Snyder County Recycling

Overview

We accept a variety of items for recycling at our facilities, as listed below. Please note the instructions on how to properly recycle your items. If you do not see an item you’d like to recycle on this list, check out the list of “Hard-to-Recycle Items” and where you can dispose of them.

Plastics – #1 & #2

• Accept bottles and jugs ONLY – must have a screw top
• #1s and #2s can be mixed together (except Selinsgrove Borough)
• Lids can be left on the containers but shouldn’t be included loose
• Containers should be rinsed clean
• NO deli containers, buckets, dishes, or yogurt cups regardless of the number

Steel Cans

• Paper labels can remain on the cans
• Metal lids from glass jars accepted.
• Cans should be rinsed clean (NO food residue please)
• NO scrap metal 

Glass Bottles & Jars – Clear, Brown, Green, & Blue

• NO lids
• Containers should be rinsed clean (NO food residue please)
• Separate by color
• Blue glass can go in same bin as green
• NO window glass, light bulbs, Pyrex, or drinking glasses
• NO plate glass, candle jars, mirrors, leaded glass, or ceramics 

Newspaper

• Clean and dry, please
• Remove bags, strings, and boxes. The bags, strings & boxes cause problems at the recycling center.

Magazines

• Magazines and catalogs go in the same bin
• Remove bags, strings, and boxes

Aluminum Cans & Foil

• Empty & Rinse

Corrugated Cardboard

• Please empty and flatten
• No Styrofoam, plastic, bags, waxed cardboard, or wet/contaminated cardboard

Junk Mail

• Envelopes (no plastic envelopes or bubble mailers)

Paperboard

• Chipboard, cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, paper egg cartons. Office paper, phone books, hardcover and paperback books. Shredded office paper (please
  leave in plastic or paper bag)

A Few Things to Note

• If the recycling drop-off is open 6 or 7 days a week, please refrain from recycling during bad weather to give the local road crews a chance to concentrate on making the township roads safe for travel.
• Any drop-off that experiences contamination or dumping can decide to limit the hours of operation to control the situation. Many of our drop-offs are installing surveillance equipment to monitor the drop-offs.
• Please take your plastic bags and trash home with you.
• Each site is a little different. Please follow specific site instructions when using a recycling drop-off.
• Selinsgrove Borough has started collecting “other plastics” separate from the regular #1 and #2 bottles and jugs. They accept plastic buckets, #1 berry containers, deli containers, butter dishes & tubs, yogurt containers, and
  #3 through #7 containers. This program is limited to Selinsgrove Borough residents only.
• Help to recycle will be available at the Penn Township Recycling drop-off on the 2nd Saturday of every month from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. The Selinsgrove Boy Scout Troop will be present to help residents recycle

Monroe Township
Township Shed on Park Road
Monday – Friday: 7 am – 2pm
Every 3rd Saturday of the month: 8 am- 11 am Must be a township resident or business

Penn Township
Penn Township Building, 228 Clifford Rd.
Monday-Friday and every first Saturday of the month: 7 am – 2 pm
Must be a township resident or business and have a permit

Freeburg – Currently Closed
Front Street, between Colonial Furniture
and sewer plant
Dawn to dusk / 7 days a week

Franklin Township
Municipal shed, 384 Greenhouse Road
Dawn to dusk
Closed Sunday

Selinsgrove Borough
Borough shed, Sassafras St.
Every Thursday:  8 am-3 pm
1st and 3rd Saturday: 8 am – 12 pm
(Residents only)

Spring Township
14828 Stage Rd.
Every Wednesday: 9 am – 7 pm

Recycling Facility Location Map2

Overview

There are some hard-to-recycle items that our facilities can’t accept. Fortunately for these items, there are locations around the area that do accept these items. See below for a list of common hard-to-recycle items and where you can dispose of them.

Electronics

Since 2013, Pennsylvania law has impacted how you can manage certain electronic devices. Under Act 108, electronics devices including televisions, computer monitors, computer peripherals (anything connected to a computer) can no longer be disposed of in a landfill. The new law requires residents to manage these devices by recycling them.

Some locations that accept electronics for recycling:

• Best Buy in Selinsgrove accepts many items. No cost. They don’t take TVs or monitors. Call (570) 372-2639. Limit of 3 items per visit.
• Salvation Army in Sunbury (570-286-2552) accepts most electronics in working order but not
  TVs.
• HandUp Foundation in Milton (570-742-3000) takes most electronics. They charge $0.50/lb. for anything with a cathode ray tube (CRT) in it, $15 for flat-screen TVs up to 25”, $30 for flat-screen TVs over 25”, and $3-5 for various other items.
• Lycoming County Resource Management Services in Montgomery (800-736-7559) takes electronics for no charge.

Refrigerated Devices

• Refrigerators, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and freezers can be taken to HandUp Foundation (570-742-3000) in Milton for a small fee.

