More Recycling Information
The "Recycling
Bin", a guide to recycling published by the Dauphin County Commissioners
and the Dauphin County Department of Solid Waste Management and Recycling provides
the following information:
The following are voluntary
recycling depots where magazines, phone books, and corrugated cardboard may
be dropped off:
Uptown Shopping Plaza Parking Lot,
North 7th Street and Division in Harrisburg
Highspire
Borough, Lumber Street and Industrial Road, near the Sewage treatment Plant
Some Local Materials Recovery
Facilities that take scrap metal, cardboard, magazines and office paper are:
Consolidated Scrap Resources Inc. (all scrap metal) Cameron
Street, Harrisburg
Sprectum Recyclers, Inc. (paper products
only) N. 7th Street, Harrisburg
Tri-State Recyclers, Inc.
(accepts non-ferrous metals and other products) N. 7th Street, Harrisburg
Battery Warehouse and Radio Shack stores take certain types of batteries
Used Cellular Phones, in good working order, are accepted by the Women's Shelter at the YWCA in Harrisburg
Be sure to contact the above firms to see if they are taking the materials you want to recycle, before dropping off any items at the above addresses. Some firms may charge a fee for taking certain materials.