Waste Management of Erie is the Borough’s waste/recycling hauler for 2006 through 2008.  Residents are permitted unlimited bag pick-up and one large item picked up per week.  If you have any questions or are unsure an item is eligible for pick-up, contact the municipal building at 734-1812 x 138.  Recycling bins are available at the municipal building for $3.00. Compost bins are available for $6.00.

SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING IN THE BOROUGH

Waste Management’s recycling customers can now enjoy single-stream recycling.  ALL of your recyclables can be placed together in the same bin, including newspapers, magazines, junk mail, paper and small boxes without bundling and tying.  No sorting is required!  However, you may want to bundle any item that may blow away or place them in paper or plastic bags.

GLASS – Includes clear, green and brown bottles and jars. All food and drink containers should be rinsed and unbroken.  NO lids.

 ALUMINUM, STEEL/BI METALLIC CANS – Aluminum food and beverage containers with food debris removed.  Remove and discard the lid.  Labels do not need to be removed.   

PLASTICS – Plastic containers with the symbols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (milk bottles, water bottles, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles, bleach bottles, etc).  Lids and food debris removed.  Labels do not have to be removed.    Also included for recycling are rinsed unnumbered plastic food containers.

 PLASTIC BAGS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND CATALOGS – No hard back books or phone books.

MIXED PAPER includes writing, colored, bond, typing or copy, computer paper and envelopes.

It does not include paper towels, napkins, tissues, carbon paper, blue prints, wax paper, window envelopes, or plastic wrap, foil gift wrapping paper or paper contaminated by food or other waste

MIXED CARDBOARD  (Paper or Chip Board)  Include such packaging as cereal, Jell-O, cake mix,  gift or shoe boxes, etc.  Remove all liners from the boxes and dispose in your waste. 

NO paper milk cartons, waxed paper, foam egg cartons or mixed cardboard contaminated by food waste or other municipal waste.

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD

Residential & Commercial - Corrugated Cardboard MUST BE FLATTENED and TIED.   NO PIECE should be larger than three foot square.

THERE WILL BE NO WASTE OR RECYCLING PICK UP ON

MEMORIAL DAY or LABOR DAY

If a major holiday falls on Monday, your waste/recycling will be picked up on Tuesday, the regular Tuesday pickups will be picked up on Wednesday. 

MUNICIPAL, COMMERCIAL AND

INSTITUTIONAL BUSINESSES

YOU MUST RECYCLE

In accordance with Pennsylvania Act 101, the following items must be recycled:  High Grade Office Paper, Corrugated Cardboard, Aluminum Cans and Leaf Waste.  In addition, businesses must also follow the Borough of Edinboro’s Recycling Ordinance outlined in this newsletter.

                   E-Waste   (Electronic Recycling

Best Buy offers drop-off services and will accept two e-waste items per day, no fee except for $10 for each computer monitor.

Walmart offers mail-in trade-in program http://walmart

Target similar to Walmart's mail in trade-in programhttp://target.

Erie County, 1556 West 12th Street open 2 Saturday's per month March through October.   9am - 2 p.m. (March 6 & 20; April 3 & 24; May 8 & 22; June 12 & 26; July 10 & 24; August 14 & 28; September 11 & 25; and October 9 & 23 in 2010)  Accepts consumer electronics (e-waste) and household hazardous waste (HHW)   For more information call (866) 815-0016 or (814) 451-6019 or www.ErieCountyRecycling.com Open to Erie County residents only.  Pre-registration is required.  A $20 co-pay will be applied for the first 125 pounds collected, with an additional 50 cents per pound fee thereafter.  Non-registered residents will be accepted at the following rates:  $1 per pound household hazardous waste; and 44cents per pound for electronics.  Unacceptable materials include:  ammunition & explosives; radioactive material; biological (sharps); and smoke detectors.

Environmental Coordination Services and Recycling in partnership with Erie County offers year-round drop off services at 3237 U.S. Highway 19 in Cochranton.  Call (814) 425-7773.

Technology recycling (814) 403-2980.

Lincoln Metal Processing & Liberty Iron and Metal will accept computer motherboards.  Also all types of metals.

Thank you for recycling and helping our Community and Planet.

Materials NOT Accepted as Recyclables by WasteManagement:

●Aluminum trays or foil

●Any material with food debris

●Aerosol cans (these were previously recyclable)

●Automotive parts  

●Batteries of any kind

●Broken glass, drinking glass, window glass, auto glass

●Clothes hangers, wire

●Computers

●Detergent boxes

●Flammable liquids

●Hazardous or toxic substances  

●Household items such as toasters, cookware,      bake ware, electronics, appliances, etc.

●Items containing or having debris and residue containing hazardous or toxic substances such as paint cans with wet paint, stain, motor oil con-tainers, gasoline cans, glue, petroleum products, etc.

●Light bulbs

●Metal 55-gallon drums, metal grease drums, concrete washtubs

●Mirrors, porcelain, ceramics, glass cookware/bake ware, clay pots, microwave oven trays, perfume/cologne bottles

●Motor oil

●Paving materials, stones, rocks, sand, dirt, broken concrete

●PVC piping

●Pallets

●Phone books

●Pizza boxes

●Scrap metal, flatware

●Styrofoam of any kind

●Tires

●Unnumbered plastics – No toys, dishes, utensils, storage containers, outside furniture, etc.

●Vinyl siding

●Wax coated paper or cardboard

●Wood or yard waste

  For items not listed, please call Waste Management at 1-800-458-0476.

