Trash
* Trash pick up for Ontelaunee residents is private. Following are some contractors in the area, please call them for pricing and schedules:
Republic Services
610-926-8291
Waste Management
800-869-5566
Jax Disposal
610-985-0118
Nester’s Sanitation
610-562-7673
J. P. Mascaro
610-779-8807
Recycling
Ontelaunee Township offers free Single Stream Recycling to our residents. Single Stream Recycling allows participants to place their recyclables in one container without sorting or separate bins.
The single stream dumpster is located at the Township Building. Residents are welcome to drop their recyclables from dawn to dusk seven days a week. The area is monitored by security cameras. The Township does not provide pick-up or recycling containers.
Acceptable:
Aluminum cans, glass food & beverage containers (brown, green & clear), plastics (#1 thru #7), paper and cardboard. – In order to use all the space in the dumpster please smash or crush your plastic and cardboard.
Not Acceptable:
Pots, pans, aluminum foil, ceramic oven-ware, drinking glasses, window glass, mirror glass, light bulbs, styrofoam, clay pots, plastic bags, foil type paper, paper towels, tissue paper.
Solid Waste Authority for Berks County
Very helpful information and dates for recycling of paper shredding and other recycling programs