Recycling and Up Cycling Opportunities

The EAC wants to provide an interactive resource for township residents to reduce, reuse and recycle unwanted items in our households with sustainability and the environment in mind. You are welcome to share any ideas with the ongoing project by east.nantmealeac [at] gmail.com (emailing) us.

Please check websites for hours and info or call before going.

Lanchester Landfill

Chester County Solid Waste Authority 7224 Division Highway Narvon, PA 610-273-3771 check website for no charge recyclables; will accept up to 3 TVs. You will need to bring help; none available at site.

 

Regent Printing

256 Eagleview Blvd, #100 Exton 610-280-7891 (next to Iron Hill Brewery) will take bubble wrap, packing peanuts, air filled wrap

 

Goin’Postal

210 Crossings Blvd, Elverson 610-420-5403 will take bubble wrap, packing peanuts, air filled wrap

 

Staples or Office Depot 

Recycle Printer cartridges. Get store credit.

 

Community ECO Store

252 Bridge St., Phoenixville
Terre Cycle collection bins at the ECO Store

 

Terre Cycle

(Long list of stuff)Wine Bottle Corks-Real cork not plastic

 

Althouse Arboretum

ECO store
Support the Arboretum by recycling cell phones, eyeglasses, used ink cartridges, CDs and DVDs with us. Just drop them off at the farmhouse.

Electronics
PAR-Recycle Works is a nonprofit electronics recycler that provides transitional employment to people returning from prison.

 

Smart Wool

Recycle clean but worn old socks! Smart Wool will take back all brands and types of clean & worn socks when you order from their website. Simply add “take back bag” (free) to your order & get a prepaid FedEx label

 

Reuseit Shop

610-286-7233 2769 Main Street Morgantown accepts donations and sells clothing, sewing supplies, fabric, yarn, shoes, handbags, toys etc for Mennonite missions

 

Fix and Mend

To reduce waste it’s always a good idea to fix things rather than tossing. Mending old clothes is another way to keep them out of landfills. You can make your clothing wearable art! Check out Visible Mending in the UK!

 

Beartown Recycling

6943 Division Hwy, Narvon,PA 17555 717-354-4720 Steel, ferrous, non ferrous, cardboard, paper, e scraps or junked cars

 

Recycling Center North Coventry

365 Elm St. Pottstown, PA 19465 610-323-8545 Recycles metal, glass, paper, plastic

 

Remark Glass 

is a zero-waste certified, women owned business focused on innovative and creative glass reuse in Phila. All the glass work is made with waste bottle glass. Save your beautiful wine bottles! Women owned zero waste certified focused on innovative & creative glass reuse. All glass work is made with waste bottle glass. Save your special occasion wine or champagne bottles & have them made into a work of art. Bottles are collected by Appointment at:

Bottle Underground
1901 S. 9th Street, Bok BU, Phila. 19148
Drop off by appointment

Through a high quality glass collection and sorting system, our mission is to make the highest and best use of bottle glass through recirculation, recycling, downcycling and upcycling with the goal of reducing glass waste on a local level.

Goats! Super Recyclers. Goats will eat cleaned (no tinsel etc) Christmas Trees. Ask your local goat farmer if he/she wants a formerly live tree. Or look up local goat rescues on the internet.

Amazing Grazing,LLC /Brush and Weed Control 302-438-5139

 

The Bag Share Project

How to upcycle your empty feed bags into reusable shopping bags.

Products made from waste

WasteLAB.KOHLER.com Kohler products reuses their waste material into “stunning and sustainable” products like The Crackle Collection tiles. Available for sale.