COMMUNITY EVENTS, CLARKS SUMMIT, PA

J.P. Mascaro & Sons

871 East Main Street
Nanticoke, PA 18634
Telephone: 800.243.7575

Recycling is Easier than Ever in Clarks Summit Borough!

Please click below for directions on how to prepare recyclables and for the color coded schedule. Recycling is collected every week alternating Commingled and Paper.

INSTRUCTIONS

Clarks Summit Borough 2012 Recycling Calendar

TRASH & RECYCLING COLLECTION

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.

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 .

Household Garbage is collected every week. If you have anything unusual or large for the trash, please call ahead at 1-800-243-7575 to JP Mascaro to make sure there is room on the truck for that item(s) and to make sure it is an item that they will take. Items containing Freon, for example, need to have the Freon removed before the item can be disposed of.

Recycling Services alternate weekly.
This schedule began in March of 2009, commingled recyclables are collected one week, the following collection will be paper and cardboard material only. It will alternate throughout the length of the contract.

We now also have a collection bin in the Borough Office for the Energy Efficient Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs that contain mercury!

Justus True Value,1410 Justus Blvd
Clarks Summit, PA 18411 will recycle used propane tanks.

NEW Electronic Recycling Information

The Lackawanna Recycling Center Inc. will now be accepting Electronics for recycling. There will be a small fee for the dropping off of your electronics. The prices are as follow, yet please be aware that the size of the unit can affect price. (If item is not listed please ask)

***Call the Recycling Center first before bringing any electronics

Computers $5.00 (Keyboards and mouse free if with CPU)

Keyboards w/out CPU $1.00

Computer Monitors $5.00

Printers/Scanners $5.00

Med size TVs $5.00

Large TVs (including Console) $10.00

Phones $2.00

Calculators $2.00

Large Fax Machines $5.00

Small Fax Machines $2.00

Stereo equipment $5.00

Speakers (depending on size) Free to $10.00

Cell phones Free

Large Quantities $.30/Lb

For other information on hard to recycle items, Please visit www.http://recycling.lackawannacounty.org/home.htm

or Hard to Recycle Items

Free TV and computer recycling! TV's and any computer equipment ever used in a home or business with fewer than 50 employees may be dropped off at Apex Waste Services, 13 Peggy Parkway at Reeves Street in
the Keystone Industrial Park, Dunmore at these times:
* Weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
* Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Electronics that will be accepted for free recycling include:
* All televisions, including old console units
* All computer equipment, including CPU's, laptops, monitors,
keyboards, printers, mouses, scanners, battery backups, cables and any
other equipment that connected to a PC.
570-562-1600 ext. 244.

The Lackawanna Recycling Center is located at 3400 Boulevard Avenue, Dunmore, PA 18509

The Lackawanna Recycling Center Office is located at 224 Adams Avenue, Scranton PA 18503. Phone: 570-963-2017

Recycling Center Compost Site:

Brown biodegradable bags are acceptable at the compost site.
Biodegradable bags do not have to be emptied of grass and/or leaves.
Brush cannot be included with grass and/or leaves in biodegradable bags.
Grass and leaves may be mixed in the biodegradable brown bags.
Plastic bags must be emptied on site and removed from the area.
NO brush can be included with grass.
NO brush can be included with leaves.

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.

Businesses 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.