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Trash Collection Information |
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Company:
Allied Waste
Route 796 @ 1 Briar Lane
West Grove, Pa. 19390
610-869-2222 |
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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. |
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Examples of recycling
On the
paper side:
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The trash haulers prefer newspaper in paper shopping
bags placed beside the recycle container, which will contain the
commingled items.
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Good Material: Junk mail, newspapers, and cardboard
cut into 12- inch squares.
Bad Material: Pizza boxes, any waxed cardboard.
On the commingle side:
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Good Material: Plastic drink containers, soda cans,
1 gallon or smaller water or milk bottles, soup cans.
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Bad Material: Gas cans, propane cylinders, spray
paint, paint of any kind, no hazardous explosive or flammable
materials.
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If you have questions please do not hesitate to call Allied Waste at
610-869-2222.
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Recycling Facts:
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The average American throws our their own weight in
packaging every month.
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Every ton of glass recycled saves the equivalent of
nine gallons of fuel oil.
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Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2.5
barrels of oil and 7,000 gallons
of water.
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Americans throw away enough aluminum cans every
three months to rebuild
our entire commercial air fleet.
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If every American recycled their Sunday newspaper,
we’d save 500,000 trees
every week.
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Americans throw away enough plastic soda bottles in
a year to circle the earth
four times.
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