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LEWISTOWN -- "It's that time of year again. When all the random garbage that you don't know how to properly get rid of and accumulated over the winter months is beginning to pile up," Lisa Smith explained to county planners Thursday during the board's regular meeting.
Smith, who serves as the director and recycling coordinator of the Mifflin County Waste Authority, told the committee the Authority is preparing to hold its third annual household hazardous waste event where you can take all those hazardous waste items to be properly recycled.
For Mifflin County residents, the free drive thru event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon March 15.
Residents must register on their website or Facebook page prior to the event.
Items that they will accept are listed on their website which include, insecticides, pesticides, weed killers, fertilizers, pool chemicals, antifreeze, bleaches, aerosol cans, cleaners, deodorizers, drain cleaners, oil based paint, antifreeze, motor oil, fluorescent tubes, rechargeable batteries, auto batteries and more.
The Mifflin County Solid Waste Authority serves as a transfer station for Mifflin and Juniata counties and is located at 87 Landfill Road.
A key service provider in offering waste transfer and disposal services to Mifflin and Juniata county residents and businesses and in providing residential recycling services in Mifflin County.
"The Authority closed its Barner Landfill in Derry Township in 2005 and opened its transfer station and recycling depot the same year. In accordance with Department of Environmental Protection requirements, the landfill was closed and capped, and is now in a long-term post-closure care monitoring period," adds Smith.
Approximately half the Authority's transfer and recycling facility is dedicated to waste handling, and the other half to recyclables processing.
The Mifflin County Solid Waste Authority is currently a full time Transfer Station/Recycling Center.
"The MCSWA worked hard to expand our Recycling Services to all Residents of the County" said Smith.
"Not county funded we operate solely on our tip fee revenue and due to circumstance we did have to do a recent rate increase."
The Authority has brought in 60,000 tons of waste per year.
Another way they have done this is through their sites located all over the county where the residents of those townships and boroughs can take recyclable items which are listed on their website.
For example the site located at the Derry Township office will take mixed paper, newspaper, corrugated cardboard and plastic bottles.
The site located at the Burnham Lions Club accepts all of those items as well as aluminum and tin food and beverage cans.
Brown and Oliver townships were labeled the top two areas that contribute the most to their sites and are the most dedicated to recycling, according to the staff at the Authority.
The Authority is open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Friday and 8 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Wednesday is the only day they accept electronics but all other items, as long as they are on the approved list found on their website can be taken directly there during those business hours.