YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE


Compared to using materials once, then throwing them away and having to replace them, recycling saves energy, dramatically reduces pollution from manufacturing, and avoids the destruction of natural resources that occurs when extracting virgin materials. At the current national rate of about 26%, recycling saves enough energy to supply the needs of 9 million U.S. households. And recycling paper cuts down on air and water pollution while reducing pressure to cut down our remaining forests and convert them into monotonous tree farms. Recycling not only benefits the enviroment, it helps create jobs. Pennsylvania has 3,247 recycling and reuse establishments employing 81,322 people with a total annual payroll of nearly $2.9 billion.

• Recycling cuts pollution and conserves natural resources.
• Recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions
• Recycling conserves energy.
• Recycling programs that are sensibly designed and implemented can be cost-competitive with solid waste landfilling and incineration.
• Recycling creates jobs and reduces costs in manufacturing sectors that are an important part of our economy

***Below is a list of different recyclable products (in large black bold letters) and where you can take them to recycle and links to other websites with more information.*** 

Plastic Containers/Bottles, Glass Bottles, Metal Cans, Office Paper, Junk Mail, Phonebooks, Magazines & Cardboard (No sorting required)

Fulton County has three recycling drop-off bins; These are located at the old IGA parking lot (near the County Probation & Domestic Relation Office) 208 North 2nd Strret McConnellsburg, PA, at the Forbes Road School Complex, and at the Bethel Township Municipal building in Wafordsburg.  You do not need to sort, just put all recyclables in the bin.

The following materials are now being accepted at all 3 drop-off bins:

Paper and paper products: cardboard boxes (please flatten), paperboard boxes (cereal, pre-packaged items, shoe boxes, tissue boxes, etc.) paper towel and toilet paper rolls, office paper (any color), newspaper, magazines, catalogs, junk-mail, phone books, etc. Please no soil material or waxed-coated cardboard.

Glass: clear, green and brown glass food and beverage containers. NO windows, mirrors, ceramics and light bulbs, drinking glasses or broken glass

Plastic: plastic bottles with necks smaller than their bases (i.e., soda and water bottles, bleach and detergent bottles, milk jugs, etc) NO  yogurt containers, magerine tubs, plastic wrap or plastic bags, styrofoam, cups, plant pots, etc., only those plastics shaped like a bottle

Cans: aluminum, steel and bi-metal food and beverage cans are being accepted. Empty aerosol cans are also recycled.

Please be certain that all material is clean and containers have been rinsed thoroughly!!
The drop-offf bins are now comingled. That means you no longer have to seperate material; everything is mixed together in one big bin. 

CAN'T ACCEPT/DO NOT BRING list:
greasy or soiled paper, broken dishes, light bulbs, mirror or window glass, aluminum foil, scrape metal, margarine tubs, yogurt containers, plastic bags, plastic cups, any plastic bottle/container that the top is the same size as the body


Motor Oil

According to the PA recycle hotline the following will take your used motor oil:
Richards Auto Sales (717) 485-3113    
Bards Automotive (71) 573-4233

For more info visit:  Used Motor Oil - Collection and Recycling

Computers, Monitors & Electronics

If you are buying a new computer ask the company if they will take your old computer to recycle. DELL will do this. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has lists of resources for recycling computers, including companies with take-back programs.

STAPLES will take your old monitor for a fee of $10.

Battery's

• Recycle rechargeables. Even rechargeable batteries eventually go bad, as they are designed to be recharged a finite number of times. Once a rechargeable is dead, you cannot simply throw it in the trash. The law requires you to recycle all rechargeable batteries, and the best way to do it is to take the battery back to the store you bought it from. By law, any store selling such batteries will be a proper disposal facility, and must take them back.

• Nickel cadmium. Nicad, or nickel cadmium batteries, are especially toxic, and should never end up in a landfill, where the carcinogenic cadmium could leach into groundwater. Taking them back to the store will ensure that they don't end up in the normal waste stream.

• Non-rechargeables. Current law does not dictate the recycling of primary, or non-rechargeable batteries like alkaline, lithium or titanium batteries. But these batteries contain potentially harmful chemicals as well, and recycling them is still the best thing to do. Take them back to a battery store for disposal, or to any municipal recycling center that accepts old batteries. It's good for the environment and for the health of future generations. Old batteries are often melted down to make new ones, so recycling is even good for keeping the price of batteries down!

Where can I recycle my used rechargeable batteries and old cell phones?

RBRC (Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation) is a non-profit, public service organization that has a program - Call2Recycle™. Call the consumer helpline, 1-800-8-BATTERY or 1-877-2-RECYCLE, to find the retail collection site nearest you.

Stores that recycle: Alltel, AT&T, Batteries Plus, Best Buy, Black & Decker, Circuit City, DeWalt, The Home Depot, Lowe's, Milwaukee Electrical Tool, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Orchard Supply, Porter Cable Service Centers, RadioShack, Remington Product Company, Sears, Staples, Target, US Cellular, and Verizon Wireless.

http://www.batteryrecycling.com/  This company recycles all types of batterys by mail.

Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulbs
Properly disposing or recycling CFLs is important because the bulbs contain small amounts of mercury.

Home Depot recently announced that it will recycle your CFL bulbs for free at any of its stores.

For more info visit these websites.
http://www.epa.gov/bulbrecycling/ 
LampRecycle.org

Stop Wasteful Junk Mail
 

Government Recycling Links
PA DEP's Recycle Home Page  Lots of recycling information from DEP

FREECYCLE YOUR ITEM

Freecycle works on the basic premise that some people have useful things that they don’t need anymore and that these same people are willing to give (that’s right, for free) these same items to other people who do have a use for them.

http://www.freecycle.org/ The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,543 groups with 5,477,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Membership is free. There is a Chambersburg group.