Trash and Recycling
Letter from Council
TO: Residents
FROM: Borough Council
DATE October, 2011
At the October 4th meeting of the Elverson Borough Council, Eagle Disposal, Inc. was awarded our waste disposal contract for the 2012 through the 2014 calendar years. The contract will begin in January 3rd of 2012. By law the Borough must have a contract for waste management. As a resident, your responsibility is to use the contracted Borough hauler, unless you opt to transport your own trash, recycling, and lawn & leaf to a dump on you own. The Borough believes we have made the best contract possible on your behalf. Eagle Disposal Inc. will:
- Provide Total Waste Management services from January 3, 2012 through December 31, 2014 at $17.66 a month per household. A .10-cent increase will occur in each of the years 2015 and 2016.
- Direct billing to all residential owners and landlords
- Curbside solid waste weekly collection
- Weekly collection of recyclables same day as trash
- Paper and cardboard recycled in your own recycle container, recycle dumpster eliminated
- One (1) bulky item monthly, collected with regular trash with the first of the month pickup
- Yard waste – branches and leaf bags weekly curbside collection
- Provide 96-gallon container and 18-gallon recycle container*
- Collect Christmas trees from December 26th through February 15th.
* For some homes with limited garage space, special conditions may apply permitting the homeowner to purchase a smaller 50-gallon heavy duty tote from Lowes and/or Wal-Mart at your expense
Example of Current and Future Billing
With our current system, Elverson Borough uses your tax dollars to pay almost $15.00 for each household per month. A sample monthly bill for a home in our current system is $14.88 which covers recycling, bulk pickup, Christmas trees, yard waste and the residents pay only the cost of the trash bags. So for this example we used one bag a week or 4 trash bags at $3.00 per bag (12.00 for the month) the total waste management cost for this household would be $26.88 a month. Everyone’s costs are higher and lower than this number according to the number of trash bags used. With this new contract in January, the cost will be $17.66 a month for each contracted homeowner, billed quarterly in advance.
We understand that making such a change may create questions and/or concerns. With everyone working together and time available to make the rollover successful, all should go well.
Eagle Disposal of PA, INC. Letter to Residents
Dear Elverson Home Owners,
Eagle Disposal of PA, INC. was awarded the most recent contract that begins official service on January 1, 2012. We are looking forward to working with all of you. Changes have taken place to the current contract and we are here to help you through all of them. Ms. Lori Brooks in our office at 717-355-9560 will be your contact person and can be reached at LORI@EAGLEDISPOSAL.NET. All homeowners must call in, or mail the form enclosed by November 20th to sign up for trash service. The cost for the first quarter will be $52.98 in advance or $17.66 a month times 3 months. We do ask that you pay when signing up; you can pay by check, cash, money order, Visa, Master Card or Discover.
This cost includes a 96-gallon toter, the 18-gallon recycle bin, and disposal of one bulk item on the first Tuesday of the month. Bulk does not include: tires, building materials and appliances with Freon. However, a special pickup can be arranged for a Freon based appliance for a fee of $15.00 per item. If you have larger items, please call our office to speak to Lori, Jill, or Andrea who would be happy to help you. Bulk items cannot be heavier than two people can easily lift.
Next you would also have yard waste pickup weekly on the regular Tuesday pickup days. Yard waste and leaves must be in biodegradable brown bags with brush being cut in four foot or shorter lengths and tied together in a bundle.
When calling to set up your services you need to let us know, how many residents you are setting up for as there are some have renters. Should your property become vacant it is your responsibility to call us to stop bill on that address for you until it is rented again. We will need accurate billing and owner addresses for all you want serviced. Once you have signed up, toters will be delivered and just have trash, recycle, and yard waste out the night before. If it is the first Tuesday of the Month your bulk item must be out the night before as well.
As a helpful hint to keep your toters sanitary, we suggest placing your trash in bags in the toters and additionally rinse them out monthly.
When you are billed for each quarter after the first one you will have 30 days to submit payment, or we will notify you that service will be stopped at your address, and if you have renters it will be you place to notify them.
For some special exception residents that have very small middle townhouse garages, you may be eligible to purchase your own 50-gallon toter at one of two places listed below. When you call for service, you must request this service, upon approval, payment, a special sticker will be sent to you for the toter. The quarterly charges will be the same as any other resident.
