Location:  12725 Buchanan Trail East                            Phone:  (717) 765-6577
                 Waynesboro, PA 17268

Washington Township, by ordinance, requires residents and businesses located in the Township to recycle.

The largest benefit of recycling is the overall reduction of refuse going to the landfills. If everyone recycled, the amount of waste going to our landfills would be drastically reduced, thereby reducing the need for more landfills or landfill expansions. Also, in theory, it would lower our cost because new landfill construction costs would not be passed on to the consumer.

The refuse haulers in Franklin County provide recy­cling as part of their regular service to you. If you have curbside pick-up, you are paying for recycling whether you use it or not. So why not use it?

Every two weeks, put your cans, glass, plastic bottles (#1 and #2) and newspaper out at the curb. Your hauler can provide a schedule of recycling pick-up dates if need­ed.

Your haulers will provide a separate container for card­board. In addition, office- paper, lunch room cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles and newspaper should be recycled.

Most businesses have other materials that could be recycled outside of the required items. Do an inventory and determine what else could be recycled at your busi­ness. In the long run, you may save money for your com­pany by recycling or perhaps even generate an additional revenue source.

Recycling Containers:

For $15, Washington Township residents can obtain a can at the township office at 13013 Welty Road. Stop by during regular working hours, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Residents of other municipalities should call your municipal office and ask if they have containers available.

If a container is not available, contact your hauler and ask what container is acceptable for pickup and buy one at any retail outlet.

The Washington Township Recycling Center, located at 12725 Buchanan Trail East (Route 16, just east of Red Run Park) is available to all residents, non-residents and businesses in the area.

Cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles (#1 and #2), newspaper and cardboard can be recycled at the center at no charge.

The Washington Township Transfer Station, 12721 Buchanan Trail East, accepts tires, leaves and appliances for a fee. These items are then recycled.

Scrap metal, brush and car batteries are also accepted and recycled. However, there is no fee to dis­pose of these two items.

Both facilities are open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. with the exception of Thursdays, when both the recycling cen­ter and transfer station are open until 7 p.m. until Daylight Savings Time ends.

You do not have to be a township resident to use these facilities. They are available to everyone.   Recycling at our facility is free of charge to the general public. 

The recycling workers at the center would like to request your cooperation with the materials being recy­cled by following these guidelines.

·        Please take the lids off of all bottles, both glass and plastic, especially soda bottles.

·        Rinse out cans and bottles before recycling.

·        Empty cans and bottles of leftover liquids and solids.

·        Newspaper is recycled for use as paper again, insulation or animal bedding. In all three cases, dry newspaper is required. Please keep newspaper as dry as possible.

·        Tying newspaper with string, wire or rope is not nec­essary. We would prefer that you just place your newspa­per in a brown paper grocery bag. The bag is recycled right along with the newspapers.

·        Magazines are currently being recycled at the Washington Township facility on a limited basis. Household magazines should be placed with your news­papers or placed separately at the recycling center. Large truckloads of-magazines cannot be accepted at this time.

·        Syringes are NOT recyclable, even though they are made of plastic.

·        The following items are NOT being recycled and should be placed with the trash: aluminum foil, aluminum pie pans, window glass, light bulbs, glassware, drinking glasses, cereal boxes, beer and soda boxes, household bat­teries, Styrofoam, food items, plastic bags, margarine tubs, plant tubs, waxed milk cartons, candles, hard-back books, motor oil, antifreeze and pesticides.

The Recycling Center is operated and maintained for the benefit of our Washington Township residents. Your comments on recycling and web site additional information are appreciated.

The Recycling Center is open each week Monday through Saturday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. On Thursdays from April through October the Center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The Recycling Center is closed all day for the New Year, Memorial, Independence, Labor, Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and a half day for Christmas Eve and New Year Eve.

The list of recycle items contains the materials accepted by the center free of charge.

The Recycle Center is located at 12725 Buchanan Trail East (Route 16).

Contact Sherry Deibert, Washington Township Recycling Coordinator, at 765-6577 for any questions concerning materials recycling.

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