area. Materials collected at the curbside include aluminum and steel cans, aerosol cans, glass, plastics, and yard waste.
Bethlehem Recycling Drop-Off Centers
You can drop your recyclables off at one of these three locations:
Illicks Mill Road Drop-Off Center
Location: Illicks Mill Road, between Schoenersville Road and Center
Street
Materials Accepted: Aluminum and steel cans, aluminum pie pans (no foil),
aerosol cans, scrap metal, glass, plastics (#1-7), newspapers, mixed paper,
office paper, junk mail, magazines, books, phone books, brown paper bags, paperboard,
corrugated cardboard, and yard waste.
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 10:30 AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, 10:00
AM-4:00 PM, and Sunday, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Eastern Waste Landfill
Location: Applebutter Road Materials Accepted: Books, commingled (glass,
cans, plastic), formed aluminum containers (pie pans etc., no foil), newspapers,
mixed paper, magazines, paperboard, corrugated cardboard, scrap metal and yard
waste. Appliances are also collected, but there is a charge of $1 per item and
they must have a Freon removal certificate.
Hours of Operation: Monday and Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, Saturday 10:00
AM-4:00 PM, and Sunday 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Compost Drop-Off Center
Location: Schoenersville Road and Eaton Road
Materials Accepted: Yard waste
Hours of Operation: Monday and Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, Saturday 10:00
AM-4:00 PM, and Sunday 1:00 PM-4:00 PM