Newspaper – Commingled (Bottles & Cans) – Corrugated Cardboard :
1st & 3rd Wards - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays
2nd & 4th Wards – 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Shredded Paper / Office Paper
Borough Wide
2nd & 4th Wards – 2nd & 4th Mondays
Yard Waste borough wide (April thorugh October)
1st and 3rd Mondays.
Tire Pickup (May through October) Residents must call in advance
Last Tuesday of the month.
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For important information on recycling in Lackawanna County :
Click on http://recycling.lackawannacounty.org/home.htm
Please keep paper products separate from cans and bottles. Newspapers, old phone books, catalogs magazines and brown bags should be collected in a brown bag, and placed at the curb for municipal collection.
If your municipality does not pick-up curbside, please call them for the location of the nearest drop off location. |
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What to recycle: 
Newspapers -- glossy inserts are O.K.
Brown bags
Phone books
Magazines and catalogs
Corrugated cardboard boxes that have a "waffle" layer (example: corrugated shipping containers)
How to prepare:
Place all paper items in a brown paper bag or tie in bundles with cotton string. Do NOT place in plastic bags, or tie with tape or wire. |
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 No junk mail with newspapers and magazines
No hard or soft cover books
No single layer boxes (examples: no pizza boxes, tissue boxes, cereal boxes, or shoe boxes)
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| Office paper must be kept separate from newspaper and taken to the drop off center. Commercial establishments and offices should contact their hauler for this service. |
What to recycle:
White or light colored paper or envelopes
Computer and fax paper
Notebook paper (no spirals or covers)
Index cards and note cards
Unwanted (junk) mail
Staples are OK, but please reuse paper clips |
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Throop Borough is expanding their Recycling Program. Corrugated cardboard is added to our collection and will be collected at the same time as the newspapers and commingled. 1st and 3rd wards are collected on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. 2nd and 4th wards are collected on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. Corrugated cardboard should be flattened and placed beneath the recycling containers. Office paper and shredded paper is added to our collection and will be borough wide 2nd and 4th Monday. The officer paper/shredded paper must be in a separate recycling container. Recycling containers are available at the Throop Municipal Building weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There is no recycling collection on the 5th Monday or Tuesday. Throop Borough residents and businesses are required to recycle. Throop Borough received a PADEP Recycling Program Grant in the amount of $166,275.00 for collection equipment and public education. The borough purchased a new recycling truck, recycling bins and leaf bags. We are in the process of preparing a recycling calendar for the new year. The borough received a PADEP Recycling Performance Grant in the amount of $32,971.00. Congratulations to our residents and businesses on the recycling program! Please continue to recycle properly. If you have any questions, please call the borough at 489-8311.
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