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Lower Merion Township Curbside Recycling
75 East Lancaster Avenue · Ardmore PA 19003
(610) 649-4000 · visit website
Lower Merion Township Curbside Recycling serves the towns of Ardmore, Bryn Mawr, Bala Cynwyd, Belmont Hills, Gladwyne, Haverford, Merion, Penn Valley, Penn Wynne, Rosemont, Villanova, Wynnewood in Pennsylvania.
Recycling Guide
Accepted Items
- Aluminum cans
- rinsed soda, juice and beer cans
- Aluminum foil
- Aluminum pie plates
- Steel/tin food + beverage cans
- rinsed soup, vegetable, fruit, dog, and cat food cans
- Clear, green, blue, + brown glass bottles and jars
- rinsed food and beverage bottles, and jars
*glass placed in single-stream recycling collections is crushed and use to cover the smell of landfills. In order to keep this infinitely recyclable material out of the landfill, consider alternative options listed on SHIFT’s Reuse + Reduce page.
- Paperboard + clear plastic egg cartons
- White carton food + gift packaging
- Plastic marked “1” through “7” on bottom
- including soda, milk, and detergent bottles, tubs, cups, trays, bakery shells, and clam-shell containers
- Food + product pouches
- Chip bags
- Baby food + drink pouches
- Meat + cheese bags
- Bubble wrap
- Air pillows
- Bread bags
- Cereal bags
- Shrink wrap + overwrap
- Aseptic + gable-top cartons
- milk, huice, soup, broth, and plantmilk cartons, plus juice boxes
- Newspapers, notebooks + school paper
- soft and hardback books and textbooks, paper shopping bags, chipboard packaging (including nonperishable food boxes), beer and soda cartons packaging, cracker, cake and cereal boxes (without plastic pouches or inserts), magazines, junk mail, bills, kraft and chipboard packaging
- Corrugated cardboard
- cardboard boxes must be broken down to 4′ x 4′ x 12″
Not Accepted
- Heavily soiled food containers
- Medicine containers
- Styrofoam
- including egg cartons and packing peanuts
- Aerosol cans
- Hangers + scrap metal
- Glass cookware/bakeware
- Shredded paper
- Clothes + textiles (see note below)
- Electronics that plug into a wall or have cords, batteries or circuit boards
- power strips and extension cords, string lights, computers and phones, light bulbs, household appliances, batteries
*In order to keep e-waste out of the landfill, consider alternative options listed on SHIFT’s Reuse + Reduce page.
- Ceramic dishes + mugs
- Light bulbs
- Propane canisters
- Garden hoses + ropes
- Motor oil containers + automotive parts
- Tools, nails + building materials
- Tarps + outdoor carpet
- Plastic + metal banding/strapping
- Medical tubing
- Construction/demolition debris
NOTE: Clothes and textiles may be dropped off, free of charge, at the Township recycling center during normal business hours.
Guidelines
Recycle + Reuse
Last updated March 2020