Recycling Program and Schedule

Upper Dublin Township has teamed up with RecycleBank to offer a curbside recycling program that rewards residents for recycling! The Township recycles using RecycleBank Carts on wheels. Residents may keep their old green recycling bins or return them by leaving them empty at the curb. Recycling is picked up the same day as your trash pick up. See the trash collection page for a schedule of holidays when recycling is moved to a Wednesday.

Click logo to claim your RecycleBank rewards for recycling.

RecycleBank Rewards - It Pays to Recycle in Upper Dublin!

The amount your home recycles is translated into RecycleBank Rewards that you can use at participating stores, such as Starbucks, Rich's Deli, Rite-Aid, ACME, Borders, Glen Center Pharmacy, 1-800-Flowers, Make the Grade Academic Services, Buckman’s Ski Shop, Sweet Bytes Café and select stores in the Montgomery Mall. TO CLAIM YOUR REWARDS FOR RECYCLING, visit www.recyclebank.com.

May 5, 2008 the Rewards program changed from RecycleBank Dollars to RecycleBank Points. RecycleBank revamped and recharged their website and rewards program. They've made it easier than ever to earn and redeem your rewards and are calling it "Points in the Right Direction." No worries, you get to keep the RecycleBank Dollars you have already earned - they are converted directly to RecycleBank Points. Here's the new math: 1 RecycleBank Dollar = 20 RecycleBank Points. Go to www.recyclebank.com to claim your rewards. Keep on Recycling!

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RecycleBank Cart

Residents receive a 64-gallon RecycleBank Cart with wheels at no cost. The RecycleBank program allows residents to place all of their recyclables into one container. On scheduled recycling days, the container is weighed and a computer chip embedded in the container is scanned.

***PLEASE NOTE: Keep the Brown Refuse Cart and the RecycleBank Cart at least 4 feet apart.

Recycling Collection Brochures

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Recycling Items

The following items should be placed together in your RecycleBank Cart and then placed at least four feet away from your Refuse Cart:

• Paper/Cardboard*
• #1 & #2 Plastic Bottles**
• Glass bottles and jars (all colors)
• Aluminum, Tin or Bi-metal Cans

*Paper/Cardboard

Magazines, junk mail, office paper, phone books, chipboard (such as cereal boxes) and newspaper. For large amounts of Old Corrugated Cardboard (OCC) see the OCC Collection Program for other options.

Strategies to reduce unwanted catalogs. Consumers can sign up for the free Catalog Choice Service. Users find the catalogs they receive on a list, then enter their customer identification numbers from the mailing labels to decline the catalogs. Catalog Choice then contacts the catalog providers and request that the names be removed from their mailing lists. This service is sponsored by the Ecology Center of California and is endorsed by the National Wildlife Federation, the Natural Resources Defense council and funded by the Overbrook Foundation, the Merck Family Fund, and the Kendeda Fund. Another way to reduce unwanted catalogs is to register with the Direct Marketing Association's Mail Preference Service for a $1 fee.

**What is #1 & #2 Plastic?

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET, PETE) is classified as #1 plastic. PET is a clear, tough plastic commonly used in soft drink bottles.

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) is classified as #2 plastic. HDPE is a plastic commonly used to make bottles for milk, juice, water and laundry products. Look on the bottom of the plastic bottle to find a recycling symbol with a #1 or #2 in its center. If there is any number other than #1 or #2 OR no markings at all, discard the item with regular household trash.

Please note: It is very important to remove and discard all bottle caps. These caps are almost always a different type of plastic. Even a small amount of the wrong type of plastic can prevent the plastic bottles from being recycled.

Please remember: we only accept #1 and #2 plastic BOTTLES. Not all #2 plastics are acceptable, such as plastic buckets used for pool supplies or kitty litter buckets.

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Please Remember These Special Instructions

• Place recycling curbside the night before your regular scheduled collection day.
• As a courtesy to the crews who service the bin, please rinse out all cans, bottles and jars.
• Items covered with maggots or yellow jackets will be left behind.
• Corrugated cardboard can be added to the RecycleBank Cart, cut to the appropriate size and bundled for recycling or can be flattened and then discarded with regular trash in the Refuse Cart. See Old Corrugated Cardboard Collection Program for all OCC disposal options.
• Make sure the RecycleBank Cart is at least 4' away from the wheeled Refuse Cart.

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We Do Not Accept the Following Items

Ceramics, light bulbs, mirrors, plate or window glass, drinking glasses, lead crystal, coat hangers, curtain rods, ovenware, flower pots, plastic tub containers, milk cartons, juice boxes, pizza boxes (or any other food contaminated paper/cardboard), frozen food boxes or cans, pet food bags, photographs, wax paper, tin foil, carbon paper, plastic bags, disposable foil tins, aerosol cans or any container that was used for hazardous materials.

For further questions on what can or can't be recycled or any questions about the RecycleBank program visit www.recyclebank.com or call 1-888-727-2978.

Recycling Links

• Freecycle: innovative way to recycle unwanted bulk items or search for free items
• Jimmy Neutron: video-quiz-recycling certificate

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Remember to: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Questions? Call the Public Works Department at (215) 643-1600 x3233.
Information is subject to change due to various conditions.