Trash Collection Information

Company:

Allied Waste
Route 796 @ 1 Briar Lane
West Grove, Pa. 19390
610-869-2222

The Board of Supervisors awarded the contract for collection of Municipal Waste on July 5, 2006 to Allied Waste also known as BFI.   The pickup schedule will remain the same Friday morning pick up with a recommendation of placing your trash out on the curb Thursday evening, of not more than (2) thirty two gallon drums or cans of garbage not weighing more than (55) pounds each The trash collection also includes the curbside collection of commingled recyclable materials including aluminum cans, newspaper, clear brown and green glass, bi metal and steel cans, plastics #1 & #2, corrugated cardboard and mixed paper. There will be (2) bulk trash pick-ups per year, one in the spring and one in the fall.

On the paper side:

• The trash haulers prefer newspaper in paper shopping bags placed beside the recycle container, which will contain the commingled items.

• Good Material: Junk mail, newspapers, and cardboard cut into 12- inch squares.
  Bad Material: Pizza boxes, any waxed cardboard.

On the commingle side:

• Good Material: Plastic drink containers, soda cans, 1 gallon or smaller water or milk bottles, soup cans.

• Bad Material: Gas cans, propane cylinders, spray paint, paint of any kind, no hazardous explosive or flammable materials.

If you have questions please do not hesitate to call Allied Waste at 610-869-2222.

• The average American throws our their own weight in packaging every month.

• Every ton of glass recycled saves the equivalent of nine gallons of fuel oil.

• Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2.5 barrels of oil and 7,000 gallons
  of water.

• Americans throw away enough aluminum cans every three months to rebuild
  our entire commercial air fleet.

• If every American recycled their Sunday newspaper, we’d save 500,000 trees
  every week.

• Americans throw away enough plastic soda bottles in a year to circle the earth
  four times.