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Ways to Go Greener in Cranberry Patch
Here's a list of some quick-and-easy ways to deal with items that should not be sent to landfills or recycled at the curb.
Although April 22 is officially Earth Day, it's not too early for residents of Cranberry and surrounding townships to begin to look at ways to be more environmentally friendly.
One way is by recycling items at an event this weekend. The other is to make the effort to recycle items that are not collected in curbside recycling or are banned from landfills.
The Pennsylvania Resource Council and partners will hold a Hard to Recycle collection from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills, off Route 28 in Frazer Township.
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For the first time, the event will accept hard, white, molded Polystyrene packing material for free, thanks to a partnership with NOVA Chemicals and Appliance Warehouse. Fees apply to some items. See the list here plus additional details in the flyer.
If you can't make it there, there are other places that accept hard-to-recycle items. The following is a list of items, provided in part by the Cranberry Township website, and where you can take them for disposal:
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Appliances (Used)
Goodwill, Cranberry (small appliances)
Tomson Scrap Metals, Brackenridge
The Appliance Warehouse, South Side
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Automotive Oils
Call the DEP Recycling Hotline at 1-800-346-4242 for information about used oil recycling facilities in your area.
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Batteries
Battery Giant of Pittsburgh, Cranberry
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Construction Materials
Construction Junction, Point Breeze; Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Swissvale
Collier Stone Company, Carnegie (concrete, brick, rock, asphalt)
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Cardboard
Greenstar,Β Neville Island
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Goodwill, Richland Township
Β A Greenspan Computer Stewardship & Recycling Co., Sharpsburg
Construction Junction, Point Breeze
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Electronics
eLoop recycling center, Harmonyο»Ώ
ECS&R, Evans City
Ecycling Recycling, Wexford
Best Buy, Cranberry Township
Staples, Cranberry Township
Target, Cranberry, Route 19 and Route 228 locations
Best Buy, Cranberry
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Paints/Paint Products
ECS&R, Evans City
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Plastic Bags (newspaper and shopping)
Giant Eagle, Cranberry
Target, Cranberry, Route 19 and Route 228 locations
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Tires (motor oil, car batteries)
Pep Boys, Cranberry
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For a complete list of materials that can be recycled and where to recycle them, click here.
Did we miss any places in the Cranberry area that recycle? Let us know in the comments box below.
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