Recycling

Recycling is mandatory for all residents and commercial businesses. Burning of garbage, recyclable items and/or leaf waste as defined by Act 101 and Fairview Township Ordinance #2007-3 is prohibited.

Curbside Recycling

For residents, curbside service is available through Waste Management by calling 800-458-0476.

• Monday pickup - residents living south of Route 20
• Wednesday pickup - residents living north of Route 20

Recyclable items are picked up on the same day as trash. During the scheduled six weeks of curbside leaf waste pickup, a separate truck is used to pick up leaf waste. Both sizes of blue recycling bins are available at the Township Office, 7471 McCray Road.

Single-Stream Recycling Program

All of your recyclables can be placed together in the same bin. No sorting required!

The following can be placed in your recycling bin:

• Aluminium, steel and tin food & beverage containers
• Clear & colored glass containers
• Newsprint-if it comes with the paper, it can be recycled with the newspaper
• Kitchen cardboard – cereal, cake boxes, pudding, pancake boxes
• Papers – construction, printer, computer & copy
• Junk mail
• Magazines & Catalogs
• Corrugated cardboard – flattened & no larger than 4 ft. 
• PLASTICS #1 through #7 which includes milk, water and soda bottles, laundry products, cleaning products, plastic grocery bags, shrink-wrap packaging, medicine bottles, personal care containers butter, cottage cheese, yogurt, jello & pudding containers.
  
  Please remove food debris from containers. Labels do not have to be removed. Lids should be removed from containers, but can be placed in the recycling bin. All of the above recyclable items can be placed in your bin together, but, please do not place light items like plastic bags or pieces of paper so they can blow out of your bin. You can use a clear or blue bag to contain these items and place in your bin.
  
  NOT ACCEPTED
   
• Wax coated paper or wax coated cardboard 
• Batteries
• Styrofoam of any kind
• Unnumbered plastics
• Household items
• Hazardous or toxic substances
• Aerosol cans

PLEASE SPACE YOUR TRASH & RECYCLING APART FOR EASIER PICKUP

CELL PHONES, PRINTER CARTRIDGES & BATTERIES

Your requests to recycle these items have been heard and can now be recycled.  In association with our Parks & Recreation Department, arrangements have been made to collect and recycle all used cell phones, all ink-jet and laser printer cartridges (NO TONER CARTRIDGES) and all types of dry-cell batteries, including AAS, AAA, C, D, 9-volt, power tool, laptop, cell phone and camera.  ALL BATTERIES MUST HAVE TAPE ON BOTH ENDS OF THE BATTERY (hold the battery in the middle and run a length of tape over both ends). 

All of these items will be collected year-round at the Fairview Township Municipal Building, 7471 McCray Road.  Cell phones and printer cartridges donated for recycling will earn money for our Parks and Recreation Department.

NEW RECYCLING BINS

You may have noticed new large blue recycling toters around your neighborhood. If the small recycling bin does not meet your needs, or you are using two or three of them, please stop by the recycling office to see the new toters. Since we can recycle so much more with the single stream program, this may be just what you need. You will be able to place all of your cans, bottles, glass, newspapers, magazines, junk mail and plastics #1 through #7 in the same container. The new bin has a lid and wheels to make it easy to place at the curb. With the help of a grant, the cost to residents will be $20.00 each. If you are interested, please pick one up at the Township Building. The small bins are also available at no cost. 

COMPOST & LEAF WASTE PROGRAM

Millfair Compost and Recycling Center

The Millfair Compost & Recycling Center at 2301 Millfair Road is open six days per week for your convenience. Leaf waste to include leaves, garden residues shrubbery, tree trimmings and similar materials will be accepted. All leaves and other yard waste must be emptied out of the containers at the designated composting areas. This includes the green biodegradable bags. The green biodegradable bags are to be used for curbside leaf pick up ONLY. NO grass will be accepted at this site. If you have not already done so, stop by the Township recycling office to pick up your free permit card. The Center will be open during the following hours until December 12, 2010. 

PLEASE NOTE

NEW METHOD OF PAYMENT- We are accepting debit and credit cards as payment for purchase when services are rendered.  If you want to pay by check or cash, you may do so by stopping into the Millcreek Township Recycling office to prepay.  We will no longer write invoices for later payment.

Thank you for using the Center, but please remember that there are certain items that we cannot accept in order to continue to give you a product that is worthy of putting on your gardens and landscaping.

