Recycling

What Do We Need to Know?

• Act 101 requires residents to recycle the following materials:
• All trash haulers must provide recycling services to all of their customers located within Upper Nazareth. Residents can retain their current hauler, or select from one of the many that operate in the Township. While their recycling plans may differ, all haulers must recycle the following:
• All residents, businesses, municipal and institutional establishments are now required to recycle aluminum cans, plastic, glass, newspapers, paper, magazines, phone books, cardboard, and yard waste. All items (except yard waste) should be placed in your new 95-gallon, recycling container – no sorting required!
• Cans: Aluminum, tin, steel, bimetallic and aerosol cans; formed aluminum containers (such as pie pans). Rinse. No toxic or flammable materials. No paint cans.
• Glass: Clear, green, and brown food and beverage jars or bottles. Rinse caps off. No drinking glasses, window panes, light bulbs, mirrors, ceramic, china, or porcelain.
• Plastic: Plastic bottles and containers (labeled with numbers # 1-7 on the bottom) and includes soda, water, milk, juice, liquor, shampoo, detergent, condiments, salad dressing, yogurt, margarine, etc. Rinse caps off. Rinse and place containers in your recycling cart. No styrofoam, plastic bags, film, or plastic toys.
• Mixed Paper: Office paper, phone books, junk mail, newsprint, catalogs, magazines, corrugated cardboard, and food boxes such as cereal boxes, and gift boxes. Cut and flatten as needed to release easily from the recycling cart.
• Most haulers do not charge extra for recycling and many can recycle gable-top cartons like milk, orange juice, juice boxes and soup cartons as well as additional plastics – so double check with your hauler. Residents in properties with homeowners association or apartments may have different procedures, check with your landlord or apartment manager for details.

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