[ Millcreek Township ]

3608 West 26th Street
Erie, PA  16506
814-833-1111, ext. 317
Remember:
You must be signed up for Trash and Recycling service; it is the law.

The Millfair Compost & Recycling Center will close for the season on
Saturday, December 12, 2009 .

Note: The Center will open on Saturday, January 9, 2010 from 9am – Noon for our Christmas Tree Collection. All proceeds benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank. 

See calendar for details.
The Millfair Compost & Recycling Center will re-open in Spring 2010. 
Contact your Municipal building for any further details.

Remember, it's your world, don't throw it away. 
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Millcreek Township has been promoting recycling over the past 15 years through the Pennsylvania State required mandate of Act 101.  You must be signed up for trash and recycling service.  As part of this mandate Millcreek Township's Ordinance 2006-11 (available online at www.millcreektownship.com_ explains the details of the requirements and consequences.  Please recycle and don't hesitate to call our office for assistance.

Reminders:  Remove all liners from boxes and dispose of in your trash.  No foil gift-wrapping paper or paper contaminated by food waste or other municipal waste.  Please rinse all containers then you won't have a problem with unwanted insects and pests.

No Styrofoam containers of any kind, milk cartons, waxed paper, foam egg cartons or mixed cardboard (pizza boxes).  

Place your recycle materials away from your trash at curbside for pickup.

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Burning Ordinance Information   [top]

Our hauler picks up 99% of all household waste, recycling and leaf and yard waste.  Therefore, there is no need to burn anything.  It is illegal by Pennsylvania Law (Act 101) and Millcreek Ordinance (2000-1 & 2001-14) to burn anything that must be recycled or composted.  This includes all:  cans, bottles and glass, newspapers and magazines, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper and mixed cardboard, garbage and food waste.  Leaves and yard waste (includes leaves, garden residue, shrubbery, tree trimmings and similar materials, but not grass clippings).  If you cannot leave the grass clippings on the lawn then you must bag this material as trash.  Please don't burn, instead, please RECYCLE, or COMPOST.

Ordinance 2000-1

Ordinance 2001-14

Please don't burn - Choose to RECYCLE, or COMPOST

Millcreek Township Municipal Waste and Recycling Ordinance

Ordinance 2006 - 11 
(pdf, requires free Acrobat Reader to read )

Millcreek Commercial Businesses   [top]

Pennsylvania Law (Act 101) and Millcreek Township Ordinance No. 2006-11 requires all commercial, industrial and institutional establishments in Millcreek Township to recycle.  ALL of the following items must be recycled:

If you are not recycling the above items or if you have been told not to recycle one of the above items by your hauler, or if your hauler does not provide recycling, please call our office at 833-1111 ext. 317 for assistance.  Also, make sure that your hauler is registered to do business in Millcreek Township.  Our grants are based on the tonnage of material that is recycled.

Click to contact Millcreek Township Recycling Office via e-mail at christinew@millcreektownship.com

Annual Forms [top]

Pennsylvania's State Recycling Association

Registration Terms and Conditions

Millcreek Township Recycling Program
Last Updated:  04/24/2006
Email webmaster at millcreektownship@millcreektownship.com