![]() ![]() Township Manager Dave Albright says that their “pay-as-you-throw” system provides a direct benefit to residents because “people can lower their disposal costs by recycling as much as they can, then pay by the bag for less trash.” ![]() Residents can drop off their yard waste, which is shredded and composted and available for free to residents. An amazing 38 different kinds of things can be recycled! Most are free, and items like mattresses and furniture are accepted for disposal for a small fee. In Monroe County, Chestnuthill Township offers the most options for its residents. What about the hard stuff? All those yogurt containers, compact fluorescent bulbs, batteries, used motor oil? Maybe you even compost your kitchen waste, grass clippings and leaves. You’ve probably figured out how to recycle, reuse, or dispose of a lot of what used to be called “waste.” Things like cardboard and paper, glass jars and bottles, metal cans, and milk jugs and other #1 and #2 plastics. ![]() The trailer is not just for hauling things away… we often use it to bring things from our home away from home… “Home Depot”… and to move big things around the property.Watch Video: Here’s what you might find in your tap water We had some ash trees that were dying and had to be taken down… the trailer came in quite handy to take it all away.We have also taken close to 100 loads of yard waste to the Chestnuthill Township green recycling center! It is a free service and we can also get free mulch when we need it… when we do, we get trailer loads as well! Our house is looking pretty slim and trim these days… 12 foot 10,000 pound dump trailer Farewell to the railings on our front porches!ĭo you wonder what happens to your trash after you put it out for the garbage man to take? I don’t! I spend a significant amount of time at the dump these days and I am quite familiar with what happens to your trash… Interesting fact – There are a lot of Vultures and seagulls (they seem to be lost… we are nowhere near the sea) at the garbage dump and the last time I went I saw a Bald Eagle. We have also taken several thousand pounds to the metal recycling center. When we bought the farm I told my wife that we NEEDED a dump trailer… she thought I was crazy… Turns out it has paid for itself many times over! So far, we have taken 64,000 pounds of demolition materials to the garbage dump and we have taken at least 3 to 4 times that much to the green recycling dump. ![]()
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