If the new station gets enough regular use, the township will consider purchasing one of its own instead of leasing, Lochner said.ĭiscarding glass at a dedicated recycling station helps solve a major problem haulers have faced when glass is comingled with paper, cardboard, metal and plastic.
The temporary stations were located near the swimming pool. The success of the collection events in the spring, fall and again last month prompted discussion about setting up a permanent station.Īfter making arrangements with Waste Management to exclude glass from its trash pickup contract with the township, a dumpster was leased and set up near the salt shed, which is monitored by surveillance cameras. It was amazing how many people came to dump boxes and boxes filled with glass.” “But we ended up emptying two of them twice a day. “We thought we’d maybe have to empty the dumpster once a day,” Lochner said. Lori Mizgorski hosted a series of temporary collection events. To gauge interest in an independent recycling program, assistant manager Susan Burnett and state Rep.
“It took a long time to teach people to recycle, and we didn’t want to lose that with respect to glass,” he said. The manager said the idea of sending glass to the landfill didn’t seem like a very good solution, so township officials began looking for alternatives to curbside collection. “Waste Management told us that the market for glass was falling apart in China, which was their biggest customer, so it wasn’t worth it for them to recycle it,” Lochner said.
Manager Chris Lochner said the need for the service began nearly two years ago when the township’s waste hauler notified officials that while it would still honor its contract to collect glass from the curb along with paper and plastic, the glass would not get recycled. With the help of the Pennsylvania Resource Council, the township has set up a permanent glass recycling station near the salt storage facility in the municipal complex. Hampton residents who shudder at the thought of their glass jars, jugs and bottles being buried in a landfill now have their own place to make sure it gets recycled.
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