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This page outlines the Terre Hill Borough’s Trash Collection and Recycling Program. Please review the information contained within and retain for future reference.
The Borough strives to provide residents with a comprehensive and quality trash collection program while keeping costs low. Special features include our biannual Clean Up Days and our new Yard Waste Recycling Center located at 426 Linden Street (adjacent to the Wastewater Treatment Plant).
Lancaster County has an Integrated Waste Disposal System. The Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, referred to as LCSWMA or the Authority, manages a system which employs multiple methods of trash disposal and processing such as recycling programs which includes a Household Hazardous Waste facility; incineration of the County’s municipal waste in a Resource Recovery Facility (which creates electricity) and disposal of waste; that cannot be incinerated, in a landfill.
One key to success of this Integrated Waste Disposal System is managing certain materials called “Special Wastes”, in ways that will not harm disposal facilities or the environment. LCSWMA needs the help of all county residents to continue proper disposal of “Special Wastes”. If everyone understands what special wastes are and how they should be handled then we can all do our part to help protect the county’s integrated system and the environment.
Please pay special attention to the information in the Recycling section on page 4, which outlines what materials are acceptable recyclable materials. It is important that only recyclable items be placed in the recycle bins.
Effective January 1, 2005, Trash and Recycling Collection Fees are $45.00 per quarter per unit.
If you have any questions, call the Borough Office at 445-4581. Office Hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, we are closed for lunch from 12:00-1:00.
Introduction
The trash collection and recycling program includes a number of services under one contract with the Borough’s trash hauler, Eagle Disposal.
The collection day for both trash and recycling for all of Terre Hill Borough will be Thursday.
On regular collection days, trash and recyclables must be on the curb by 5 AM. Trash bag(s), container(s) and your recycling bin must be placed no more than 5 feet from the curb and should be clearly visible to the collector. No alley or back door service will be provided, except by prior arrangement with the hauler for individuals with physical handicaps. Trash may not be placed on the curb earlier than the evening before collection day.
It is important that you place your trash on the curb prior to the trash truck coming into town. Due to safety concerns and insurance company requirements, trash collectors are not permitted to cross the street. Therefore, if you place your trash on the curb after they have collected your side of the street, your trash will NOT be picked up.
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO HOLIDAY COLLECTION SCHEDULE: The following holidays will affect the day the hauler collects trash within the Borough: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. If one of these holidays falls on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, collection will be delayed until FRIDAY.
Trash will be collected on Thursday each week except for the following 2010 holidays schedule.
Memorial Day week collection – Friday, June 4, 2010
Labor Day week collection – Friday, September 10, 2010
Thanksgiving week collection – Friday, November 26, 2010
Please make sure your trash is out the evening before as pick up may begin as early as 3:00 AM.
Extra trash containers and oversized refuse items MUST be marked with Extra Service Tags. Extra Service Tags can be purchased at the Borough Office. Bags, containers and other items not clearly tagged when appropriate will not be collected.
Contact the Borough Office, 300 Broad Street, (717) 445-4581, if your trash and/or recycling collection is missed or if you have any questions about the program.
Trash
You are allowed three (3) 32-gallon trash bags or containers each week under the basic fee for collection. Do not overstuff trash bags or cans; they may not weigh more than 30 pounds. Due to safety concerns and insurance company requirements, trash collectors are not permitted to pick up heavy cans.
Each container exceeding the weekly limit of three must be marked with a yellow extra service tag. Service tags can be purchased at the Borough Office. The hauler will not pick up trash in excess of the 3-bag limit without an Extra Service Tag.
Brush and tree limbs may be disposed of as regular trash items. Bundles are included in your weekly three-bag limit. For example, you may put out (2) containers of trash and one bundle of limbs without using an Extra Service Tag. Those materials must be tied in bundles no longer than four (4) feet and no heavier than (30) thirty pounds. Yard waste generated between April 1 and October 15 may be put out with your trash.
Although the hauler accepts brush and tree limbs, please help protect the environment by keeping yard waste materials out of the waste stream. The Borough strongly encourages you to take your brush and tree limbs to the Yard Waste Recycling Facility to be recycled. Please see the see the section entitled “Yard Waste” on Page 5.
Oversized items, defined as those that weigh more than (50) fifty pounds and cannot fit in a 32-gallon container, will be collected each week during regular trash collections. Such items must be marked with three (3) Extra Service Tags securely fastened to the item and clearly visible to the hauler. No more than two (2) oversized items will be picked up at any one residence each week.
Large appliances and tires are not considered oversized items and may not be left for collection on a weekly basis. Please see Page 6 for information regarding “Large Appliances, Tire”.
Keep our town beautiful by putting trash in its place!
Recycling
Recyclable materials are collected each week on the same day that trash is collected. You are encouraged to place your recycling bin at the curb only when it is full. Recycling trucks will make fewer stops and collection will be faster.