 BACK YARD COMPOSTING

(A Guide to Composting Yard & Food Waste) 

This handy booklet is FREE and available at the municipal office.  It was distributed to municipalities by the E.C. Recycling Program (www.recyclethis.org) and funded by the PA Department of Environmental Protection.  This booklet contains the Ten Easy Steps to Composting, Amounts of Compost to Use, Composting Do’s and Don’ts, Helpful Hints, and a Quick Check Guide.  Composting bins are available at the municipal building for $6.00. If you have any questions regarding the composting bins or composting – click ontowww.cboinc.com (Covered Bridge Organic, Inc.) or call toll free 1-888-224-3882.

Scrap is not waste and recycling is not disposal.  Scrap is manufactured into valuable, specification-grade commodities that are used to make new products.  Waste is material that has no further use and is land-filled or incinerated. For more information go towww.isri.org.  Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.

    MISC. TIPS FOR REFUSE OR RECYCLING DISPOSAL 

Bar-B-Q Grill & Propane Tank – Remove the tank from the grill and break the value off the top so the balance of any gas will escape.

 Car Batteries – Can be taken to Lincoln Metal Processing at 1602 Selinger Ave., Erie, PA.

 Carpets, Rugs & Pads – Must be cut in sections no longer than 4’ in length and securely rolled and tied; weight should not exceed 60 pounds.  Residents may place up to 8 bundles (approx. 300 sq. ft.) of carpet and pad out each week.

 Christmas Trees – All trees over 4’ long must be cut in half.

Construction Material – Call Waste Management regarding the price and use of a dumpster.

 Grass/Weeds – will be taken by the waste hauler as long as there is no dirt attached and the container supports the weight.  No container should be over 30 lbs.

 InsulinNeedles – Place in a strong container (coffee can, heavy detergent or milk jug), tape the container closed and mark it “Needles”.

 Kerosene – There is currently no collection program for this item.  The E.C. Recycling Office suggests donating any unwanted kerosene.

 Paint Cans – Remove the lid to allow any unused paint to dry.  The paint lid should be placed in the waste.  Place the dried paint can beside your waste container and not in the container.  Cans containing usable paint and not dried will be left at the curb. 

TIP:  To quickly dry unused paint fill the

paint can withkitty litter.  Once dried, discard the kitty litter in the trash and place the paint can beside your trash container.

Wood/Posts – All unwanted wood or posts should be cut in 4’ lengths and bundled prior to placing them at the curb for pickup.

 Electronics & Hazardous Waste – Call ECS&R in Cochranton, PA (1-814-425-7773) or 1-866 815 0016  Individuals can drop off items at their facility or call for items to be picked up.  There will be a transportation charge for picking up your item.  There is also a per pound charge for electronics.  Call to reserve your place to recycle.

                May 17, 2008 North East Township

                July 19, 2008  General McLane High School, Edinboro

                August 23, 2008  Fort LeBouef High School

 Ordinance No. 506, Chapter 20-4, Section 20-4-6:  All waste or recycling in proper containers must NOT be placed at curbside for collection earlier than 5 P.M. the day before pick up.  In addition, all waste and recycling containers must be returned to the property building line prior to 7 P.M. on your day of pick up.

 Ordinance No. 506, Chapter 20-9

Section 20-9-1 through Section 20-9-7

BURNING

Burning of leaves is prohibited.  No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit burning before 7 A.M. or after 8 P.M.  Exception:  Chimeneas, grills and recreational camp fires.  No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit burning except in a proper container.  The height of the flame is not to exceed four (4) feet.  Composting shall be in accordance with Borough regulations, Ordinance No. 506.  No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit any burning unattended, within twelve (12) feet of any building or on any street or alley, or within ay business district.  It shall be unlawful to create a smoke or odor nuisance to adjoining properties.

 The burnable must be in a proper container and must be attended to by you while it is burning.

The burning of leaves and recycling items is prohibited. 

GRASSCYCLE– Leave grass clippings on your lawn.  This practice does not create thatch; it actually acts as a great fertilizer for your lawn.   When you cut your grass, don’t give it a crew cut—mow higher, up to 3”, to provide enough shade to prevent weeds and to allow the grass to plant firmer, deeper roots.  Before you’re finished, mow over any large clumps of grass to allow quicker decomposition which will provide nutrients to the soil.

BOROUGH SPRING & FALL PICKUP FOR LEAVES

 The spring pick-up for leaves begins in April and will continue through May 2008.  The fall leaf pick up will begin in October and continue on a weekly basis until the snow falls.  As long-term residents know, we cannot calculate, on the calendar, when the leaves will fall or when the snow is here to stay.  Monday is the pick-up day for leaves.  If Monday is a holiday, leaves will be picked up on Tuesday.

Leaves must be bagged in the GREEN BIO-DEGRADABLE BAGS (EcoSAFE) that are available at the Edinboro Giant Eagle.  No other bag will be accepted for recycling leaves.

 IMPORTANT NOTE:   This pick-up is for LEAVES ONLY.  Bio bags containing weeds, grass, sticks, trash, etc., will not be picked up.  If your bio bag contains anything other than leaves, they will be left at the curb for you to dispose of.  No other bag will be accepted for recycling leaves.

Leaf pick-up in Edinboro will begin in mid to late October as weather conditions warrant

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Project Coordinator/ Recycling Coordinator
Victoria Coffin

1-814-734-1812 extension 138