Waste and Recycling
NOTICE ABOUT RECYCLABLE MATERIALS!
Recycling Ordinance & Regulations
Recycling in Newport Township
What you need to know about recycling
Recycling Ordinances:
Ordinance #4 of 2012 relating to recycling ordinance
Ordinance #1 of 1995
Recycling Ordinance 1998-4
Ordinance 10 of 2004
Ordinance #3 of 2012 relating to refuse collection.
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BULK PICK UP INCLUDES:
FURNITURE; MATTRESS, BOX SPRING (MATTRESS AND BOX SPRING ARE CONSIDERED ONE ITEM and MUST BE WRAPPED IN PLASTIC); CARPETS MUST BE CUT INTO 4’ LENGTHS, TIED/BUNDLED WITH TACKS REMOVED; MAJOR APPLIANCES; FRIDGE AND FREEZERS MUST HAVE DOORS REMOVED AND MUST BE TAGGED “FREON REMOVED”; AIR CONDITIONERS MUST BE TAGGED “FREON REMOVED”; GRASS CUTTERS MUST HAVE ALL FLUIDS REMOVED.
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL IS NOT INCLUDED (WOOD, SHEETROCK,CEILING TILES, ETC)
MISSED REFUSE AND RECYCLING:
THE REFUSE HAULER HAS UNTIL 5:00 p.m. TO COLLECT TRASH ON YOUR PICK UP DAY.
TO REPORT MISSED REFUSE OR RECYCLING CALL NEWPORT TOWNSHIP AT 570-735-4735. AFTER HOURS, PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE INDICATING DAY MISSED , ADDRESS, AND WHAT WAS MISSED (REFUSE OR RECYCLING).
HOLIDAYS ON A WEEKDAY WILL CAUSE YOUR TRASH TO BE COLLECTED ONE DAY LATE. PLEASE CHECK RECYCLING CALENDAR FOR PICK UP DAYS AS THE TOWNSHIP DOES NOT PICK UP RECYCLING ON THE WEEKEND.
PLOWING & SALTING TAKE PRECEDENCE ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. PLEASE BE PATIENT, YOUR RECYCLING WILL BE COLLECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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