This is a Commingled Recycling Program; cans, glass and plastics may be stored together in your recycling bin.
RECYCLING IS MANDATORY. All residents are required by Terre Hill Borough Ordinance to separate those materials for special collection as described below. No recyclable materials are allowed in refuse containers.
Recycle Bins are provided by the Borough and are available at the Borough Office. Bring broken bins to the office for exchange.
What goes into my recycling bin?
Glass food and beverage containers should be rinsed and the lids removed and thrown in the trash. It is not necessary to remove labels. Items such as light bulbs; window and auto glass; drinking glasses and cookware are NOT recyclable.
Aluminum and all other food and beverage cans that are made of steel, tin or a combination of metals are recyclable. All cans should be rinsed and lids removed and discarded. Do not crush cans. Aluminum products such as foil and pie plates are NOT recyclable. Aerosol cans are NOT recyclable.
Plastic bottles identified as PETE (1) and HDPE (2) should be rinsed and the caps discarded. Bottles may be crushed to save space. Only plastic containers with a ‘neck’ are recyclable in this program. Stamped plastic such as plastic tubs, cups or other plastic items are not recyclable and should NOT be placed in the recycling bin. Please check the number located in the recycling symbol on the product, only plastics marked 1 or 2 are recyclable.
Newspapers should be put into paper grocery bags or tied into bundles with string or twine. Please do not use plastic grocery bags. Place newspapers on top of or next to your recycling bin when put on the curb for collection. On rainy days, please refrain from putting newspapers out for collection. Wet paper is more difficult to recycle. Save it until the next weekly pickup. Catalogs and Telephone books will NOT be accepted.
Cardboard and Styrofoam are considered regular trash and not recyclable under the Borough’s Trash and Recycling Program.
Yard Waste
– Leaves, Brush and Clippings
We encourage you to utilize the Yard Waste Recycling Center for the “natural” disposal of Yard Waste. Leaves, grass, garden residue and sod are considered yard waste. Yard Waste may be delivered to the Yard Waste Recycling Facility located at 426 Linden Street (adjacent to Wastewater Treatment Plant).
Woody materials, such as shrubbery pruning and tree branches, are accepted throughout the year. These materials will be chipped at our facility then further processed into mulch by local mulch companies.
Please Empty Yard Waste From Bags And Containers. Plastic bags must be emptied and discarded in the trash. Plastic bags and containers contaminate the recycling process of yard waste. Do not throw trash or other debris in the yard waste pile. Dumping anything other than yard waste is strictly prohibited and violators will be prosecuted.
Grass clippings: It is not necessary to remove grass clippings from lawns. Grass clippings filter down into the soil where they reduce water evaporation and encourage growth by keeping the soil temperature cooler. As they decompose, the grass clippings act as a natural fertilizer. Grass clippings do not create thatch, which is the overgrowth of the root and stem caused by over watering and over fertilization.
Helpful hints for good lawn care: Cut grass often enough so that the clippings do not clump together on top of the lawn. Ideal lawn height is about 3 inches; the general rule is to remove no more than 1/3 of the grass blade when you cut. Invest in a mulching mower or blade, which chops up clippings.
The Borough provides this service to residents
free of charge. It is very important that Yard Waste ONLY be disposed of
at the Yard Waste Recycling Center. Disposal of Trash or debris at the facility
may result in future fees. Please report anyone dumping anything other than
yard waste to the Borough Office at (717) 445-4581.
Large
Appliances, Tires
Large appliances (white goods) - clothes washers and dryers,
dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, stoves, air conditioners, dehumidifiers,
hot water heaters, furnaces, etc. – and tires will be collected each year by the
Borough on special collection days. These special collection days are typically
the first Saturday in May and the first Saturday in November. Scheduled
Clean-Up Days are subject to change as necessary. Residents will be notified of
Clean-Up dates in the quarterly newsletter.
All white goods and tires put out for collection must be paid at the Borough Office prior to Clean-Up Day. If fees are not paid, items will not be collected. Disposal Fees are as follows: Appliances - $15.00 per appliance. Tire Disposal: Regular Tires (no rim) - $3.00; Mounted tires (on rims) - $6.00; Large Tractor tires - $40.00; Solid tires cannot be accepted. These fees are non-refundable and subject to change as necessary to cover cost of disposal.
White goods containing CFC gasses will be delivered to a facility where these gasses are recovered and recycled. Gas lines should not be broken or damaged.
Throughout the year, Large Appliances (white goods) may be taken to LCSWMA Transfer Station or Ephrata Recycling for disposal. These entities also assess a fee for disposal.
Construction/Demolition Waste
You may include one 32-gallon, 30-pound container
of waste from construction or demolition activities at your home in your regular
trash per week. If you have more than one container or the waste will not fit
into a 32-gallon bag or can, you can deliver those materials to the Authority’s
transfer station, 1299 Harrisburg Pike. Call the Authority for further
information.
