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July 2020
C e n t r e R e g i o n C o u n c i l o f G o v e r n m e n t s R e f u s e & R e c y c l i n g
Centre Region COG
(814) 234-7198
Email: [email protected]
www.crcog.net/refuse
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DATES TO NOTE
Holidays in 2020:
Labor Day
September 7
Thanksgiving Day November 26
Christmas Day December 25
If your pickup day
falls on or after any of these dates, there will
be a one-day delay.
July 4 no change in service
that week
Other Dates:
Household
Hazardous Waste Collection @ CCRRA November 20—21
Fall Bulk
Waste Week October 12—16
National Pennsylvania
Day July 20
https://www.facebook.com/CentreRegionCOG
REFUSE AND RECYCLING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Back in March, we could not predict what would change for the Centre Region’s waste collection. We did not mail out the newsletter with your refuse invoices because we did not know if trash or recycling would continue to be collected, if bulk waste week would need to be cancelled, or if we would have to make other changes in dealing with residential solid waste. We did have to make some changes, cancellations, and accommodations along the way, and our residential customers responded with grace and style! Across the nation, folks in the solid waste industry have been reporting huge surges in the waste collected during state shut-downs. Why? Well, lots of people—and their kids—were home all day. We ordered more take-out food and packages. We cleaned out our closets and garages and basements because, well, we were home all day. And many, many areas saw their recycling suspended, like we did here in Centre County, and often folks had few options beyond placing those recyclables in the trash. Municipalities across Pennsylvania reported an increase in trash volume of up to 40%. Advanced Disposal drivers for the COG reported a lot more bags at the curb (and during the stay-at-home order they ignored bag limits, by the way). And our volume did increase, although not nearly as much as it seemingly did elsewhere!
When recycling was suspended, we asked residents to hang on to their recyclables. Clearly, many of you did. Take a look at the
amount of recycling collected after the suspension ended in May!
The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, in cooperation with municipalities, Centre Region Parks and other entities, estab-
lished 18 additional recycling drop-off sites. And residents used these drop-off containers. A lot! We owe our thanks to the drivers of the refuse and recycling trucks for all they did to keep us safe by taking care of our solid waste during these uncertain times. But we should also be proud of how well we adapted to changing conditions while continuing to keep our trash volumes as low as we could and recycling as much as possible. Great job, Centre Region residents! And thank you!
THANK YOU To all Essential Workers!
This includes all those working in solid waste collection and management too!
No grass clippings will be collected with your trash.
Take grass clippings to:
Spring Creek Park (parking lot area off Balmoral Way)
GOH Recycling Center 110 Hawbaker Industrial Drive
Ferguson Township
Municipal Building 3147 Research Drive (second parking lot)
Or try Grasscycling!
Benner Township Spring and Fall Brush and Fall Leaves
By Appointment Only
College Township Monthly Brush March – Dec;
Spring and Fall Leaves (one time each season)
Ferguson Township Monthly Brush and Leaves
April – December
Harris Township Spring and Fall Brush (one time each season);
Weekly Leaves, Oct. – Dec.
Patton Township Monthly Brush and Leaves
Check out our cool video on preparing your yard waste:
www.crcog.net/refuse
To recycle for compost, take it to:
GOH Recycling Center
110 Hawbaker Industrial Drive
272-0008
To
You can set out bags or bundles of garden waste and brush in place of the
same number of bags of trash.
But...
these bags go straight to the landfill.
What to do with yard and garden waste
Grass Clippings
Drop Off
Brush and Leaf Waste
Collected by your township
Garden Waste (no leaves, no brush)
Reduce Your
Food Waste!
A PSU study recently
found that house-
holds in the U.S.
waste nearly a third
of the food they buy.
That’s bad news for
our environment
AND
for your wallet!
Learn how to reduce
your food waste at
www.crcog.net/ refuse
or go to our
Food for Thought
website:
https://sites.google.
com/view/
foodforthought-cog
Home Composting Made Simple
1. Build or buy a compost bin. There are so many options.
2. Build your pile by alternating “browns” such as leaves with “greens”
such as fruit & vegetable scraps and grass.
3. Keep it moist and turn it once in a while.
Learn more at https://extension.psu. edu/home-
composting-a-guide-for-home-gardeners
Take a class in Backyard Composting! It’s an hour-long class at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, and the COG gives every participant an Earth Machine composter! We have two classes scheduled: Wednesday, Sept. 2 6:30—7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, 2—3 p.m.
Register for a class at: https://www.crpr.org/mmnc/public-programs
Why sending this waste to the landfill is a problem:
Yard, garden, and food
wastes are all organic mat-
ter. Organic material in the
landfill releases methane as
it anaerobically decomposes.
The Environmental Protection
Agency has determined that
methane has 28 times more
global warming potential
than CO2.
And landfills contain a lot of
organic matter! The chart
below shows the contents of
U.S. landfills from a 2017
study of over 2400 sites.
Composting—an aerobic
process—reduces methane
production by keeping a lot
of organic matter out of land-
fills. The materials collected
by municipalities and grass
drop offs are all composted.
On this page we give you
some ways to reduce, reuse,
and recycle your organic
waste!
Learn more at
www.crcog.net/refuse
Grasscycling Grasscycling is the simple practice of
leaving grass clippings right on your lawn.
Grasscycling:
• Encourages a healthier lawn by returning nutrients to the
soil and by helping to retain moisture.
• Reduces your work: no raking, bagging, or carting away.
• Benefits the environment by naturally recycling the
clippings and decreasing fertilizers and watering.
Here’s how: Just follow the “1/3 Rule”: Mow often enough so
that no more than 1/3 of the length of the grass is cut at a
time. Or use a mulching mower. It’s that simple!
(And did you know that leafcycling is good for your lawn too?)