LINK TO: CODE OF LOWER SALFORD TOWNSHIP:

CHAPTER 95 - GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND REFUSE

 

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Recycling News:

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LEAF COLLECTION

SERVICE CHANGES:

At the Regular Meeting of the Lower Salford Township Board of Supervisors held on October 5, 2011 an amendment to the Solid Waste Management Ordinance was adopted which requires private refuse haulers operating in the Township to pickup leaves in biodegradable bags one time in the Fall and one time each Spring. This action was taken after an evaluation of the utilization of the curbside pickup of leaves three times in the Fall and one time in the Spring under a contract let by the Township. It was the Township’s belief that the curbside pickup service was grossly underutilized with respect to the $27,596.00 contract cost.

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Leaf Recycling Program
Regulations governing grant monies distributed to Lower Salford Township via the Northern Montgomery County Recycling Commission strictly prohibit the burning of leaves. Biodegradable bags are available for purchase in the township office for 35 cents per bag (3/$1.00 or a bundle of 50 for $16.50). Residents may deposit bags of leaves and other yard waste in the container located on the north side of the township building nearest Kulp Road.

The container is available year round. Bags are always available for purchase here at the Township Building for 35 cents each (3/$1.00 or a bundle of 50/$16.50)

Local Recycling Group Receives

Waste Watchers Award

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (October 26, 2010) – The Northern Montgomery County Recycling Commission (Commission) has received the prestigious Waste Watcher’s Award for 2010 from the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania (PROP). The announcement was made today by the Ed Brandt, chairman of the Commission and chairman of the board of supervisors of Lower Gwynedd Township.

“We at the Commission couldn’t be more pleased that PROP has recognized the work that the Commission has been doing,” Brandt said.  “The Recycling Commission is one of Pennsylvania’s most outstanding recycling programs/projects.” 

The Waste Watcher awards are given to recycling, waste reduction, reuse and composting programs in Pennsylvania that have exhibited exemplary performance.  This year, the Northern Commission is being recognized for going above and beyond what is mandated under Act 101 for their eleven member communities and programs. 

Act 101 – the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act –has helped generate significant economic and environmental benefits for over 20 years.  As a result, recycling has become a billion dollar industry in Pennsylvania.  With each passing year, there is a steady increase in the amount of collected recyclables and the number of jobs created by the industry. 

"Recycling has saved precious resources and energy, limited greenhouse emissions and other air and water pollutants,” Brandt continued.  “This growth and success is the result of a serious commitment to recycling by individuals, businesses, institutions and multi-municipal organizations like the Northern Montgomery County Recycling Commission."

Montgomery County Recycling Coordinator Chris Kaasmann (center) presents the 2010 Waste Watcher Award to the Northern Montgomery County Recycling Commission (NMCRC) at its October meeting in Souderton Borough Hall.

Receiving the award are (left) Jeff Dietterich, Vice Chairman of the NMCRC and representative of Franconia Township and (right) Edward Brandt, Chairman of the NMCRC and representative of Lower Gwynedd Township.

 

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Change in Open Burning Policy is Dictated by

Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection

            The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has advised Lower Salford Township that its interpretation of the Pennsylvania Recycling Act 101 regulations does not permit the open burning of any yard waste. This supercedes the previous Township policy which permitted the open burning of small twigs/shrub trimmings at designated times upon obtaining a permit to do so. The option now is to cut the twigs to a small size and to place such twigs and/or shrub trimmings in a biodegradable paper bag which can be deposited in the large metal container at the Township Building Parking Lot. Curbside collection of bagged (paper) leaves will continue to be provided one time per month in April, October, November and December each year. The open burning of any recyclables or household trash has been, and continues to be, prohibited by the Township.

              The only exceptions to the revised open burning policy are outdoorcooking, ceremonial bonfires or campfires, and burning related to the production of agriculture commodities on a farm operation. The latter two options require pre-notification to the Fire Marshal.

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