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Recycling

Easy. Efficient. Cost-effective. Technology-driven. That’s recycling with Hometown Disposal in a nutshell. Our single-stream recycling program allows you to place all your recyclable materials into one 96-gallon cart, which we provide for your convenience. Regular curbside pickup means less work and coordination for you – no more hauling your recyclable materials to your local drop-off location whenever you can spare some time. And because we accept such a wide variety of materials for recycling, less of the everyday materials you use are going to our landfills. That’s a win for all of us!

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Service Options

We offer two convenient recycling plans for our residential customers. We provide you with a 96-gallon wheeled cart, recyclables can be picked up once a month or twice a month. Please reach out to our Customer Experience Team for more information at 570-286-9594. It’s that easy!

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Working toward a sustainable future.

At Hometown Disposal, we continuously focus on the latest innovative technologies to find more (and better) ways to divert reusable waste from our landfills through single-stream recycling. We care about our planet, and we recognize we have a crucial role to play in contributing to a sustainable future for ourselves and for our neighbors. We believe that embracing the latest technologies surrounding waste management and reuse of materials makes for a brighter tomorrow for all of us.

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Items We Accept For Recycle

  • #1-7 plastics
  • drink bottles
  • yogurt cups
  • detergent bottles
  • aluminum cans
  • aluminum foil
  • cardboard
  • colored paper
  • empty aerosol cans
  • envelopes (windows OK)
  • egg cartons
  • file folders
  • glass jars & bottles
  • hard & soft cover books
  • juice & milk cartons
  • junk mail (window OK)
  • newspapers/inserts
  • magazines/brochures
  • tin cans
  • paperboard boxes (such as cereal and snack boxes)
  • school papers
  • pizza boxes
  • plastic milk jugs
  • plastic soda bottles
  • phone books/catalogs
  • pots & pans
  • small metals

Items We Do Not Accept For Recycle

  • drinking glasses
  • frozen food, ice cream or frozen juice containers
  • hazardous or bio-hazardous waste
  • light bulbs, plates or vases
  • microwave trays
  • mirrors, ceramics or Pyrex
  • napkins
  • needles
  • paper to-go containers
  • paper towels
  • plastic 6-pack holders
  • plastic bags
  • shredded paper
  • plastics that are not #s 1-7
  • scrap metal
  • stickers or sheets of address labels (affixed address labels & stamps are OK)
  • Styrofoam
  • syringes
  • tissues
  • Tyvek envelopes
  • waxed paper
  • waxed cardboard
  • windows

What we do with your recyclable materials

After we collect your recyclables, we take them to a Materials Recovery Facility to be sorted, cleaned and processed. The recyclables are loaded onto a conveyor belt and separated using a variety of methods. For example, iron-based metals are lifted from the belt magnetically, and paper is separated from the line with puffs of air. Each type of recyclable material is then processed into its basic element to be used as raw material in the manufacture of new products.

Recovered materials are only fully recycled when the new products made from them are bought and used. Thousands of products contain recycled content. Recovered glass may be used in asphalt paving. Recovered plastic may be used in innumerable ways including carpeting, laundry detergent bottles, jacket insulation and park benches.

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