NEW: Now accepts plastics 1-7 at the Recycling Center. Click here for details
Do not dump items at our door when the recycling center is closed. It is considered illegal dumping and violators will be prosecuted. Please do not make a difficult situation more difficult by not following the rules.
Address and Hours of Operation
Address:
355 Pleasant Unity Mutual Road, Greensburg, PA 15601
Hours of Operation:
General Public:
Mondays Noon – 5 p.m. (Closed July 3 & 4)
Wednesdays and Fridays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Second Saturday of Each Month 8:30 a.m. to Noon
Commercial/Municipal customers: Tuesdays and Thursdays 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Recycling Center HOW TO Videos
Welcome to the Recycling Center: A brief introduction to the Westmoreland Cleanways Recycling Center, explaining what materials are collected and why.
Recycling Center Tour: Dropping material off at the Recycling Center? Review the process and find out what to expect when visiting.
How to Recycle Electronics at the Center: Learn about the Westmoreland Cleanways electronics collection program and find out the details about the Pennsylvania’s electronics recycling law.
How to Recycle Foam at the Center: An introduction to Cleanways’ new foam recycling collection program and how it works including acceptable/not acceptable material and how to prepare the material.
Acceptable and Unacceptable Materials:
printer friendly Recycling Center Sheet
Not Accepted (To avoid any confusion, please review the list of items WE DO NOT ACCEPT before loading your vehicle):
- Plastic: plastic bags, pool liners, furniture, toys, buckets etc.
- Wood: furniture, TV stands, speakers, organs/pianos, anything in a wooden case or cabinet (except for console or rear projection TVs)
- Specialty glass: windows, sheet glass, automotive glass, mirrors, ceramics/toilets, candles
- Incandescent light bulbs
- Ink/toner cartridges
- Mattresses, carpet, upholstered furniture
- Medicines and medical equipment
- Vacuum cleaners, rug scrubbers
- Small appliances that are mostly plastic, glass, or ceramic (coffee makers, lamps); dishwashers with plastic drum
- Single-use alkaline or rechargeable batteries, tool batteries, loose lithium ion laptop batteries
When in doubt, ask staff.
Acceptable Materials
- All electronics listed below (TVs, computers and peripherals, small appliances) NO CHARGE for most items
- EXCEPT: Hazardous waste handling fee of $25 will be charged for disassembled/smashed CRT TVs and monitors
- Glass bottles and jars: clear, green brown (must be separated by color). No blue bottle glass NO CHARGE
- NEW: Plastics 1-7 and vinyl siding and fencing: click for details
- Paper as listed (please separate): NO CHARGE
- Cardboard (corrugated, chip board, cereal boxes)
- Sorted Office Paper (white; staples and paperclips OK)
- Mixed paper (file folders, junk mail, magazines, phone books)
- Newspaper (black and white, color inserts)
- Corrugated Plastic signs (coroplast)
- EPS (expanded polystyrene) #6 Foam (commonly referred to as Styrofoam): NO CHARGE, Video: How to Recycle Foam at the Center
- Separate by type:
- White Block Packaging Foam, Coolers
- Colored and white food service trays (CLEAN OFF ALL FOOD RESIDUE): cups, plates, grocery store trays, egg cartons, fast food containers
- NOT RECYCLABLE: Packing peanuts, Rigid foam sheet insulation typically used in construction; “Spongey” block packaging
- Separate by type:
- Car/Light Truck Tires: $4.00 Off Rim/$5.00 On Rim*
- Tractor Trailer: $15.00 Off Rim/ $18.00 On Rim*
- Agricultural/farm tractor: $80.00*
- Highway/construction/heavy equipment: $80.00*
- Refrigerant-containing Appliances (frig, freezers, A/C, dehumidifiers, etc.): $20.00/unit
- Scrap Metal (non-refrigerant appliances, propane tanks, gas grills, lawn mowers, car parts, tools, cans, misc.): NO CHARGE
- Lead Acid Batteries; Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS): NO CHARGE
- Used Motor Oil: NO CHARGE
- Bulbs and Fixtures:
- Ballasts (PCB or non-PCB) $5.00 each
- CFL (compact fluorescent)/small LED $1.00 each (change in price in June 2022)
- Specialty bulbs: fluorescent tubes 4ft or smaller, u-bend, halogen, HID, high pressure sodium, LED, etc. $1.00 each
- Fluorescent tubes 8ft or longer $2.00 each
- Household hazardous waste (paint, chemicals)* 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month when Noble Environmental is on site. Visit the link for details on acceptable material and costs.
*Members receive discount on tire disposal
Electronics, that by law must be recycled: (anything directly connected to a computer system): Video: How to Recycle Electronics
- TVs—all types (CRT tube; flat screen, rear projection, consoles (whole, intact, complete unit)
- Hazardous waste handling fee of $25 will be charged for disassembled/smashed CRT TVs and monitors
- Computer monitors—CRT tube, flat screen, and LED/LCD
- CPUs/Towers
- Laptops, iPads, tablets
- Peripherals (mice, keyboards, speakers)
- Printers and All-in-One Printers
Electronics Not required by law to be recycled but CAN be:
- Answering Machines
- Camcorders
- Cameras
- Cell phones
- Christmas light strings
- Docking Stations
- Electric typewriters
- Electrical Cords
- Fax/copy machines/duplicators
- Gaming consoles/controllers
- Microwaves
- Pagers
- Radios
- Remote Controls
- Stereos/tape/CD players
- Telephone systems
- Testing equipment
- VCR/DVD players
- Video games/cartridges
A Visit to the Center – What to Expect
- Where fees apply, we accept cash, checks (payable to Westmoreland Cleanways) or debit/credit cards.
- Be prepared to take plastic bags, bins and baskets back home unless they are to be recycled (cardboard boxes)
- Material should be pre-sorted as follows for ease in unloading vehicles. Sequence of drop-off in roughly the following order:
- Scrap Metal (Freon appliances*, car parts, tools, etc.) (*see price list)
- Plastics and vinyl siding and fencing, click for details
- Glass bottles and jars (separate by color)
- Metal lids must be removed; can be recycled with scrap metal
- No corks
- Electronics (2 categories):
- Screens (TVs, monitors, CRTs, flat panel displays; wood cabinet consoles; rear projection)
- All other electronic devices and small appliances
- Tires* (*see price list)
- Lead Acid Batteries
- Light fixtures* (tubes, bulbs, ballast) (*see price list)
- Paper (separate by category):
- Cardboard (cardboard, cereal boxes, brown paper bags, etc.)
- Newsprint (B&W, color inserts)
- Mixed Paper (magazines/catalogs, junk mail, file folders, colored/heavily printed office paper)
- White Office Paper (white paper only; shredded paper)
- Books: both hard and softback
- Corrugated plastic signs such as political campaigns, community events, and tradespeople advertisements (remove stands and grommets)
- Misc. items as directed by staff
