Southampton Township
A truly cooperative arrangement, Southampton Township and the Cumberland County Recycling & Waste Authority (CCR&WA) have partnered to provide a recycling drop-off at the Township's municipal building located at 200 Airport Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Southampton Township, Cumberland County, adopted a garbage collection ordinance, dated April 14, 2008, that requires all residents within the township, as of July 1, 2008, to subscribe to garbage collection service with the Township's contracted hauler, Interstate Waste Services. Additionally, effective January 1, 2009, South Newton Township entered into an agreement with Southampton Township for garbage collection within South Newton Township.
Southampton Township wanted to compliment the garbage collection program by offering recycling opportunities as well, and planned on opening a drop-off recycling site at their township building.
Seeing an opportunity for intermunicipal cooperation, CCR&WA approached Southampton Township about the possibility of partnering to offer a drop-off recycling location at the Township's municipal building. CCR&WA had several recycling containers available for use and a roll-off truck that could transport the containers, with recyclables, to a materials recovery facility. Southampton Township was more than receptive, and in return for use of the containers and truck, has agreed to provide personnel to man the drop-off site and drive the roll-off truck.
Recyclables will be collected "Single Stream" and then be transported to a materials recovery facility for processing. Single Stream recycling allows recyclers to deposit recyclable paper, plastic, glass, steel, and aluminum materials into a single container for collection. This allows for greater payloads per vehicle, which reduces the energy and costs required to collect the recyclables. After collection, transport, and unloading, the mixed recyclable stream is processed into sorted recyclable materials using state-of-the-art equipment.
Details
Where? Southampton Township Municipal Building, 200 Airport Road, Shippensburg PA 17257 (Southampton Township Mapquest Map)
When? Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM to 2:45 PM. Additionally, the site will stay open on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month until 7:00 PM and will be open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month from 8:00 AM until 12:00 PM.
What can I put in the blue containers?
- YES newspapers & inserts
- YES magazines & catalogs
- YES junk mail & envelopes
- YES office paper (any color)
- YES corrugated cardboard boxes (cardboard with the wavy center when torn)
- YES cereal, soda, tissue boxes and other paperboard packaging that tears brown or grey
- YES paper towel and toilet paper cores
- YES paper bags & phone books
- YES aluminum beverage cans (beer & soda)
- YES metal food and beverage cans (tin/steel), metal food lids
- YES clear, brown, and green glass bottles and jars (food and drink only)
- YES plastic bottles, jugs, and jars (such as soda, water, milk, juice, liquor, shampoo, detergent, condiments, salad dressings, etc.)
What shouldn't I put in the blue containers?
- Anything not listed above
- NO ceramics, dishes, coffee mugs, or drinking glasses
- NO glass cookware (Pyrex, Vision Ware, etc.)
- NO window glass, mirrors, or light bulbs
- NO plastic bags, Styrofoam containers, or packaging peanuts
- NO take out containers, plastic cups, or plastic table ware
- NO food soiled materials
- NO tissues, paper towels (cores ok)
- NO egg cartons
- NO books
- NO paper cartons for milk or juice
- NO Tyvek envelopes
- NO carbon paper
- NO wax coated boxes or paper
- NO coat hangers
- NO household appliances
How should I prepare my recyclables?
- All of your recyclables can be mixed together. No sorting is required.
- To ensure obtaining the maximum capacity of each container, cardboard must be flattened and plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and steel cans should be crushed.
- DO NOT tie or bind any recyclables(s), including newspaper and cardboard.
- NO plastic bags whatsoever. Plastic bags are detrimental to the sorting equipment. If you collect your recyclables in plastic bags, you must remove the recyclables from the plastic bags before depositing in the containers and take the plastic bags along with you.
- All materials must be placed loose in the containers. DO NOT leave recyclables in bags, boxes, or bundled with string/tape. If you bring recyclables in paper bags/boxes and do not wish to keep the paper bags/boxes, you must first dump the recyclables into the container. You can then toss the empty paper bag or box (flatten first) into the container.
- Recyclable containers (plastic, glass, steel, aluminum) should be empty and rinsed clean. Remove all plastic caps and discard. Metal lids should be removed but kept with the recyclables. Recyclable paper should be dry and clean.
Anything else?
- In regards to plastics, we only take plastic bottles, jugs, and jars. NO plastic bags, wrap, film or any other plastic of any kind is accepted.
- DO NOT place or leave recyclables outside of the containers.
- DO NOT leave behind trash or litter.
- DO NOT try to recycle items that are not accepted.
The Southampton Township Drop-Off Recycling Site is a cooperative effort between Southampton Township, the Cumberland County Recycling & Waste Authority, and the County of Cumberland. The program is intended to offer and increase recycling opportunities in southwestern Cumberland County where curbside recycling collection is limited. The site, however, is open to all recyclers. Costs for the recycling containers at the site have been funded in part by a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Act 101 Section 902 Recycling Grant.
Questions about the blue containers? Contact CCR&WA at 717.240.6489.
Questions about hours? Contact Southmapton Township at 717.532.9646.
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