Residents can self-load compost to use in the garden.Īny resident of Monroe County can get a recycling tag to recycle the basics at the Waste Authority’s two recycling sites. Stroud Township also accepts their residents’ yard waste at its compost and mulch facility on Gaunt Road: leaves, grass clippings, tree branches, limbs and brush.
In fact, they cooperate with Chestnuthill to market recycled cardboard and plastics. Polk Township offers similar services to their residents, on a smaller scale. Related: Monroe County Waste Authority will accept hazardous household waste on Saturday Township Manager Dave Albright says that their “pay-as-you-throw” system provides a direct benefit to residents because “people can lower their disposal costs by recycling as much as they can, then pay by the bag for less trash.” Residents can drop off their yard waste, which is shredded and composted and available for free to residents. An amazing 38 different kinds of things can be recycled! Most are free, and items like mattresses and furniture are accepted for disposal for a small fee.
In Monroe County, Chestnuthill Township offers the most options for its residents. What about the hard stuff? All those yogurt containers, compact fluorescent bulbs, batteries, used motor oil? Maybe you even compost your kitchen waste, grass clippings and leaves. You’ve probably figured out how to recycle, reuse, or dispose of a lot of what used to be called “waste.” Things like cardboard and paper, glass jars and bottles, metal cans, and milk jugs and other #1 and #2 plastics. Watch Video: Here’s what you might find in your tap water
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