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INFO on Recycling in your area:
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Altoona/State College/Johnstown Recycling Information
Blair County Recycling Information
Centre County Recycling Information
Cambria County Recycling Information
Blair County Recycling Information
Contact Information
Use it Again, PA! Blair County Highlight
Blair County Recycling
Blair County Composting
Contact Information
Mr. Michael Martin
Acting Director
Blair Co. Dept. of Solid Waste & Recycling
423 Allegheny St., Suite 36
Holidaysburg, PA 16648
Phone: 814-696-4620
Fax: 814-696-8702
E-mail: mmartin@blairco.org
Website: www.blaircounty.org
Use it Again, PA! Blair County Highlight
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Blair County Yard Waste Compost Facility Blair and Cambria County residents can Use it Again! through composting at the Blair County Yard Waste Compost Facility. Residents in both counties can turn their yard into free mulch at the Compost Facility for healthy gardens and landscaping year-round. Their website, www.blaircounty.org, is a great resource for recycling information in Blair County. The Blair County Recycling Directory, available on the website, takes over where the Use it Again, PA! website leaves off, telling you where you can recycle everything from antifreeze to tires in Blair County. |
Blair County Recycling Information
Curbside Collection
Drop-Off Depots
IBlair County, residents of larger communities, such as the City of Altoona, Logan Township, Hollidaysburg, and Tyrone, have curbside collection programs, as required by law. Other communities, such as Antis Township, Blair Township, and Snyder Township, are volunteering to have curbside collection programs.
Those communities in Blair County that do not have curbside collection can drop off recyclables at the Blair County Drop-off Depots. Yard waste can be dropped off at the Blair County Compost Facility during normal business hours. Last year, the recycling programs in Blair County kept over 20,000 tons of material out of the landfills. The Blair County Compost Facility itself handles 4,000 tons of material!
The Curbside Collection Programs in the City of Altoona, Antis, Blair Township, Hollidaysburg Borough, Logan Township, Snyder Township, and Tyrone Borough collect the following materials at the curbside.
Newspapers, magazines, and catalogs should be placed in a paper bag or tied with a string and placed next to your recycling bin.
Corrugated cardboard must be recycled at a Blair County Drop-Off Depot.
Contact the Blair County Department of Solid Waste and Recycling at 814-696-4620 or visit their website at www.blaircounty.org for more information on your municipal curbside recycling program.
For those residents that do not live in Altoona, Hollidaysburg, Logan Township, or Tyrone, or if you live in these areas but want to recycle corrugated cardboard, you can visit one of the eight Recycling Drop-Off Depots in Blair County.
Drop-Off Depots accept:
Drop-off Depots are located at:
Blair County Yard Waste Compost Facility
1014 Blacksnake Road
Ashville, PA 16613
Phone: 814-941-6675
Fax: 814-941-7012
(located near the Village of Buckhorn; entrance off of Blacksnake Road from
the Skyline Drive intersection with Route 36)
Blair and Cambria County residents can compost their yard waste at the Blair
County Yard Waste Compost Facility. Composting turns yard waste into mulch,
which can be used in your garden. It's a great alternative to burning!
The Compost Facility lets residents of Blair County dump their yard waste at the facility for FREE in private automobiles and then pick up the mulch for gardening from the facility for FREE if you shovel it yourself.
Fees:
Yard Waste Drop-Off
There are no fees associated with bringing yard waste into the Compost Facility
if you come in a private automobile. However, if you come in a larger vehicle,
such as a pick-up or commercial vehicle, you must pay according to the chart
below.
Automobiles- Free
Small Pickup- $4
Standard Pickup- $5
Dump Truck- $10
Tandem/Triaxle- $20
Season Pass (designed for high volume users or commercial landscapers)- $175
Mulch Pick-Up
If you cannot shovel the mulch yourself, you must pay a small fee of $7 to $10.
Hours of Operation:
From April 1, to the Saturday before Thanksgiving:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday- 10 am to 5 pm
Saturday- 9 am to 3 pm
(The facility is closed every Wednesday and Sunday.)
From the Monday before Thanksgiving to March 31:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday- 8 am to 4 pm
(The facility is closed every Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, all County holidays,
and the first Monday and Tuesday following Thanksgiving.)
Centre County Recycling Information
Contact Information
Use it Again, PA Centre County Highlight
Centre County Recycling Information
State College Recycling Information
Contact Information
Ms. Joanne Shafer
Recycling Coordinator
Centre County SWA
253 Transfer Rd.
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Phone: 814-238-6649
Fax: 814-238-3195
E-mail: jshafer1@uplink.net
Use it Again, PA! Centre County Highlight
| Centre Peace, Inc. Centre Peace, Inc. uses prison labor from inmates throughout the Commonwealth to restore old, broken furniture and appliances destined for the landfill. Once the furniture is cleaned, fixed, and made presentable again, Centre Peace sells the items under a big roof on Benner Pike at its huge yard sale every Friday and Saturday. Proceeds from the sales go toward funding the restorative justice program that serves prison inmates in Pennsylvania. For more information, contact Marie Hamilton (677 Benner Pike, Bellefonte, PA 16823) at 814-353-9081 or at cenpeace@cdt.infi.net. |
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The Pennsylvania State University Department of Agriculture and Extension Education The Department of Agriculture and Extension Education at Pennsylvania State University has collected nearly 100 pounds of Christmas card fronts to benefit the St. Jude's Ranch for children. In addition to its ongoing efforts to recycle license plates and paper, the department has also promoted many other reuse ideas, such as using packing chips for mailing computer parts, reusing plastic side-binder strips, and sending floppy disks to be reformatted and reused. For more information, contact Mary Lou Carlson (323 Ag Administration Bldg., University Park, PA 16802) at 814-863-0416 or at mlcarlson@psu.edu. |
Centre County Recycling Information
Drop-off Recycling
Curbside Recycling
Commercial Recycling
Tire Recycling
Drop-Off Recycling
Centre County Solid Waste Authority provides Centre County residents with over
80 locations to drop off various recycling materials. You can find a complete
list of the drop-off location nearest to you on their website at www.centrecountyrecycles.com.
