[ 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 is due to open at regular hours on Friday, April 2, 2010 and close on Saturday, December 11, 2010. Center closes on major holidays.

HOURS OF OPERATION:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 8 AM - 3 PM
Thursday Closed
Friday Noon - 7 PM
Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM
Sunday Noon - 5 PM

Conveniently free your life of waste

 Erie County e-Waste & Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days (pdf file)

 

Attention Millcreek Township Business Owners:

The Millcreek Township Recycling Department is in the initial stages of compiling various recycling opportunities for our residents and businesses to use as a recycling reference guide. 

If your business affords our residents/businesses ANY recycling options, please contact Christine Walter – Recycling Coordinator for Millcreek Township to be included in this informational folder.

Some examples are – used motor oil or antifreeze collection, electronic recycling, freon removal by a certified professional, used paints, fluorescent light bulbs, rechargeable batteries, dry cell (A, AA, C, D) batteries, Styrofoam peanuts, styrofoam pieces, cell-phones and eyeglasses.

This folder will be made available to ALL Millcreek Township residents and businesses.

We thank you in advance for your recycling efforts and being involved in your community.

 

NEW METHOD OF PAYMENT
As of October, 2009 payment will be required at the time of purchase.
Payment options are as follows: Debit, Credit
Check Master card, Visa, Discover Card, Corporation or Business Cards, Bank Card.

For Commercial and Landscape businesses that use the facility, the same options apply. Contact Christine in the Recycling office at the Millcreek Municipal Building
at (814) 833-1111.

Remember, it's your world, don't throw it away. 
(Click the arrow below to watch the short movie- 30 sec)

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.

 

 

NEW!! Erie County Recycling Convenience Center

The Erie County Recycling Program (ECRP) opened the first centralized collection site “Convenience Center” in North Western PA on April 11, 2009. The Center accepts Electronics (e-waste) and Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) free of charge from Erie County residents. However, registrations for the County Recycling Center are now closed.  If you need to dispose of electronic items, please contact Staples or Best Buy (there is a fee).

[Complaint or Question]   [Pay as You Throw]    [Burning Ordinance]    [Other Recycling Sites]    [Commercial Businesses]   [Scheduled Collection Dates]   [Forms]

Do You Have a Question or Comment?   [top]

Please call Christine at 833-1111, ext. 317, if you have a question or comment regarding:

Ideas for future issues

How we can improve our service to you

Leaf and yard waste

Hauler complaints

Residences or businesses without trash service or not recycling

Trash out too early, improperly prepared or not contained

Recycling or trash pickup in general

Many questions can also be answered if you check the inside pages of our calendar or go to one of our websites for loads of recycling and environmental information:

millcreektownship.com
(check out the Excel sheet on Recycling)
dep.state.pa.us
For children - on the bottom left column
check out "Just for Kids"

recyclethis.org
proprecycles.org
earth911.org

Optional Pay as You Throw   [top]

Per Bag Service is available for residents who do not generate enough trash for a weekly pickup.  Call the Recycling Office for Details at 833-1111 ext. 317.

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:

All Office Paper Corrugated Cardboard
Newsprint Magazines
Steel & Aluminum Cans Clear & Colored Glass
Plastics #1 - #7 Leaf Waste

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

Forms for Haulers Doing Business in Millcreek

Registration Hauler Registration
2010 Hauler Application Application - Service Accounts
2010 Haulers Registration Letter
 Reports Pennsylvania Annual Recycling Reports
2009 Recycling Report - Service Accounts
2009 Recycling Report - Additional Materials Recycled

 


Millcreek Township Recycling Program
Last Updated:  08/27/2010
Email webmaster at millcreektownship@millcreektownship.com