Confidential Paper Shredding

• Selinsgrove Center can shred your confidential office paper. Their recycling center is open most weekdays and located on State School Road. If you would like to witness the destruction of your papers, please call (570) 372-5656 to make sure they are shredding paper that day. They also accept corrugated cardboard, office paper, newspaper and aluminum cans.
• Iron Mountain is a global company that shreds documents. Visit their website , or call 800-899-4766.

Fire Extinguishers

• If possible, a spent one should be refilled. This can be done at a fire department or fire products business. If it can’t, you can depressurize it, separate the aluminum cylinder from the steel valve and take both to a scrap metal yard. Depressurizing should be handled by a professional.

Lightbulbs

• Spiral Bulbs are recyclable at Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse of Selinsgrove.
• Fluorescent tubes are recyclable, for a fee, at Dauphin Electric in Harrisburg (717-986-9300).
• Check with the retailer where you purchased the bulb to see if they have a recycling program.
• Mailing options are available for larger quantities of bulbs.

Mercury

• PADEP will collect mercury for recycling from private individuals, local school districts and non-profit organizations. If you fall under one of these categories call PADEP at 570-327-3636 to arrange for a pickup of your mercury containing device. If you have a thermostat you should contact Thermostat Recycling Corporation (TRC)    to arrange for recycling of your thermostat. 

Paint

• Latex paint can be made solid and put in the regular trash. Either leave the lid off (well ventilated area) the can until it is dried or add a clay based kitty litter or other paint additive. When the latex paint is solid remove the lid and put in your regular trash. For directions on disposing of oil based paints call the office at 570-374-6889 x115.

Plant Pots & Trays

• Lowe’s Garden Centers accepts plastic nursery plant trays, pots, and tags.

Plastic Bags

• Plastic bags are recyclable at many retail stores such as Weis, Giant, Wal-Mart, and Target.
• Weis Markets will also accept additional plastic bags, films and plastic wraps (i.e. the plastic from paper towel rolls, cases of water and produce bags). Check with the store where you recycle your
  bags to see if they accept the additional types of plastic bags and wrappers. All plastic must be clean, dry and free from all contaminates. If in doubt, put your bags or plastic wrap in the trash.

Prescription Medication

Unwanted prescription medicine and over the counter medicine can be disposed of at the following locations:

• Middleburg Police Department
• Selinsgrove Police Department
• Shamokin Dam Police Department
• Snyder County Sheriff’s Office

There are a few restrictions:

• No ointments, needles, sharps, or aerosols
• Check with site in regard to liquids
• Never leave medicines outside the secure collection container

We all want to keep unwanted prescription medicine out of the hands of those who would misuse them. Proper disposal is also a way to keep these medicines from polluting our streams and waterways.

Batteries

• Rechargeable batteries can be recycled at Lowes, Target, Coles, and Best Buy.
• Non-rechargeable (alkaline) batteries can be taken to Mondragon Bookstore in Lewisburg

Styrofoam

• HandUp Foundation in Milton (570-742-3000) now takes polystyrene.
• #6 Polystyrene – is accepted at the Dauphin County Recycling Center located at 1620 S. 19th Street, Harrisburg 17104 • (717) 982-6772.
• Shipping peanuts – Take to a shipping store (i.e. Ship Zone) or check with your local post office to find someone who eBays.

Tires

• Check with your local garage or drop at Mahantango Enterprises (717-444-3788). Mahantango accepts tires from residents for a fee. 

Used Motor Oil

• Used motor oil is accepted by many area garages. The oil is either collected for recycling by a waste oil recycler or used in a waste oil burner. Please do not mix your motor oil with anything else. Use a bottle or jug (juice container or laundry detergent jug) that can be sealed to prevent a spill during transport.

Yard Waste

• Monroe Township residents can use Hawks Landscaping
• Penn Township has a yard waste / composting site at the end of Gaugler Lane. Penn Township’s site is open to all residents as long as the site is not used as a dumping ground for unacceptable
  items. The site is open from dawn to dusk 7 days a week.
• Shaffer Landscapes in Middleburg also accepts yard waste from area residents. 

Christmas Lights

• Strings of Christmas lights are recyclable at some scrap yards

2021 Recycling Event-Beaver

Freeburg Sponsor Letter-2

Many thanks to the organizations and individuals who have donated so far:

Heister House Millworks
Colonial Furniture
Wayne and Janet Latchford
Gary and Elizabeth Fincke
Lance Weaver Feed & Seed
John and Ellen Lazur
Buds & Blooms/Evelyn’s Designs
Erin Graybill/Pleasant Valley Greenhouse & Gifts
Morrill Curtis/Windview Farm
John and Kay Cramer
WindView Truck Trailer
Glenn Weaver
Rick and Beverly Menne
Howell’s Ice Cream King

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