Recycling Opportunities for Selinsgrove Borough
SOLID WASTE – Recycling fees Resolution 17-05; Updated Resolution 2023-13 (adopted 10/2/23; effective 1/1/24)
- Curbside collection $16.00 per quarter
- Borough cleanup $8.00 per quarter
SPRING 2025 ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025 from 8:00 AM – NOON
F2.Other Recycling Opportunites 2025
(updated on 4/7/25 – removed oak tag paper, paper back books, and hard cover books from restrictions on Hi-Grade Office Paper)
Recycling Drop-Off Center West Sassafras Street
Every Thursday—8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
First & Third Saturday of each month –
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
(Closed on Holidays-No Make Up Day)
(Closed-Thanksgiving Day)
- Tin/Steel Cans: (Rinsed Cans Only) No scrap metal, paint or aerosol cans.
- Aluminum: (Rinsed Cans Only) Beverage cans. No foil, paint, aerosol cans or scrap metal.
- Glass: Clear, Brown and Green: (Rinse and remove caps.) Jar and bottle form only. No plate glass, mirrors, auto glass, ceramics, window glass, TV picture tubes, fiberglass, China dishes, earthenware, pottery, Pyrex cooking glass, drinking glasses or candle jars. Do not break the glass. Any Blue glass may be recycled with Green glass.
- Plastics: Nos. 1’s –PETE and 2’s — HDPE ONLY: (Rinse – flatten if you can, caps may be left on) Bottle shaped, mouth smaller than body of bottle. (No motor oil, brake fluid, antifreeze, or chemical containers.)
- Corrugated Cardboard (Breakdown) and Paperboard: No waxed cardboard. Examples of paperboard are as follows: Toilet paper/paper towel rolls, soda boxes, cereal boxes, shoe boxes, tissue boxes, junk mail including window envelopes, cardboard style egg cartons, etc.
- Hi-Grade Office Paper: Full sheets or shredded. (No plastic window envelopes)
All shredded paper taken to the Public Works Building for Recycling MUST be in a plastic bag. This is the ONE EXCEPTION to the “no plastic bag rule”. - Newspapers: Must be clean and dry. (Remove all glossy inserts and put with magazines.) Not tied or in bags.
- Magazines, Catalogs & Phone Books: Must be clean and dry. Not tied or in bags.
- Plastics: Co-mingled: (Rinse.) All plastics #4-7 (except 1’s & 2’s in bottle form, see #4 above.) Examples include: clamshells, buckets (without the metal handles), yogurt cups, butter cups, lids, medicine bottles, hard plastics, PVC and industrial plastics, etc. Just because a # is on the product doesn’t make it applicable – NO styrofoam or polystyrene.
- No gift wrap. No plastic grocery bags.
NOTE: NO drop-off prior to or after scheduled times. Violators will be prosecuted. Residents must separate recyclables and deposit items in appropriate containers provided.
Curbside Recycling
Aluminum and Glass Pickup
Last Wednesday of Each Month
(items must be placed at curbside prior to 8:00 a.m.)
ALL ITEMS MUST BE RINSED OUT & CAPS REMOVED.
- Aluminum Beverage Cans (typically, soda and beer cans).
- Clear Glass—Bottles & Jars (no candle jars, plates, or drinking glasses).
- Blue/Green Glass—Bottles & Jars.
- Brown Glass—Bottles & Jars.
Glass must be separated by color or the recycler will not pick them up. Place items in any solid, open-top container. Selinsgrove Borough no longer has containers available. Do not use plastic or paper bags.
IF OTHER METALS ARE MIXED IN WITH ALUMINUM OR OTHER GLASS MIXED IN WHERE IT SHOULD NOT BE, THEN IT WILL NOT BE PICKED UP AT THAT TIME. PLEASE MAKE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS AND IT CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT THE SASSAFRAS LOCATION OR PICKED UP THE NEXT MONTH.
Brush Pickup
May 5, 2025 & October 20, 2025
Brush, branches, tree limbs, tree trimmings (no bigger than 4” in diameter, and limited to 1 cubic yard–equal to a combined container capacity of 200 gallons) will be picked up curbside. Garden residue, twigs, vines, soft stem plants and weeds (no grass clippings, roots, dirt or soil debris, or garbage bags) must be placed in moisture-proof, open-top containers capable of permitting materials to be picked up and dumped into a truck (limit of 30 pounds/container). Items are to be placed along the curb, but not out into the street, before 7:00 a.m.
Leaf Pickup
October 27 through
November 26, 2025
(or the first snowfall)
(pickup will follow the street cleaning schedule)
Leaves are to be placed along the curb, but not into the street, before 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled day for your street. Leaves may be bagged but may not include brush, twigs, branches, grass, vines, soft-stem plants, any other similar materials that would clog the Borough’s leaf vacuum, or any non-vegetative matter.
Live Christmas Tree Pickup
Christmas trees, which are placed along the curb, will be picked up during the first 10 working days in January. (January 2 – 15, 2026)
No plastic bags, decorations or other attachments (tree stands) will be picked up.
Compost Site
Borough Compost Yard Drop-Off
South end of Strawberry Alley
As of 5/10/24 –
New Compost Hours:
Weekdays (excluding holidays) from 7:30AM—3:00PM
1st and 3rd Saturday (excluding holidays) from 8:00AM—NOON
This change is necessary to help prevent illegal dumping by non-residents. Violations of illegal dumping at the compost site have increased, which is increasing the fees to grind the debris dropped off; fees which are paid by Selinsgrove Borough residents. Any recycling/compostable debris brought to a Selinsgrove Borough collection facility is only allowed from Selinsgrove Borough residences and Selinsgrove Borough businesses. For those who own property in Selinsgrove Borough but do not LIVE in Selinsgrove Borough, your composting from the outside municipality should remain in that municipality.
Garden Residue, Brush and Leaves ONLY. Place at locations noted by signs in yard area. (No grass clippings. No bags. No demolition material or fill.) Composted leaves and mulch are available to Borough residents.
