Exeter is a Pennsylvania Act 101 Recycling Municipality mandating all residents, commercial establishments and institutions to recycle according to the Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Ordinance (link is to off-site codification page).  Violators will be fined from $100 to $1,000 per incident.

RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING

Recycling Schedule - shows dates of pick up and a small zone map

Recycling Zone Map - a large map with all street names

Pick-ups are every other week. Exceptions to that are weeks with holidays. Each pick-up day is pushed back one day from the day of the holiday to the end of the week. This means there will be Saturday pick-ups on occasion.

Residents are entitled to two free, blue recycling containers.  If you would like to use additional containers that you purchase yourself, you can get free stickers at the Township Office to place on your containers that will ensure the hauler knows that it is recycling for them to pickup.  Please ensure the containers are not too large/heavy that one person wouldn't be able to lift it. 

Recycling color-coded schedules that include recycling zone maps are mailed to residents in January.  Additional copies can be picked up at the Township Building, 4975 DeMoss Road.  The Township charges $5 per quarter for recycling services.  Residents will receive their recycling bill as part of their sewer bill on a quarterly basis.  Residents without sewers will receive a recycling only bill.

Items to be recycled are listed below.  Residents can comingle cans, bottles and plastic containers; and are asked to bundle and tie paper items with string or to place them in paper grocery bag on top of one of their recycling bins for pick up.  Cardboard is to be cut into pieces no longer than four feet and is to be bundled and tied with string. 

If you have any questions regarding the recycling program please contact the Township Office at (610) 779-5660.

COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND INSTITUTION RECYCLING

Collecting and hauling recyclables is the responsibility of the business or institution.  Different haulers may be necessary for different recyclables. See box of items to be recycled below:

 Mandatory Items to be Recycled

Newspapers High-Grade Office Paper Corrugated Cardboard Marketable Grades of Paper Aluminum Cans Bimetallic & Steel Cans Amber Glass

Clear Glass Green Glass Mixed Glass Leaf Waste Yard Waste Plastics #1 through #7 - including PET & HDPE Plastics

 Other Items to be Recycled on a Voluntary Basis

Scrap Metals Anti-freeze Used Motor Oil Oil filters Batteries, Lead-Acid Nickel & Cadmium Bat. Auto Parts Construction Materials Asphalt

Consumer Electronics Ink Cartridges Fluorescent Tubes Food Waste Household Hazardous Waste Rubber Tires White Goods

 

BRUSH DEPOSITORY

See the brush depository page for more information.

NOTE:  Exeter’s Trout Run Recycling Center and Brush Depository is for the use of residents only and not for use by commercial businesses and institutions.

CFL RECYCLING

Worried about the mercury in those compact flourescent lightbulbs (CFL)?  Well, Home Depot offers free recycling of them at all of their stores.  You can read more about it on their website.

COUNTY-RUN RECYCLING COLLECTIONS

Twice a year the Berks County Solid Waste Authority runs collections for items that are more difficult to dispose of.  They currently have separate collections for Paper Shredding & Pharmaceutical Waste, and Household Hazardous Waste.  Keep an eye out on the calendar or the newsletter for dates.

The County SWA has a full-time electronic waste collection center.  See their website for more information.  They also accept tires for recycling at the center on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 8am to noon.

AUTO BATTERY RECYCLING

Car and truck batteries can be dropped off at 2 locations for recycling.  East Penn Manufacturing in Lyon Station PA and Exide Corporation in Reading PA.