Recycling
AMITY USES SINGLE STREAM COLLECTION
All items may be placed in the same container, which must be clearly marked with the universal recycling symbol. If you were not issued a Recycling Bin, they are available at the Township building. If your bin is damaged/broken/unusable, please bring it to the Township office for a replacement. In addition, free stickers are available at the Township Building and may be placed on a bin of your choice. Please be sure to secure your materials so the wind (which seems to blow more often these days) doesn’t take your materials into a neighbor’s yard. If you have a round bin issued by Amity, we have lids for this purpose. We also have roll-out carts available to residents (1 per household). Additional guidance can be found on JP Mascaro’s website.
We recommend you place your recycling container(s) at curbside the night before your designated pickup dates. Anyone living along the major arteries: Rt. 422, Rt. 662 or Rt. 562, pick up will be done between the hours of 4:00 am and 6:00 am. All other streets will be picked up after 6:00 am. If the recycling company mistakenly misses your recycling, please call the Township office at 610-953-0016 and leave a message or call JP Mascaro & Sons at 1-800-334-3403. DO NOT PUT BINS IN THE STREET. Going on vacation? Missed your pickup day? No worries, there is a dumpster at the Township Building (near our gas pumps) where you can place your recyclables. There are three compartments – the lids open from the top. Please be sure to use the bin clearly marked for recycling – the Mascaro Dumpster is for Township office use ONLY.
Holiday Recycling
If a holiday (New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas Day) falls on a weekday your collection will be made one day later. See printed 2023 JP Mascaro Recycling Schedule for verification.
Commercial, Municipal or Institutional Separation and Collection. All persons owning, leasing, operating, managing and/or otherwise controlling commercial, municipal or institutional establishments, or community activities, shall separate high grade office paper, aluminum, corrugated paper and leaf waste, collect the same and arrange for the removal of such materials to a center for recyclable materials. Annual reports, in writing, of the number of tons of such material recycled shall be made to the Township by the 15th day of January of the following year. Commercial establishments should contact their trash hauler to make arrangements for recycling.
COMMERCIAL RECYCLING FLYER
Commercial-municipal-institutional Recycling FM11 compliance form
Hauler-Transporter FM12 report form
Curbside Leaf Collection
Generally in early November, our Crew is moving around the Township collecting leaves at the curb. A flyer on our home page in October will give you more details on the collection schedule.
Christmas Tree Curbside Collection
Township staff will be travelling around the Township the first two (2) weeks of January collecting and chipping Christmas Trees. Should your tree not get picked up within a few days of placing it curbside, please give us a call at (610) 953-0016
Drop off for Yard Waste
Amity has a drop off point for yard waste (no grass clipping, rocks, concrete or constructions waste). Please place your yard waste in the designated locations at the Township Building, 2004 Weavertown Road. Staff will load the materials in the the roll-off containers to ensure proper materials are being taken to our processor.
Acceptable materials are: leaves, brush, stumps, clean wood and yard waste. Items NOT accepted: Grass, CCA or Green Poles, woods applied with finishes, laminate wood, plywood, crates, burlap, painted woods that contain lead paint, concrete, mattresses, box springs, electronics, appliances. No material should be placed in plastic bags. Christmas trees may be dropped off in the area designated with appropriate signage. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A DROP OFF FOR LANDSCAPING COMPANIES, BUILDING CONTRACTORS OR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE ITEMS IN PARKING LOT. The Drop-off area is under 24-hour video surveillance.
The County now has a full-time electronic waste collection center located at 1316 Hilltop Rd., Leesport, PA. It’s open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 8:00 AM to Noon. Limit 2 TVs per visit. Please refer to the flyers on the right side of your screen or click HERE.
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