Friday, December 11, 2020

Closure Dates Announced for the Schuylkill County Recycling Programs

Recently, Schuylkill County officials announced that they would be ending the county's Recycling Program by the end of 2020.

According to Schuylkill County Commissioner Baron Hetherington, the ending of the program was due to the county losing money from it.  Hetherington reported that the county was losing up to $45,000 monthly.

During a recent work session of the Schuylkill County Commissioners, the question was brought up on when the bins in each of the participating municipalities would be removed.

The question was not directly answered, just that they would be removed by the end of the year.

Last this week, we got an answer when a schedule was announced.

Week of December 14th through 18th, 2020

  • Port Carbon
  • Ashland
  • Girardville
Week of December 21st through 24th, 2020
  • Ringtown
  • Butler Township

Week of December 28th through 31st, 2020
  • Hegins Township
  • Porter Township
  • Eldred Township
Week of January 4th through 8th, 2021

  • Wayne Township
  • Pine Grove Township
  • Frailey Township
Week of January 11th through 14th, 2021
  • Reilly Township
  • Branch Township
  • West Penn Township
  • Walker Township
  • Ryan Township