ALL LEAVES AND OTHER YARD WASTE MUST BE EMPTIED OUT OF ANY BAGS OR CONTAINERS AT THE DESIGNATED COMPOSTING AREA AND THE CONTAINERS OR BAGS MUST BE TAKEN WITH YOU.

DO NOT BRING IN THE FOLLOWING:

 WE HAVE FOR YOU TO PURCHASE:

• BARK, SCREENED  -  $20.00
• BARK, UNSCREENED  -  $17.00
• LEAF COMPOST  -  $10.00
• WOOD CHIPS  -  FREE (when available)

PLEASE DO NOT ASK US TO ACCEPT ANY ITEMS THAT WOULD ENDANGER YOU, OUR EMPLOYEES, OR DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT IN ANY WAY!

CURBSIDE LEAF PICKUP

All leaf waste placed at the curb shall be placed in tied clear plastic or green biodegradable bags. You have the option of dropping your leaf waste off at our Millfair site or at the Fairview Evergreen Nursery site. 

Curbside Leaf Waste Pick-Up 
(placed in clear or green biodegradable bags)

Monday or Wednesday

April 12 or April 14
May 10 or May 12
October 18 or October 20
November 8 or November 10 
November 22 or November 24 
November 29 or December 1

FAIRVIEW EVERGREEN NURSERIES - MIDDLE ROAD SITE

All grass and leaf waste must be emptied out of any containers or bags at the designated drop-off areas. DO NOT purchase green biodegradable bags to use at this site. Closed during inclement weather.

 PERMIT CARD

If you have not already done so, please stop by the Township recycling office to pick up your free “permit card”. You show your driver’s license and we issue you a permit that you can use for the Millfair site, Fairview Evergreen Nursery site and for admission to clean-up day. IT IS FAST, EASY AND FREE!

BAG SERVICE

If you are a single, a couple or have a small family and put very little trash out each week, you may want to go on the “bag service”. You will be amazed at how much you can now remove from your trash when you recycle. Please contact the recycling office for a money saving program.

BURNING REGULATIONS

Your hauler picks up 99% of all of your household waste, recycling, leaf & yard waste. Therefore, there is no need to burn anything. It is illegal by Pennsylvania Law (Act 101) and Fairview Township Ordinance #2007-03 to burn anything that must be recycled or composted. If you have any questions, please call the recycling or zoning office for assistance.

ELECTRONIC WASTE & HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAYS 

Open to Erie County residents only.  Pre-registration is required.  A $20 co-pay will be applied for the first 125 pounds collected, with an additional 50-cent-per-pound fee thereafter.

Non-registered residents will be accepted at the following rates:  Household hazardous waste - $1 pound;  electronics - $.44 per pound.

Beginning in March, two Saturdays a month at the Erie County Recycling Center, 1556 W. 12th St., Erie, PA (March 6 & 20; April 3 & 24; May 8 & 22; June 12 & 26; July 10 & 24; August 14 & 28; September 11 & 25; October 9 & 23.

To register, call Erie County Recycling Program toll-free at 866-815-0016.  For more details, visit www.ErieCountyRecycling.com or call 814-451-6019.

We would like to hear your comments if you used the site this year or if you have a need for the site.  Please call Charlotte at 474-5942 or email to werecycle@fairviewtownship.com and tell us what you have to dispose of, and we will try to direct you on the proper disposal.

E-Waste:

• Televisions
• CD players
• PC’s, printers & peripherals
• Mobile phones
• VCR’s
• Stereos & tape players
• Fax machines
• Copiers

HHW:

• Cleaning products
• Automotive products
• Lawn & garden products
• Indoor pesticides
• Batteries
• Mercury thermostats or thermometers
• Fluorescent light bulbs, CFL bulbs
• Driveway sealer
• Flammable products

Unacceptable materials include:

• Ammunition & explosives
• Radioactive materials
• Biological (sharps)
• Smoke detectors

GRANT MONIES FOR RECYCLING

Did you know that the more you recycle, the more the Township will receive in the form of grants? Grant awards are based on the tonnage of recycling collected from both residential and commercial properties. Grant money enables the Township to offer you the new recycling bins at a reduced cost, to have a clean up day and to have two sites that you can dispose of your yard and leaf waste. RECYCLING IS MANDATORY FOR ALL FAIRVIEW RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

DO YOUR PART - RECYCLE!