What is the trash pickup service like in Erie?
Erie trash pickup service varies by neighborhood. Some residents within the city limits receive weekly garbage and recycling collection services by the City of Erie's Solid Waste Management Department.
What is the Erie County Recycling Program?
The Erie County Recycling Program sponsors monthly Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Collection events, operated by Environmental Coordination Services and Recycling. The collections are open to all Erie County residents.
Why need a temporary dumpster rental in Erie PA?
Need a temporary dumpster rental in Erie, PA? Waste Management offers easy pickup and delivery of different sizes in your local area. Waste Management helps your commercial business with waste, garbage, trash and recycling in Erie, PA for offices, stores and more.
What can be recycled in Erie and Wesleyville borough?
The City of Erie and Wesleyville Borough still use a bag collection system for their residents, but this may change in the near future. Glass. Few outlets accept recycled glass, which has a high cost to recycle thanks to its weight and potential to contaminate the stream. Plastics.
Where is the Erie County Recycling Center?
Highway 19 in Cochranton, accepts drop-offs of materials for a fee. The company also operates on Tuesdays at the Erie County Recycling Center, 1624 Filmore Avenue. You must make an appointment. Fees apply. For more information, call 866-815-0016.
How much is the 2021 county waste collection fee?
Registration is required; call 866-815-0016, or register online. Fees for the 2021 county-sponsored collections are $0.50 cents per pound for electronics and $0.50 cents per pound for household hazardous waste, and $5.00 per passenger tire (no rims).
What can I recycle?
Because of recent recycling changes, there will be some items you can no longer place in your recycling bin or bag. Here are the guidelines that most residential and business recycling programs in Erie County follow:
Where can I recycle electronics?
Electronics, specifically TVs and computers, were banned from disposal in landfills due to state legislation that also required the companies making the electronics responsible for offering recycling programs. Unfortunately, this has not only created a difficulty for many residents to find electronics recycling programs, but has made recycling electronics very expensive.
Is glass recycling out of the trash?
Glass has been phased out of most single-stream curbside recycling programs. If you want to recycling glass, instead of throwing it in the trash, you can use one of the many glass drop-off bins throughout Erie County.
Can you recycle plastic bags in curbside bins?
Not accepted in curbside bins. Always check with your municipality or recycling collection company to verify if a material is accepted or not. These items are generally no longer recyclable in curbside bins: Plastic bags.
Can you recycle glass in New York?
Customers of Waste Management, ProWaste, and Raccoon Refuse will notice that glass is no longer allowed in recycling bins. Advanced Disposal and Tri County Industries do still allow glass in their customers’ recycling bins. The difference is where the recyclables are being shipped for separation and processing. Those companies still accepting glass in recycling bins are using a facility based in Buffalo, which is mandated by New York state law to collect glass with other recycling. They are still having the same contamination problems as facilities in Pennsylvania; however, they must still continue accepting the glass, whether they can find a way to have it recycled or not. Because the facility in New York is not able to market the separated glass as a recyclable product, it is being reused as a road aggregate instead. While this is better than just throwing the glass out as garbage, it is important to understand that re-using an item is not the same as recycling it into a new product.
What is waste management in Pennsylvania?
Waste Management is committed to improving our local environment. You will find in us, a true partner that cares for the areas near Lake Erie, Erie Maritime Museum and Presque Isle State Park. We offer trash pickup and recycling services to residents in Pennsylvania including the nearby areas of Greene Township, McKean Township and North East Township. For Washington area homeowners, we have different sized garbage totes and recycling bins at affordable prices. Your "near me" search has brought you to the right place. Check for service availability now.
When to wheel carts to curbside?
Wheel your carts to the street and place curbside by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day. Do not overload carts. The cart lids must close completely. Overage fees may apply to overflowing carts. Make sure that debris is in the cart. Garbage or waste left beside carts may not be collected.
What is organic waste?
Organic or green waste refers to biodegradable items made of all natural materials. Items included in this category include:
Is recycling easy in Erie?
Recycling should be easy. As your home recycling partner in Erie, we help your mixed recyclables find their next best use.
Does Waste Management do curbside pickup?
Waste Management does an awesome job for curbside trash pickup. Their rates are competitive, (compared with other companies) Drivers always return a wave, and a smile... I appreciate & respect them, their job is a lot of hard work.
Is recycling an intentional practice?
Recycling is becoming an intentional practice for more and more homeowners, businesses and communities. As the country's largest recycler, Waste Management makes recycling in Erie convenient and affordable with a number of recycling drop off locations around the city.
Does Erie have trash pickup?
Erie trash pickup service varies by neighborhood. Some residents within the city limits receive weekly garbage and recycling collection services by the City of Erie's Solid Waste Management Department. Whenever possible, we're happy to provide smart waste solutions for smaller communities such as homeowners associations and property management groups. If your new neighborhood offers a choice for your household trash and recycling service needs, we would love to be your partner when it comes to disposing of the waste everyday life creates.
Water Rate Schedule
Customers will note a separate “service” charge listed on their quarterly bill. This charge has been in place since 1992, and represents the cost of meter reading, meter maintenance, billing, mailing, payment collection and processing. Flat rate customers have this charge “built in” to their quarterly bill as part of their component charge.
2021 Millcreek Township Sewer Rates
Flat Rate Sewer Customers $84.00 per single family dwelling per quarter
2021 Wesleyville Borough Refuse Rates
Residential and Motor Home Park Customers – $56.00 per living unit per quarter.
2021 Wesleyville Borough Sewer Rates
Residential and Motor Home Park Customers – $98.50 per living unit per quarter.
Council rejects raises
In a 4-3 vote, City Council rejected a resolution put forward by Brzezinski to raise the annual salary of City Council members from $6,000 a year to $10,000 annually, an increase of 67%.
Airbnb rental measure tabled
City Council voted 5-2 in favor of tabling an ordinance to allow short-term rentals like Airbnb to operate throughout the city with no restrictions.
