Exeter Borough
Recycling Information
Residents can print
a
2012 recycling
schedule here or
view the
on line calendar
here.
The schedule's are
also available at
the Exeter Municipal
Building, 1101
Wyoming Avenue in
the white mailbox to
the right of the
front door.
They are also
available at the
following locations:
Turkey Hill, UniMart,
Sabatini's Pizza,
Modern Market, and
Donut Connection.
Chase says, "
Recycle! Do it
right or it's
garbage."
Recycling Calendar
View a 3 month quick
view here.
Christmas Tree
Collection
Christmas trees will be
collected from January 5
to January 19.
Place curbside any day.
Phone Book Collection
Phone books can be
placed in the junk mail
collection or dropped
off at the recycling
building.
Changes to
Exeter Borough’s
Recycling Program
06.02.11
Exeter
is now accepting clean,
5 gallon plastic
containers with the
number 1 or 2 in the
chasing arrows (triangle
made with arrows) on the
bottom of the can.
The can be placed in the
weekly commingled
collection.
Samples of acceptable
containers are kitty
litter or chlorine.
Any contaminated
containers such as oil,
tar or paint containers
are not acceptable.
Corrugated pizza boxes
are now being accepted
but all food and paper
lining must be removed.
Thin non-corrugated
cardboard (when looking
at the edge of the
cardboard, it does not
have wavy ridge in
center pressed between
two pieces of cardboard)
such as cereal and soda
boxes can be emptied,
collapsed and recycled
with the junk mail
collection on the 4th
week of the month.
PROPER
PREPARATION OF
RECYCLABLES
Commingled
Glass, plastic, and
metal - bottles, cans,
or jars only!
Place together in
recycling container.
* If it is not a
bottle, can, or jar,
throw it away, it is not
recyclable.
Remove lids, they go in
regular trash.
Rinse containers,
flatten plastic and
metal, do not break
glass.
Newspaper
No
bags please. Place
in recycling container
and keep dry.
No
glossy inserts.
Place glossy inserts in
mail/magazine
collection.
Corrugated
Cardboard
Cardboard with a ribbed
section between two
layers of cardboard.
Flatten & bundle in
pieces no larger than 3'
x 3'. No food
contaminated
non-corrugated or wax
coated cardboard.
No
pizza, cereal, or soda
boxes.
Junk Mail and
Magazines
This includes all junk
mail, envelopes,
magazines, catalogues,
glossy newspaper
inserts, phone books,
and office or computer
paper. Place in
recycling container and
keep dry.
Yard Waste
This includes shrubbery
or grass clippings
placed in open
containers weighing less
than 30 lbs. Tree
limbs or trimmings are
to be tied and bundled
not exceeding 3' length
or
½" diameter.
Leaves
Leaves are to be raked
to curb. Place
curbside any day to be
collected with the
vacuum leaf loader.
Collection will be
frequent during leaf
collection weeks.
Please try to avoid
parking which blocks
access to leaf piles.
Last day for leaf
collection is November
26.
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