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Don't Miss Shred, Recycle, Hazardous Waste Events

Here's your chance to recycle and safely dispose of some things in your home.

If you’re doing some end of summer cleaning, then you’ll want to head to one or both collections going on Saturday.

At the Union Library of Hatboro, you can get your important papers shredded. They are accepting only personal paper and limiting it to four boxes per person.

They are also collecting

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  • Worn U.S. Flags for American Legion Post 798
  • Eyeglasses for Hatboro Lions Club
  • Shoes/Sneakers for Hatboro Chamber of Commerce

The Hatboro event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hazardous Waste

If you have hazardous waste, then you’ll want to head to Pottsgrove Senior High School in Pottstown.

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The following items are not acceptable at either the electronics or the household hazardous waste collection sites:

  • Latex Paint – NOT Hazardous (Throw in trash after it is dried out completely.)
  • Alkaline Batteries – NOT Hazardous (Throw in trash if made after 1996.)
  • Large Appliances/White Goods – Contact your township or trash/ recycling hauler to schedule a pick up or call the Montgomery County Recycling Hotline at 610-278-3618.
  • Explosives & Ammunition – Contact your local police department or the Montgomery County Bomb Squad at 610-278-3331.
  • Infectious or Medical Waste
  • Radioactive Waste
  • Asbestos
  • Air Conditioners, De/Humidifiers, Refrigerators – Contact your township or trash/recycling hauler to schedule a pick up or call 610-278-3618 for more information. For working refrigerators contact PECO at 1-888-5-PECO-SAVE.
  • Smoke Detectors – Send back to the manufacturer. Check the back of the item for more information OR throw in trash.

The Pottstown event runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Electronics are not collected at these hazardous waste collections. The next collection for electronics by Montgomery County is Sept. 14 at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School.


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