These drop-offs are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Most locations are equipped with compartmentalized containers handling six categories of materials- newspapers and phone books, steel and aluminum cans, clear glass, green glass, brown glass, and #1 or #2 plastic bottles.
Corrugated cardboard recycling and mixed paper recycling drop-off facilities are located at the Centre County Solid Waste Authority facility on Transfer Road in Dale Summit, in Rush Township, and at Murata Erie in State College.
Some municipalities in Centre County, such as State College and Bellefonte, and Ferguson, Harris, and Patton Townships can leave their recyclables at the curbside for weekly collection.
Residents in these municipalities can recycle:
If you live in State College or Bellefonte, you can contact the Centre County Solid Waste Authority at 814-238-7005 if you have any questions.
If you live in Ferguson, Harris, or Patton Township, contact your local trash hauler at 814-235-1901 for more information.
Residents in other municipalities around Centre County should contact your private trash hauler for curbside recycling information.
Commercial recycling is the law in many Centre County municipalities. Contact the recycling hotline, Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM, at 814-238-6649 to find out if your municipality participates.
Centre County Solid Waste Authority accepts tires for recycling for a minimal fee. This saves tires from taking up space in landfills or littering the side of the road.
Take your tires to a Centre County Solid Waste Authority Transfer Station, Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM, or on Saturdays from 8 AM to 11:45 PM. It will cost $4 for any tires weighing up to 160 pounds. Any tires weighing over 160 pounds are charged $48/ton.
Visit the Centre County Solid Waste Authority website at www.centrecountyrecycles.com more information.
State College Recycling Information
Contact Information:
State College Public Works Department
State College Municipal Building
118 South Fraser Street
State College, PA 16801
814-234-7140
The Centre County Solid Waste Authority provides residents of State College with a weekly residential curbside recycling program. To find out more, visit their website at www.ccswa.centre.pa.us.
Residents of State College can contact the Centre County Solid Waste Authority at 814-238-6649 to receive a red recycling bin, information on what to put out for collection, and the day of the week recyclables will be collected.
State College residents can recycle:
Cambria County Recycling Information
Contact Information
Recycling Drop-Off Centers
Cambria County Curbside Recycling
Cambria County Recycling Events
Cambria County Composting
Ms. Kris Howdyshell
Recycling Coordinator
Cambria County SWMA
PO Box 445
507 Manor Drive
Ebensburg, PA 15931
Phone: 814-472-2109
Fax: 814-472-2389
E-mail: kris.howdyshell@earthlink.net
On Cambria County's recycling and solid waste website, www.cambriarecycles.org, "Benjabin" will introduce you to reducing, reusing, and recycling in Cambria County. Recycling in Cambria County is easy to do, whether you live in one of seven Cambria townships that have curbside recycling or by taking your recycling to a County Drop-Off Location.
If you have any questions, contact the Cambria County Toll Free Recycling Hotline at 1-877-237-6748.
The Cambria County Recycling Drop-Off Centers allow you to drop off certain recyclable materials at various locations around the county, including the most marketable and commonly generated materials in the typical home.
Each drop-off site will have a receptacle for each group of material. Please remember to place only the designated material in the receptacle and reuse bags or other containers you have used to carry the recyclables.
At one of the ten Cambria County recycling sites, you can recycle clear glass, steel and aluminum cans, newspaper, and plastics.
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Remember, preparation is key!
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Drop-off Locations:
The County has established ten drop-off sites to collect your recyclables. Call 1-877-2-DROP-IT-OFF for details.
Cambria County Curbside Recycling
Seven Cambria County municipalities recycle at the curbside, but each town is
different, so contact your municipal office for information on how to recycle
at the curbside in your community.
In Adams Township, call 814-487-5054
In Carrolltown Borough, call 814-344-6650
In Cresson Borough, call 814-886-2139
In Jackson Township, call 814-749-0725
In the City of Johnstown, call 814-533-2061
In Lilly Borough, call 814-886-7227
In Richland Township, call 814-266-2922
In Upper Yoder Township, call 814-255-5243
In Westmont Borough, call 814255-3865
Cambria County Recycling Events
The Cambria County Solid Waste Authority also sponsors annual appliance recycling events, usually in the late spring. All three regions of the County will have at least one collection site. Call the Cambria County Toll Free Recycling Hotline at 1-877-237-6748 for the details. All common appliances (stoves, ovens, hot water heaters, washers, and dryers) are accepted. Freon-based appliances (freezers, refrigerators, and air conditioners) are accepted and the freon is recovered as required. There may be some minimal charge for some appliances. If you can't Use it Again, PA, and you live in Cambria County, this is a great way to minimize the impact you have on the environment!
Cambria County Composting
Composting programs exist in Johnstown, Highland Regional, and Grandview areas.
Contact the following numbers for more information:
Johnstown:
City of Johnstown 814-533-2061
Highland Regional:
Geistown Borough 814-266-8313
Richland Township 814-266-2922
Stonycreek Township 814-266-3111
Grandview:
Westmont Borough 814-255-3865
Southmont Borough 814-255-3104
Ferndale Borough 814-288-1771