We offer BOROUGH WIDE weekly recycling pick up of ALL recylable materials EVERY Thursday. This curbside pick up will include co-mingled glass and plastics, paper, and cardboard. Residents should be aware that the following co-mingled recyclables are accepted: aluminum cans (beer & soda), plastic bottles, jars, tubs, and buckets #1 through 7 (this includes soda, water, milk, juice, liquor, shampoo, detergent, condiments, salad dressing, yogurt, margarine, pet food, etc.),clear, brown, green glass bottles/jars (food and drink only), metal food cans (tin/steel), metal lids, metal pots and metal pans. Please empty containers prior to placing them out for pick up. Recyclables should be put in an old garbage can or other sturdy container. DO NOT place in bags! Plastic grocery store bags can be returned to the store for recycling.

We CANNOT accept ceramic cups or dishes, coffe mugs, Pyrex, glasses, light bulbs or windows. Newspaper includes all sections of the newspaper (including ads), magazines, telephone books, mail (including junk mail) and regular paper.

If you miss a collection or two and really need to empty your bins, Whitehall Township does allow Coplay residents to bring their items to their recycling center at 2600 Eberhart Road.

We now offer bi-monthly ELECTRONICS RECYCLING. Anyone wishing to have such items removed will need to contact the Borough Office prior to the collection date to coordinate pick up of old electronic items including: answering machine, cell phone, copier, CPU, DVD player, fax machine, keyboard, laptop, microwave, modem, monitor, pager, printer, radio/stereo, telephone, vcr at $1 each. Batteries (household, at $1 per drop off) and Fluorescent Lamps (tube lights) at $0.25/ each are also accepted. Televisions are $18.00 each.

Sites, materials accepted, and phone numbers for your convenience.

610-261-0777 - 102 S. Second Street
Motor Oil, no charge or limit; anit-freeze, $1 per gallon, no limit; batteries, $1.00 each, no limit. Must take to site.

610-262-9021 Attn: Roger
Collection of appliances with freon (freezers, refrigerators, air conditioners). Fee charged.

While we offer curbside grass collection, if you have an abundance and do not wish to wait for our weekly collection, clippings can be taken to the County Facility. Costs have not increased for the New Year but are ubject to periodic review. The following is a cost breakdown based on the vehicle used for tipping.
              TYPE OF VEHICLE                             PRICE PER DELIVERY
              Pick-up Truck (6' Bed)                            $10.00
              Pick-up Truck (8' Bed)                            $15.00
              Small Trailer (up to 8')                            $15.00
              Pick-up Dump Truck                               $25.00
              Trailer (8'- 12')                                           $25.00
               (for larger Vehicle pricing, call the Facility)
If a pick up truck is not available for use, you can utilize bags or containers, you are responsible for emptying the containers and removing them from the site.
If the vehicle used does not fall under the following list, the Operator on site will determine the tipping fee by comparing the vehicle size to the publised list. All tipping fees are determined by the size of the vehicle not by the volume of the load at time of delivery. Accptable materials are leaves, grass clippings, brush, tree stumps (clean), tree clippings, and unpainted or untreated wood. These materials should be delivered seperately whenever possible. Grass and Leaves MUST be seperated from yard waste material. No Pretreated or Stained Woods, Plastic Bags, Metal, or Trash of any kind will be accepted! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Facility at 610-799-4177.
A "Picking Fee" is charged at a rate equal to, and in addition to, the tipping fee for ANY Contaminated loads tipped at this facility if an employee of the facility needs to pick through the load to remove contaminants.
A "Reloading Fee" will be charged at half the rate of the tipping fee for all loads that are refused and reloaded prior to "Picking" for removal from the facility.
Topsoil, Compost and Mulch is available for purchase. The current prices are as follows:
TOPSOIL
   Enriched Top Soil                                        $18/yard

COMPOST
    Valley Green 1" minus                               $9/yard
    Valley Green 3/8" minus                           $14/yard
    Valley Green 1/4" minus                           $20/yard

MULCH
    Valley Green Natural Wood (double ground)                             $10/yard
    Valley Green Premium (triple ground)                                         $12/yard
    Valley Green Premier Stump (triple ground)                               $14/yard

HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday - Friday                               7 AM - Noon, 1 PM - 3:30 PM
Saturday                                           TBD
ALL visitors MUST report to the office before proceeding to the dump/loading area.

610-266-9036 - 2600 Eberhart Road
Will accept anything the borough collects. Open Tuesday and Thursday from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and Saturday from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

This service is another way to keep tonnage down. Leaves and yard waste can be quite heavy. By offering this separate pickup we are able to keep it out of our landfills thus keeping fees down. Yard Waste is picked up on Wednesday (April through October ) and should also be placed in an open container. Leaves are picked up on Fridays (October and November). Check the newsletter calendar for collection dates!

Whether it is in an effort to save energy or reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, many people have made the switch to CFL bulbs. Qualified CFL bulbs use up to 75% LESS energy then incandescent light bulbs and last up to 10 times longer! While this is an effective, accessible change anyone can make, you should know that CFL bulbs contain a very small amount of mercury, sealed within the glass tubing; because of this, they should be recycled. Please bring CFL bulbs to the borough office for proper disposal, there is NO additional fee for this service.

Once a year, in the spring, a trailer is furnished by La Farge for our annual Borough wide tire drop off. While there is a limit of 6 tires per household; this is a free service for all residents. Tires from automobiles, pick-up trucks, and vans, but no large trucks, ATV’s, motorcycles, or bicycles. The borough has an ordinance in place which forbids the collection of tires on any property; this is because of the threat of West Nile Virus. If you have accumulating tires on your property and miss this years drop off contact one of our local car repair shops; there is a minimal fee for each tire. Once a date is determined, it will be posted here, check back often.