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The
larger recycling bins have arrived! If you would like one,
please stop by the Township Office to pick one up. Regular
office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. The new bins are limited to one per household.
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Cleanup
Large item pickup will be held the week of April 12th on
your regular trash day. All items must be curbside by 6:00
a.m. It is suggested items be placed curbside the
night before your collection day. Large items should be
placed away from your regular trash and recycling.
Items which will be collected per
household:
1. Three ( 3 ) large items from the
following:
a.. Furniture (sofa, mattress, chair, etc)
b. White goods (stove, water heater, etc.)
c. Large glass (storm windows
etc.)
2. Carpet - rolled, tied in 4 ft.
lengths
3. Maximum of two (2) tires, off rims. (No large truck
tires)
Items which will not be collected:
1. Construction debris (drywall, tile, shingles, bricks, etc)
2. Batteries and automobile
parts
3. Hazardous materials (Pesticides, propane tanks, etc.)
4. Tree stumps and other woody
waste
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Electronics Recycling
Electronics recycling for Windsor Township residents is
scheduled for
Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at
the
Windsor Township Public Works Building located at 970
White Oak Road.
Acceptable items are computers (including monitors,
keyboards, etc.), printers, radios, answering machines,
typewriters, fax machines, mobile phones, microwave ovens,
televisions, VCR's, etc.
Unacceptable items are toasters, hair dryers, wall clocks,
electric razors.
DO NOT BRING OTHER NON ELECTRONIC LARGE ITEMS TO THIS
LOCATION THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
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Woody
Waste Collection
Woody Waste collection of brush and tree trimmings is
scheduled for the week of May 3rd on your regular trash
collection day.
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The trimmings must be bundled and tied with
twine in 3 ft. lengths or placed in a biodegradable bag.
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Material should be one quarter to six inches
in size.
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There is no limit to the number of bundles
you can put out.
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DO NOT PLACE IN GARBAGE BAGS OR CANS.
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NO GRASS CLIPPINGS
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NO TREE STUMPS
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Additional Information on Yard Waste from the YCSWA |
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The
York County Solid Waste Authority accepts dedicated loads of
yard waste from
York
County
residents. The minimum fee to bring yard waste to the
Resource
Recovery
Center
(located at
2653 Blackbridge Road
), is $10 up to 340 pounds and from there the fee is prorated up
to $56 a ton. After checking in at the
Resource
Recovery
Center
, all dedicated loads of yard waste are then diverted to our
yard waste transfer facility located down the street from our
Resource
Recovery
Center
. Residents receive a gate token to access our yard waste
transfer site where they then unload their yard waste. The
yard waste is then shipped off-site to a commercial operation.
To reiterate, we do not burn dedicated loads of yard waste, they
are diverted to our yard waste transfer site to be recycled into
beneficial mulch. For more information about how your
garbage is managed in
York
County
, visit our web site at www.ycswa.com or call 717-845-1066.
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| Trash
and Recycling Information |
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COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB RECYCLING
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The Township is participating in a program sponsored by PPL
Electric to recycle compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. This is
only for the small fluorescent bulbs, not the long fluorescent
tubes. You can recycle your unbroken CFL bulbs by bringing them to
the Township Office during normal business hours.
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Windsor Township is pleased to provide trash collection and
recycling to all residents of Windsor Township. This service is being provided at no charge to residents
and will be paid from the host municipal benefit fee that we receive from
Modern Landfill.
ARE THERE ANY LIMITATIONS ON THE AMOUNT OF TRASH?
There is a 4 bag limit. Each container, when filled, may not weigh
more than 75 lbs. nor exceed a volume of 32 gallons. All refuse must be in containers, such as plastic trash bags, or
tied in bundles not larger than 3 feet by 3 feet. Each such bundle will be considered a container and the maximum
weight of 75 lbs. shall apply.
REMEMBER -
The hauling company will not take more than four bags of trash a week,
nor will they collect tires. Tires are only
collected during the large item Spring and Fall Collection. NO HOT ASHES or COALS
at ANY TIME.
MUST I RECYCLE?
Yes. Pennsylvania
law requires all Windsor Township residential and commercial properties to
recycle. All recyclable materials must
be removed from the regular trash. This
is not only the right thing to do environmentally, but it saves money in
disposal costs. VIOLATORS WILL BE
PROSECUTED.
WHAT ITEMS MUST BE RECYCLED?
Clear and colored glass - food and beverage bottles and
jars only. Rinse
containers. Remove all caps and lids
and dispose lids with regular trash.
Labels do not have to
be removed. DO NOT BREAK GLASS. No window glass, drinking glasses,
dishes, or light
bulbs.
Aluminum cans, bi-metal, iron, steel and tin cans - food and beverage
cans only. Rinse
containers. Labels do not have
to be removed. DO NOT CRUSH CANS. No foil, pie plates,
aerosol cans, siding or scrap metals or aluminum.
Natural and pigmented plastic narrow-neck containers or bottles - soda bottles, milk and water jugs, laundry
detergent containers. Ones
that have a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or a 7 inside the recycle triangle symbol on the bottom of the container. Labels do not have
to be removed. Remove caps and discard
them in regular trash. Plastic
bottles should be crushed and flattened.
Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, phone books, glossy inserts, junk mail, printer
paper, computer paper, copy paper, construction paper, kraft paper, cereal boxes
and shoes boxes (or similar). Items may not be wax coated. These
items may be placed in brown paper bags or in the bin.
Corrugated cardboard - cut down small enough to fit in the
bin. Cardboard may not be wax coated.
ITEMS THAT ARE NOT RECYCLABLE
Plastic bags, batteries, styrofoam, light bulbs, perfume/cologne bottles,
wood or yard waste, unnumbered plastics, wire coat hangers, household items,
aerosol cans and items containing or having debris and residue containing
hazardous or toxic substances such as paint, motor oil, gasoline or petroleum
products.
Recycling bins must stay with the property. If you move, leave the bin with the property.
Windsor Township will not replace bins.
WHAT ABOUT GRASS CLIPPINGS AND YARD WASTE?
The best thing you can do is to begin backyard
composting. It is very important to
remove grass clippings from the waste stream.
Leaves, grass clippings and other yard wastes account for 18% of the
waste stream. Based on the cost per ton for
disposal, removal of grass clippings will save a substantial amount of money in
disposal costs.
Additionally, leaving the grass clippings on your lawn gives
you the benefit of expensive fertilizer.
Decomposed grass clippings replaces the nitrogen in your soil.
WHERE DO I TURN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR IF I HAVE
QUESTIONS?
Call the Township Office at 244-3512.
Remember to:
THINGS THAT WILL NOT BE COLLECTED
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Hazardous materials, tires, white goods,
and any large items not meeting the 32 gallon, 75 lb. capacity.
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