Household
Batteries
Household batteries – the kind used in toys, radios, watches, hearing
aids, etc. may be harmful to disposal facilities and should not be thrown away
in your trash. The Borough provides orange plastic bags for battery
collection. Place all household batteries in the collection bag; place the bag
NEXT to your trash container(s) when full. The Borough’s trash hauler will
collect it during regular trash pickup.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS OFFERED BY LCSWMA
Special
Wastes
Several wastes in addition to those already
mentioned in this packet must be handled separately from regular trash.
Household
Hazardous Waste
Many materials used in the
home, garage and garden are considered household hazardous
waste and unused portions of these wastes must
not be thrown in your trash. They can cause serious safety and health problems
in transportation or disposal facilities.
Household hazardous wastes that should not be thrown in your trash are:
· Computers
· Cell Phones
· Auto products (antifreeze, transmission and brake fluids, batteries, used oil)
· Fire Extinguishers
· Cleansers (oven cleaners, toilet cleaners, disinfectants, drain cleaners, rug and upholstery cleaners, bleach, ammonia-based cleaners, abrasive cleaners and powders)
· Floor and furniture polish
· Gasoline, kerosene
· Household batteries
· Old chemistry sets
· Paints and paint-related products (stains, turpentine, thinner, rust inhibitors)
· Pesticides, herbicides, insecticides
· Adhesives
· Photographic chemicals
· Pool chemicals
· Mercury containing devices (thermometers, thermostats, fluorescent bulbs)
·
Other materials – call the
Authority at 397-9968 or visit
www.lcswma.org.
Computer Recycling Program
Computers and associated items such as monitors, printers and keyboards will be accepted for recycling at the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority’s Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facility. Lancaster County residents can take their computers to the HHW Facility free of charge. Each computer monitor can contain 5-7 lbs of lead and other metals that are better recycled than put in the landfill.
Mercury Thermometer Exchange Program
In an effort to safely remove toxic mercury from the home and to properly recycle this material, the Authority has established a thermometer exchange program for County residents. Lancaster County residents may take mercury-containing items to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility and drop them off free of charge.
Each participating household that brings in an item which contains mercury, such as thermometers, old thermostats, fluorescent bulbs, button batteries, old chemistry sets, etc., will receive one digital thermometer free of charge. Mercury is a toxic gray liquid metal. Old-fashioned thermometers contain between one-half and one gram of mercury which is enough mercury to contaminate a 20 acre lake.
In the case of glass thermometers, it is recommended that residents wrap them in an old towel or similar item to ensure they do not break in transit. Items containing mercury are picked up at the HHW by a company licensed to haul hazardous materials and are taken where the mercury will be removed and recycled.
*Please see below for Household Hazardous Waste Facility address, directions and hours of operation.
In-Home Medical Waste
Medical wastes generated in the home may be infectious. When thrown in the trash, they pose a risk at curbside where bags are accessible before pickup. They may also put at risk waste haulers and waste facility operators who must handle the materials and be potentially harmful to the facilities themselves. Potentially hazardous items are: sharp objects (needles, syringes and lancets), soiled bandages, disposal sheets, medical gloves, etc.
If you have a substantial quantity of medical waste to dispose of, the safest disposal option may be to hire one of the several companies that collect such materials in Lancaster County. You may want to take advantage of The Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority’s program for handling medical waste. The Authority will provide homeowners with red medical buckets (free of charge) that should be used for the safe disposal of medical wastes. When the bucket is full and ready for disposal simply return them to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility free of charge.
For the safe management of “sharps”, the Authority will provide residents with a complimentary ‘Safe Clip’, a device that clips the needle off and automatically and safely stores it in an attached receptacle. The Safe Clip holds up to 1,000 needles and can be mailed to you or picked up at the main office of the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Facility located at 1299 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster. Once the Safe Clip is full, it should be returned to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility when ready for disposal.
Auto and Utility Vehicle Batteries
These batteries cannot be thrown away with your regular trash. They contain several toxic chemicals. Take these batteries to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility or try to trade in your old battery when you buy a new one.
Cell Phones
The Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority has expanded its electronic recycling program. The Authority now accepts cell phones at its Household Hazardous Waste Facility which can be dropped off free of charge. The cell phones the Authority collects will be sent to a company that refurbishes a large percentage of the cell phones they receive for reuse; a portion of their proceeds often goes to a charity. The cell phones that can’t be salvaged for reuse are then sent to recycling companies.
