Wondering how to responsibly recycle materials close to home? Call the Recycling Hotline!  800-346-4242

The hotline was created as a collaboration between the PA Resources Council and what was then the Department of Environmental Resources for the first Recycling Month back in October of 1984. 

The hotline continues to offer residents of Pennsylvania a resource to get answers to their recycling related questions.

PRC has received thousands of calls since adopting the Recycling Hotline, from across the state. Residents from 53 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties have called with questions about how to recycle their materials – in fact, PRC received calls from places as far as Colorado, New Mexico, and Florida!

However, the majority of calls to the Recycling Hotline were made from residents of Bucks County (18 percent), Allegheny County (16 percent), and Cumberland County (11 percent).

The callers are interested in learning about how to recycle their televisions (51.1 percent), with an additional 11 percent of callers interested in safely disposing of their household chemicals like paints and automotive fluids, and 10 percent of callers interested in recycling their other electronics.

PRC is typically able to connect callers with recycling options for their materials, should they exist, in their counties.

This information helps us continue to connect residents across Pennsylvania with the resources they need to responsibly recycle and manage their materials. These calls also enable us to see a bigger picture of the what types of needs Pennsylvanians have in regards to disposal.

For more information on programs, initiatives and special events, visit the PA Resources Council website.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates, follow PRC on Twitter or Like them on Facebook.  Click Here for PRC’s Events Calendar.  Click Here to support their work.

(Reprinted from the November PA Resources Council newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

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