Recycling Guidelines

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Recycling Containers

Recyclable materials should be placed in the township provided yellow or blue containers
Please do not put your items in plastic bags
They should be loose in the can, or in paper bags
One recycling container is provided to new residents
Request for recycling containers by new residents must be made within 30 days of settlement
Additional containers are available for purchase online, at the township building or requested by mail for a fee of $30.00
Residents may also place their recyclables in a reusable container (labeled with a recycling sticker)
Recycling stickers can obtained at the Township Municipal Building - 301 Iven Avenue, Wayne 19087
You may also call us at 610-688-5600, for more information about recycling containers or recycling stickers

Recyclable Items

Aluminum Cans - Empty; aerosol, non-aerosol, all-aluminum beverage and food containers, excluding products such as pie pans and aluminum foil
Bi-Metallic Cans - Empty; aerosol, non-aerosol steel or tin coated steel food and beverage containers
Clean Paper Products - Newspaper, magazines and periodicals, high-grade office paper, corrugated paper, junk mail, telephone books and paperback books
Glass - Plain, uncolored, or colored glass bottles, and jars. Expressly excluded from this definition of glass are blue glass, lead crystal, porcelain products, light bulbs, and tempered or plate glass
High-Grade Office Paper - All white paper, bond paper, and computer paper used in commercial, institutional and Municipal establishments and in residences
Magazines and Periodicals - Printed matter containing miscellaneous written pieces published at fixed or varying intervals
Newspaper - paper of the type commonly referred to as newsprint
Rigid Plastics - Jugs and bottles with recycle symbol # 1%u20147 (check bottom)
#1 - Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE) or (PET): soft drink and water bottles, beer bottles, mouthwash bottles, peanut butter and salad dressing containers
#2 - High Density Polyethylene (HDPE): milk jugs, water and juice containers, liquid detergent bottles, yogurt and margarine tubs
#3 - Vinyl (Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC): clear food packaging, shampoo bottles
#4 - Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE): squeezable bottles (e.g. honey, mustard)
#5 - Polypropylene (PP): ketchup bottles, yogurt containers and margarine tubs, medicine bottles
#6 - Polystyrene (PS): aspirin bottles, cups, plates (no polystyrene foam products)
#7 - Other: Use of this code indicates that the package in question is made with a resin other than the 6 listed above, or is made of more than 1 resin used in combination. Plastics such as 3 and 5 gallon reusable water bottles, some citrus juice and ketchup bottles, clear baby food containers