Glass recycling container
Harrisburg residents now have another option to recycle glass.
Dauphin County announced on Monday that, in partnership with the city, it is accepting glass for recycling at the Dauphin County Recycling Center, adding another location to the list of drop-off sites in Harrisburg.
The city’s public works department does not currently collect glass as part of its curbside recycling collection. Residents who wish to recycle glass must take it to one of 10 containers throughout the city.
“Our recycling center frequently receives calls about glass recycling,” said county Commission Chair George Hartwick. “While most curbside recycling programs do allow it, some do not, so this partnership will be helpful to residents who want to be environmentally responsible, bolstering our citywide and countywide efforts to reduce litter and illegal dumping.”
The Dauphin County Recycling Center is located near the Steelton Borough line, at 1625 S. Cameron St.
The initiative began on Monday, at no additional cost to the county. Harrisburg has provided a two-yard dumpster for the collection and will service it weekly, or as often as needed.
The recycling center is open Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
“This is a great way to promote the partnership between the City of Harrisburg and Dauphin County to help streamline everyone’s day-to-day lives,” said Dave West, Harrisburg’s director of public works. “Instead of going to one place to recycle glass and one place to recycle everything else, now residents can do it all in one place. It’s a great idea, and one that will also help pull glass from mixing in with waste.”
For more information about recycling in Dauphin County, visit their website.
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