Have you noticed the large, green receptacles near the Snyder Township building and District Magistrate Fred Miller\u2019s office?
\nIf so, use them.
\nThat\u2019s the message being sent by the Blair County Solid Waste Authority as it continues to increase awareness concerning recycling.
\nRecently, BCSWA received state funding to purchase and maintain the two recycling receptacles, and so far, both have seen tons of traffic.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re excited about the efforts being put forth by the residents in the northern part of our county,\u201d said Kris Howdyshell, BCSWA director. \u201cI would say that when we make pick ups, we find the receptacles to be about three-quarters of the way full. That tells me that people are definitely using them and that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for.\u201d
\nAccording to Howdyshell, residents wishing to get rid of corrugated cardboard, newspapers, steel, aluminum cans and plastic bottles can use the receptacles. He said the county picks up the items on a regular, two-times a week basis.
\n\u201cThere are signs at each location detailing what we can accept and what we can\u2019t,\u201d said Howdyshell. \u201cWe\u2019re just asking residents to pay attention to the signs, which will make our job easier in the long run.\u201d
\nHowdyshell said once the items are collected, they are packaged and taken to one of two material recovery facilities in the county.
\n\u201cFrom that point, they are sorted and consolidated,\u201d said Howdyshell. \u201cIt\u2019s then put on tractor trailers and shipped to a broker for re-sale to an end-user or be directly shipped to an end-user for use in their products.\u201d
\nThe solid waste authority does not pick up recyclables at curbside. Howdyshell said the state Department of Environmental Protection requires municipal waste haulers to offer the service with trash pick-up.
\n\u201cWe have coordinated special pickups in the past with municipal haulers and will most likely do similar events together in the future,\u201d he said.
\nHowdyshell, who has been director at BCSWA since 2000, said he has seen an attitude change in people regarding recycling.
\n\u201cIn the last few years, I\u2019ve seen a lot of people willing and wanting to recycle many different items,\u201d said Howdyshell, \u201citems they possibly didn\u2019t know could be recycled before. There has been a large increase in the amount of people who want to recycle things like motor oil, appliances and tires. We try to provide those outlets.\u201d
\nHowdyshell said those interested in learning more about the county\u2019s recycling efforts, can log onto www.blaircounty.org.
\nThe BCSWA is also looking into securing more grant funding to possibly establish more recycling site around the county.
\n\u201cWe have a grant round coming up and we\u2019re again hoping to secure more funding,\u201d said Howdyshell. \u201cIt\u2019s a good possibility that we\u2019ll see more additions to the program in nine months to a year. It all depends on the funding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Have you noticed the large, green receptacles near the Snyder Township building and District Magistrate Fred Miller\u2019s office? If so, use them. That\u2019s the message being sent by the Blair County Solid Waste Authority as it continues to increase awareness concerning recycling. Recently, BCSWA received state funding to purchase and maintain the two recycling receptacles, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}