RPA Clean Sweep April 14
CLEANSWEEP 2018
Recycling and Cleanup Event sponsored by the
Rural Preservation Association of Northwestern Lehigh County
PO Box 91, Germansville 18053
Saturday, April 14th 8 AM – 12 noon
Lowhill Township Building, Route 100
The RPA-NLC helps to fund educational opportunities for students in the
Northwestern Lehigh school district with proceeds remaining after expenses.
Donation Schedule
Auto & Pick up Tires……………$2 each
Tractor Trailer Tires……………$10 each (11R 24.5 only)
Auto Tire on rim………………..$3 each
Small Tires……………………..$2 each (motorcycle, ATV, wheelbarrow)
*We cannot accept Farm Tractor or Loader Tires this year*
Refrigerators/freezers…………$20 each
Appliances w/ Freon…………..$10 each (A/Cs, dehumidifiers)
Appliances w/o Freon………….$5 each (stoves, washers, dryers)
Trash calculated……………….$50.00 per pick up load
Fluorescent Lamps……………..$1 each
Ballasts…………………………$4 each
Propane Tanks………………….$5 each
Household Batteries……………$1/pound
Monitors………………………..$15 each
Office photocopiers, large……..$10 each
TVs 41” or less………………….$30 each
TVs in cabinet or over 41”……..$55 each
TVs, projection…………………$55 each
Other Electronics – Free Will Donation Appreciated: Adding machines, answering machines, cameras, cell phones, calculators, clocks, coffee makers, cords and cables, CD players, CPUs, fax machines, headphones, ink cartridges, joysticks, keyboards, laptops, microphones, microwaves, modems, computer mice, movie projectors, pagers, printers, radios, razors, record players, speakers, stereos, tape recorders, telephones, toaster ovens, typewriters, VCRs, video game consoles and controllers, power tools, batteries
Also accepting: scrap metals (please remove all non metal parts, gas and oil from motors),
auto batteries, bicycles, cooking oil, transmission fluid, uncontaminated used motor oil, pet cages/carriers, pet supplies, extension cords, strings of holiday lights, and baling twine
Goodwill will be accepting donations of clothing, jewelry, purses, useable household items, bedding, towels, curtains, books, toys, stuffed animals, lamps, craft items, luggage, games, sports equipment, working small electronics, musical instruments, and kitchenware. Please wrap breakable items.
Snyders Second Chances will be accepting good used furniture and household items.
No paints, chemicals, antifreeze, smoke detectors, hazardous waste!
Lehigh County Hazardous Household Waste Call 610-782-3073 for information.
You may recycle throughout the year at these locations:
Antifreeze, Auto Batteries 309 Auto, New Tripoli: 610-298-8855
Antiques: or old architectural items, claw foot tubs, radiators, moldings and trim, doors, hardware, light fixtures, windows: Allentown Preservation League, 1518 W. Walnut St, Allentown: 610-437-1989; or see www.allentownpreservation.org for hours
Bicycles: Community Bike Works: 235 N. Madison, Allentown: 610-434-1140; or see www.communitybikeworks.org
Electronics (see list of electronics on opposite side that will be accepted for a fee); CDs, DVDs, other techno trash; Fluorescent & Mercury lamps, Liquid Mercury: A.E.R.C Recycling Solutions., 2330 SW 26th St, Allentown: 610-797-7608; or see www.aerc.com. Consumer drop-off 2nd Friday of each month
9AM – 3PM. Electronics may also be recycled at RRS, Tomahawk Dr, Kutztown: 484-641-5156; or see responsiblerecyclingservices.com. Check website for year-round convenient retail drop-off sites.
Farm Tractor and Loader Tires: check with Service Tire Center, 2255 Avenue A, Bethlehem: 610-954-8473 Smaller Tires (wheelbarrow, ATV, mower, auto): Check with Earth First Tire Recycling, LLC,
400 Island Park Rd, Easton; 610-438-8330
Lawn Equipment, Propane Tanks: Plaza Hardware, Route 309, New Tripoli: 610-767-6500; $5 to recycle propane tank or $5 credit toward new one
Oil (no contaminants), used cooking oil: Blue Mountain Equipment, 8711 Kings Hwy, Kempton: 610-756-6110
Packing Peanuts (clean) & Styrofoam Packing Materials: EBC, 6900 Hamilton Blvd, Trexlertown:
610-366-1970
Slate, bricks, blocks, rock, concrete, tile: Crushcrete: 610-865-1898, ask for Tony
ReStore/Habitat: 1053 Grape St, Whitehall (610-776-7737 www.habitat.org/restore) will accept newer appliances, furniture, building materials, electrical supplies, flooring, windows, hardware, plumbing supplies, and more. Check website for information on latex paint recycling events in 2018.
Allentown Recycling Center: 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr, Allentown (610-437-8729, www.lehighcounty.org) will recycle clean glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans, tin and bimetal cans, cardboard, office paper and magazines, newspapers, paperboard, telephone books, good used clothing, hardback and paperback books, #1 and #2 plastics, scrap metals. Open 24 hours a day.
Bethlehem Recycling Center: Illick’s Mill Rd between Schoenersville Rd and Center St, Bethlehem (610-865-7082, www.bethlehem-pa.gov/recycling/services) will recycle clean glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans, tin and bimetal cans, aerosol cans, cardboard, paperboard, office paper, glossy magazines, newspapers, Styrofoam (no egg cartons or food containers of any kind), plastics #1 through #7, telephone books, clothing and textiles, hardback and paperback books, scrap metals. Free paper shredding. Open M-F 9AM-5PM, Saturday 9AM-4PM, and Sunday 11AM-4 PM.
Ask about local yard waste recycling sites, or consider composting kitchen and yard wastes on your own property.
The RPA-NLC is sponsoring Cleansweep. The four Northwestern Lehigh townships are not providing waste disposal facilities or financial help for the event, and while Lowhill Township is allowing the use of its facilities, it is not sponsoring the event. Donations are not tax deductible.
Questions? Call Janice at 610-767-9297 M-F 8:30 AM – 4:00 P