BOROUGH OF CLARKS SUMMIT

BOROUGH RECYCLING

CONTRACTED RECYCLING COLLECTION

J.P. Mascaro & Sons
871 East Main Street
Nanticoke, PA 18634
Telephone: 800.243.7575

INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS:

RECYCLABLE ITEMS

Newspapers & Magazines: Anything that comes with the newspaper can be recycled.

Cans: Aluminum beverage cans. Steel and tin food and beverage cans. Rinse the can and remove the lid or push it into the can.

Glass: Food and beverage containers such as jars and bottles only! Clear, green or brown glass. Remove lids and rinse. Leave labels on. No light bulbs, mirrors window glass, etc. Cans and glass and [plastics may be mixed together (co-mingled) in the same recycling container.

Plastics: #1 and #2 food and beverage containers only. The number is on the bottom of the bottle. Most soda, milk and water bottles fit into this category.

NOTE: Recyclables should be placed in the blue Borough Recycling Containers. This is how the collector identifies the pick-up and places them in the correct truck.

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD

The Borough maintains a dumpster at the DPW facility at 308 Davis Street for residents and businesses to use to recycle cardboard. All boxes must be flattened prior to placement in the dumpster. PLEASE DO NOT PLACE CARDBOARD ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE THE DUMPSTER!

TRASH & RECYCLING COLLECTION

There is a dumpster located at 308 Davis St. for public use. This dumpster is to be used for recycling corrugated cardboard.

Recycling bins, for residential use, can be obtained at the Borough Office during business hours. Those hours are Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM .

For more information on recycling, please visit http://recycling.lackawannacounty.org/home.htm

INFORMATION FOR BUSINESSES

COMMERCIAL ANNUAL RECYCLING REPORT

In the Borough of Clarks Summit all commercial, institutional, and industrial establishments are mandated by Act 101 to recycle corrugated cardboard, high grade office paper, and aluminum cans.
Business are asked to fill out a recycling report to the best of their ability, with weights for recycled materials. A business can obtain a copy of their recycled weights by calling their hauler/broker/market. For example, if a business brought their recyclables to the Lackawanna County Recycling Center, they should phone 963-6868, press "5" and ask the operator to send them their annual report. A copy of this report must be attached to the annual recycling report.
If a hauler brings the recyclables to the center, the business establishment must ask the hauler for their weights. This can be done by contacting the hauler and asking for their annual recycling tonnage on the hauling company's letterhead OR by sending the annual recycling report to the hauler and having them complete and sign the bottom half of the report.
Reports are done annually and are asked to completed and return to the Borough by January 31. For assistance in completing the report, contact the Borough Office at 586-9316. The office is located at 304 S. State Street and operating hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM.

Based upon the "verified" recycling tonnage collected from the Borough, annually we report to the Commonwealth our recycling efforts. Based upon this report to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) the Borough receives state dollars back into the General Fund. This "Performance" Grant is a revenue for the Borough, which helps us hold down property taxes! PLEASE RECYCLE!!!!

Trash & recycling collection in the Borough is governed by "the Code of Ordinances Borough of Clarks Summit", Chapter 20 Solid Waste. It is also governed by the Borough's contract with J.P. Mascaro & Sons.

Page last updated 4/21/08

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