Residents of East Buffalo Township are mandated to recycle. ----- & -----
Act 101 of 1988 requires commercial, municipal, and institutional establishmentslocated in Pennsylvania's mandated municipalities to recycle high-grade office paper, corrugated paper, aluminum and leaf waste. In addition, establishments must recycle any other materials included in the municipality’s recycling ordinance or regulations, which includes glass, newsprint, and #1 and #2 plastics. Community events such as fairs, carnivals, and sporting events must also comply.
Drop Off Site
The EBT drop-off site is located at the Township Municipal Building facility, 589 Fairground Rd. The site is open every Wednesday, (except holidays & during extreme weather events) from 7:00 AM until 3:30 PM and the 2nd Saturday of the month from 8am-noon.
Accepted recyclable materials include:
Glass – Bottles & Jugs - rinsed, separated by color, less lids
Aluminum cans - rinsed
Bi-Metal cans - rinsed
Plastic - Bottles & Jugs - #1 and #2, rinsed, less lids
Corrugated Cardboard - flattened
Newspaper - bundled or loose, no plastic bags
Office Paper (high-grade) - shredded accepted in plastic bags
Magazines
Curbside Pickup
The Township also provides curbside collection the first Tuesday of each month. If the first Tuesday falls on a holiday, pick-up will take place the following day. Items to be collected must beplaced at the curb by 7:00 AM . Items should be in containers provided by the Township. Recycling buckets are available at no cost at the Township Municipal building.
Accepted Curbside recyclable materials include:
Glass – Bottles & Jugs - rinsed, separated by color, less lids
Aluminum cans - rinsed
Fall Leaves Collection
No set schedule (Mother Nature’s control) – Collection begins mid/late-October... final pass is during the week of Thanksgiving… Pile or windrow leaves along the street (not on street) for vacuum pick-up. No bags, limbs/twigs or yard or garden waste! Piles may be tarped.
LEAF WASTE CURB-SIDE COLLECTION
Collectable Material - Leaf Waste ( NOT including grass clippings ) :
1. MATERIAL MUST BE IN SEPERATED PILES -
a. MATERIAL a. = Leaves & flower / garden residual (vacuum friendly material) must be windrowed or piled along property frontage. Do not mix with MATERIAL b.
b. MATERIAL b. = Brush, twigs & tree branches - pieces limited to 6 inch diameter, 12ft. limit on length. No soil or root balls. Material must be positioned butt end facing street, on property frontage facing the street. Do not mix with MATERIAL a.
2. Curbside pick-up service will start the 2nd full week of April and continued through September. Remember 2nd full week of the month, material needs to be out Monday morning by 7 am, we only come by your house once during the week.
LEAF WASTE DROP-OFF LOCATIONS
There are two (2) drop-off locations for the disposal of leaf waste as described above. The location identification #’s assigned herein do not imply any priority to EBT’s or its residences contemplated use.
a. Location # 1 is a permitted site referred to as Briarpatch Organic Farms, 583 Cannon Rd. Mifflinburg, Union County . (570) 966-3565
REQUIRES APPOINTMENT FOR DROP OFF 966-1658
b. Location #2 is proposed at Fogles’ Forest Products located along SR45… 4554 Old Turnpike Road) Lewisburg, Union County .
EBT will annually advertise yard waste drop off site locations and hours of operations. There may be a charge for drop-off convenience.
Christmas Tree Collection
Weather permitting, tree collection will begin January 3rd. Place tree along Street. (Remove decorations, ornaments, wire etc. ) The last day for collection is the 2nd Friday in January.
Please check our Calendar of Events, call the Township building or watch your local newspaper for specific details.
An average person throws out almost 4 pounds of waste a day. Over the course of a year, that's almost a ton of garbage per person.
For many of us, recycling has become a part of our daily (or at least weekly) lives. We know that recycling helps conserve natural resources, and most Pennsylvanian's know that recycling conserves space in our landfills. But, did you know that recycling also conserves energy and water and helps to reduce air and water pollution?
For example, production of recycled paper uses 80 percent less water, 65 percent less energy and produces 95 percent less air pollution than virgin paper production. If every American recycled their newspaper just one day a week, we would save about 36 million trees a year. You can save a tree for roughly every four-foot stack of paper you recycle.