Fluorescent Bulbs
The Authority accepts fluorescent lamps and ballast for recycling to remove mercury from the county’s waste stream and from the Resource Recovery Facility. The Facility will accept bulbs from Lancaster County residents and businesses free of charge that generate less than 30 bulbs per month. The following lamps and ballasts will be accepted: standard 4’ and 8’ fluorescent bulbs, circular, U-tube, and compact fluorescents, high-intensity discharge lamps and PCB ballasts. The spent lamps will be sent to a lamp recycling company for further processing. This type of bulb contains mercury which the Authority wants to remove from the waste stream. Bulbs also contain phosphor powder, aluminum and glass which can all be recycled.
Propane Tanks
Propane Tanks are accepted at the Transfer Station located at 1299 Harrisburg Pike. They must be separate from other trash.
Asbestos
Friable asbestos (the kind that crumbles) must be wetted, double-bagged and delivered to the Frey Farm Landfill. The rigid kind, found in flooring, siding and roofing materials, can be treated as construction/demolition material.
Recycling of Miscellaneous Materials:
Materials such as telephone directories, magazines, cardboard, steel drums, power tools, VCR’s, stereos CAN be recycled – you just have to know where to go! For information on how to recycle these materials (and MANY more) go to the Authority’s website at www.lcswma.org and check out the recycling page! If you do not have Internet access, contact the Authority at (717) 397-9968.
LCSWMA’s HHW Facility and Recycling
The Household Hazardous Waste Facility is a permanent collection facility and is the only of its kind in Pennsylvania. Residents can take materials as outlined in this brochure to the HHW facility free of charge.
The more items that we recycle, the less trash there is in the waste stream, and the better we can protect the environment from harmful contaminants
The following diagram represents the Authority’s Integrated Waste Collection System. This system reduces the amount of waste that must be land filled.
Textile
Recycling
National studies have determined that up to 5% of the residential solid waste stream is comprised of textiles. In a typical Lancaster County household, up to 100 pounds can be generated annually. Despite the role of charitable organizations, businesses and personal efforts, a significant volume of textiles is not recovered for reuse or recycling. On the demand side, increasing world populations require constant supply of textiles. Please keep textiles out of the waste stream by recycling.
Textile recovery reduces the amount of waste which must be disposed while reclaiming valuable resources.
The following textiles can be collected for reuse: Clothing and Outerwear; Clothing Accessories (gloves, hats, ties, scarves, shoes, belts, purses, etc); Linens/Bedding (sheets, blankets, pillow cases, towels, tablecloths, cloth napkins).
Preparation requirements for textiles: Textiles must be clean reusable and dry (free of moisture and mildew); Clothing must be in wearable condition (no tears, missing zippers, buttons, etc.); Shoes must be tied in pairs; Textiles should be placed in plastic trash bags and secured.
The following items are not acceptable: dirty diapers, oily rags, pillows, stuffed toys, rugs, carpet remnants, sleeping bags, mattresses, cosmetics, and hangers.
Charitable Organizations in our area accepting donations of Textiles:
Goodwill Industries, Rt 625 & Weaverland Road, East Earl, PA
(717) 445-6016
Re-Uzit Shop, 148 East Main Street, New Holland, PA
(717) 354-8355
Mennonite Central Committee, 21 South 12th Street, Akron, PA
(717) 859-3889
Salvation Army, 1244 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, PA
(717) 290-1605
Water Street Rescue Mission, 210 South Prince St, Lancaster, PA
(717) 393-7709
These charitable organizations accept other clean, reusable items. Please contact the organization of your choice to determine what items are needed.
Contact Information
Terre Hill Borough Office
300 Broad Street, PO Box 250
Terre Hill, PA 17581-0250
(717) 445-4581
E-mail: office@terrehillboro.com
Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA)
1299 Harrisburg Pike, PO Box 4425
Lancaster, Pa 17604
(717) 397-9968
LCSWMA Facilities Hours of Operation:
Transfer Station (1299 Harrisburg Pike)
Monday – Friday: 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Household Hazardous Waste Facility (1299 Harrisburg Pike)
Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
2nd & 4th Saturday of each month: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Directions: Route 30 to the Park City (Harrisburg Pike) Exit; Take Harrisburg Pike toward Lancaster City; Facility is located at LARA Drive; Turn left at the traffic signal and proceed to the Scale house. For the Household Hazardous Waste Facility turn left at the traffic signal and turn right after the drop-off recycling container; Household Hazardous Waste Facility has drive through service.
Frey Farm Landfill (Manor Township)
Monday – Friday: 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday: 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Directions: Route 30 to the Columbia Exit (Rt. 441); Route 441 South; 7 miles to the Turkey Hill Dairy; Right on the first road after Turkey Hill Dairy; Landfill entrance is located 1/4 mile on the right.
Resource Recovery Facility (Route 441, Bainbridge)
Monday – Friday: 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday: 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Directions: Route 30 to the Columbia (Rt. 441) Exit, Route 441 North; Facility is approximately 7 miles on the left.