POINTS TO REMEMBER
ON REFUSE/RECYCLING
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Garbage Bags - Refuse bags are available at local vendors. The bags are BIG in size (40 gallons) and they are 3 mil thick. Always tie the bag shut when setting by the curb. |
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Summer Months - When summer approaches remember you can use your garbage can with a Penn Township refuse bag inside. Keep the lid on and the pesky critters out. |
| Help Us Help You - Please put your address on the recycling bin. Remember, this bin is the property of the Township and is to stay with the property should you relocate. If the bin is lost or stolen there is a $5 charge for a replacement. Larger containers can be purchased for $8. |
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Metal Lids - Jar lids can be placed in your recycling bin. |
| Batteries - Batteries for cars, truck, motorcycles, and lawn mowers can be taken to the Battery Warehouse located at 1201 Broadway in Hanover. The Battery Warehouse will recycle them for you. |
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Did you know that grass clippings can help you out by cutting down on your fertilizer costs? If you place a thin layer, no more than 1" per week, around trees , bushes, between flowers and/or under fences it will help to eliminate weeding, reduce watering, and feed them with the necessary nutrients. Also, if you leave the clippings on the lawn, the clippings will break down and release nitrogen into the soil to give you healthy grass. By the way, nitrogen is the same ingredient found in those liquid fertilizers that you pay big bucks for and here nature gives it to you. |
| Motor Oil - can be dropped off at Grofts/N. Franklin St., Hempfings/Broadway, AutoZone/Baltimore Street. |
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Tires - Two tires can be disposed of by tying them together and attaching a Penn Township garbage bag. No Rims allowed! |
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Scrap Aluminum - can be taken to Staiman Recycling, 646-0952 or Wagaman Iron & Metal, 5 miles outside of New Oxford going toward Gettysburg on Route 30. |
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Fluorescent Tubes - can be put directly into a Penn Township garbage bag. Long tubes should just be put in whole with the top sticking out and tie bag around. DO NOT BREAK THE TUBE! |
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Medical Syringes - After breaking off needle, dispose of inside plastic laundry soap container, fill, seal and place in center of Penn Township garbage bag for collection. |
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Recycling Center Hours - The recycling center hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Saturday, 7:00 A.M. through 3:00 P.M. Closed on Sunday. We ask that these hours be adhered to since it cost YOU the TAXPAYER every time someone sets things outside, or brings their trash and dumps it. Let's work together to make recycling work. |
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Suggestions or Questions - If you have questions or suggestions concerning the recycling program, please contact the Solid Waste Coordinator, Mr. Gene Hejmanowski at (717) 637-1561 or write to Gene at Penn Township, 20 Wayne Avenue, Hanover, PA 17331. |
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Be an Environmental Shopper - Buy packages or products which can be recycled when their useful life is over. Choose items packaged in corrugated cardboard, glass, aluminum, steel and bi-metal cans and plastics marked with the recycling logo. |
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