Single Stream Recycling

Recycling is every Wednesday. Ridley Park Borough is single stream recycling. All cardboard, plastics, glass and paper are collected in one can. Please review what items are collected! 

Place recycling at the curb by 7am on Wednesday. 

Recyclable Materials Accepted: 

Aluminum, Cartons, and metal cans including #1, #2, #4, #5, and #7 plastic food and Beverage containers (caps removed), phone books, magazines, newspapers, brochures and inserts (no plastic bags), greeting cards, paperboard boxes (pasta, cereal, and tissue), regular and junk mail, file folders, glass bottles and jars, paper towel rolls, paperback books, and loose metal jar lids and bottle caps. 

No need to remove stamps, address labels, cellophane address windows, paper clips, staples, metal fasteners, rubber bands, plastic tabs, or spiral bindings. 

Do Not place plastic bags, scrap metal, plastic 6-pack holders, plastic microwave trays, needles or syringes, window panes, ceramic and Pyrex dishware, mirrors, paint, pesticides, oil and cleansers, address label sheets or stickers, waxed paper or waxed cardboard, Styrofoam or paper go-to containers, food waste, organic material, or electronic waste (batteries, cell phones, etc.) out with your recycling. 

Latex paint is NOT considered hazardous waste. 

Safely dispose of the paint by removing top, place outside (NOT near children or pets), and allow to harden. For full cans, stir in kitty litter until all paint is absorbed. Empty cans (without lids) should be placed in a box and put out with regular trash.