Electronic Recycling Collection in Rose Tree Park Oct. 21
The Pennsylvania Resources Council is collecting electronic waste for recycling Oct. 21. You must make a reservation and pay a fee for certain items.
County gets $5 million in federal funds for composting, hazardous household waste center
Delaware County is planning to spend a nearly $5 million infusion of federal monies to open a countywide composting center in Chester Township and a household hazardous waste collection site in Broomall.
Upcoming Delco Sustainability events – recycling yard signs and roadside cleanup
The Delaware County Sustainability Office is cosponsoring two upcoming events: The first is a campaign yard sign recycling opportunity May 29 and May 30 and the second is roadside cleanup in Trainer on June 13 in partnership with the NMS Watersheds Alliance to prevent roadside trash from flowing into Marcus Hook Creek.
PA Resources Council hosts workshops for Earth Month
The Pennsylvania Resources Council, a statewide environmental organization dedicated to the vision of a Pennsylvania where nothing is wasted, will offer a variety of events this year in Delaware County to celebrate April as “Earth Month.” The events will include topics such as stormwater management, composting, waste reduction, landscaping with native plants, and sustainable lifestyles.
ICYMI -You can watch the League of Women Voters video on zero waste here
The League of Women Voters of Central Delaware County recently presented a webinar program on the concept of zero waste and what it means for mediating climate change. Presenter Alex Danovitch explained how we can move from a linear economy – the extraction of the raw materials, production of a product, and its distribution, use and ultimate disposal as waste and pollution – to a circular economy where we can keep reusing, recycling and transforming the components of a product to keep them out of incinerators and landfills. You can watch the program below.
Master Gardeners clean up plastic in Smedley Park to turn into benches
For those who take a seat on one of four benches that the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Delaware County have installed at Smedley Park, they’d likely never suspect that they’re sitting on thousands of pounds of recycled plastic bags, bubble wrap and stretchy plastic film.