Westmoreland Cleanways

Westmoreland County Recycling and Environmental Education

Phone: 724-879-4020 / Fax: 724-879-8576
Email: [email protected]

Business Office and Recycling Center GPS Address:
355 Pleasant Unity Mutual Road, Greensburg PA 15601

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You are here: Home / Bulletin Board / A Look Back at 2020

A Look Back at 2020

December 30, 2020

Despite the unusual state of affairs in 2020, Westmoreland Cleanways is proud to report:

  • In January 2020, the Recycling Center moved from a 3,400 ft² warehouse to an eight acre property with 20,000 ft² or warehouse space.
  • In December 2020, Westmoreland Cleanways become property owners of said eight acre property, 355 Pleasant Unity Mutual Road in Greenburg.
  • Awarded a $46,500 grant from the Foodservice Packaging Institute to add a foam densifier to the Recycling Center.  We began accepting polystyrene in November when the FoamCycle machine was installed.
  • Through Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, we were awarded a Richard King Mellon Foundation Grant to be used towards making educational videos about our Recycling Center.
  • During 2 Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) events,  339 households participated, dropping off 30,315 pounds of HHW.
  • We had over 8,600 visitors to the center, despite being closed for 4 months, and then unable to accept electronics for 2 more months.
  • Shipped out for proper disposal:
    • 840,000 pounds of TVs
    • 137,120 pounds of e-waste
    • 98, 500 pounds of paper and cardboard
    • 33,885 pounds of lead acid batteries
    • 100,000 pounds (50 tons) of glass
    • approximately 4780 tires
    • approximately 18,200 bulbs
    • approximately 650 Freon items
    • approximately 100 tons of scrap metal

Contact Information

Phone: 724-879-4020
Fax: 724-879-8576
Email: [email protected]

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Locations

NEW Business Office/Mailing Address:
355 Pleasant Unity Mutual Road
Greensburg, PA  15601

Recycling Center/GPS Address:
355 Pleasant Unity Mutual Road
Greensburg, PA  15601

 

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