- Wal-Mart, 50 Gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck $33.97
- Lowe’s, 50-gallon Commercial Trash Can Item 279309 $41.97
- Lowe’s, 48- gallon Toter Greenstone Granite Item 342 $69.82
All toters and recycle bins will remain the property of the hauler, except those purchased by special exception. Some residents have recycling cans that need replaced. When you sign up for service, please notify the staff if yours needs replaced.
You do have the right to opt out of trash service, you must call Eagle and notify us that you want to dispose of your own trash, however, you cannot use another hauler. Additionally the Municipality through legal options and ordinances has the right to appoint a Borough hauler as a service and the property owners must use that vendor with the option being to opt out of the service to haul the trash, recycling, lawn and leaf outside of the Borough to the dump.
We look forward to serving all of you and we are here to make this an easy transition for all of you. Any questions or concerns, Please call our office and we will be happy to help you. We want to work together as a team for the good of the residents as well as the Borough
Donna Risbon
Office Manager
Eagle Disposal of PA, INC.
717-355-9560
Eagle Sign Up Form
BOROUGH OF ELVERSON
TRASH SIGN UP SHEET
SINGLE RESIDENTIAL HOMES
NAME_______________________________________________________
ADDRESS____________________________________________________
PHONE________________________EMAIL________________________
* IF MULTIPLE RESIDENTS (apartments) PLEASE CALL OFFICE TO SIGN UP.
PLEASE ENCLOSE FIRST PAYMENT (17.66 X 3 months) $52.98
__Check Number ___________
__Visa __Master Card __Discover
Name on Card______________________________
Card # ___________________________________
Expiration Date ____________________________
Security code # on reverse side ________________
__Special Annual Prepayment check or money order (211.92 -5% =201.32)
RETURN TO:
EAGLE DISPOSAL OF PA INC.
P.O. BOX 288
EAST EARL PA 17519
THANK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION CONTACT LORI AT 717-355-9560
Recycling
TRASH, BULK PICK UP, YARD WASTE,
RECYCLING, AND ANNUAL CALENDAR
I. Curbside Trash Collection
- Borough Council has awarded the Trash Bid to Eagle Disposal Company.
- Trash collection will begin on January 3, 2012
- Three separate trucks will visit Elverson for trash, recycling and lawn and yard waste. On bulk pick up days a fourth truck will handle bulk pick up.
- Suggest each resident use generic plastic bags in the trash tote to maintain the sanitary conditions of your tote. Keeping the tote clean is your responsibility. Consider rinsing with a disinfectant and a hose every so often.
- Each household will receive a 96-gallon tote, which holds 5-6 bags of trash. It measures 46’ H X 28’ W X 32” D
- If you are an exception site, you must have preapproval from Eagle Disposal, one of the three recommended cans from either Wal-Mart or Lowes and a special label from Eagle on the tote.
- Those residents in middle home in Summerfield, which has very small garage, may wish to request special dispensation from Eagle to acquire a smaller 50-gallon tote to reduce the space within the garage floor footprint. This decision will be made by Eagle Disposal and not appropriate for all. At Wal-Mart, it is a 50-gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck at $33.97 and at Lowes United Solutions 50 gallon Commercial Trash Can (279309) at 41.97 and finally the Toter 48 gallon Greenstone granite can #342 at $69.82.
II. Monthly Bulk Pick-Up
- Bulk Pick-up will be held on first Tuesday of the month.
- One Item will be picked up (i.e. furniture and appliance)
- Items not permitted include tires, building materials and appliances with Freon.
- Eagle Disposal has agreed to make special pickups for Freon based items or extra large items for a fee.
- Contact Lorrie at Eagle Disposal for special arrangements 717-3555-9560
III. Yard Waste
- Leaf and Yard Waste will be picked up weekly. Leaves and grass must be in PAPER BIODEGRADABLE BAGS. Branches must be bound and not longer than 4 feet. These will be picked up in a separate truck to go to composting.
IV. Christmas Tree Pick-Up
- Trees will be picked-up during regular curbside trash collection days in December 27th through February 15.
V. Recycling
Recycling pick-up days are every Tuesday curbside and each residence receives one recycling container. A separate truck will pick up recycling. Additional recycling containers are available through Eagle Disposal at (717) 355-9560
Glass
Clear, brown and green jars, and bottles
NO window and plate glass, light bulbs, crystal, ceramics, headlights and mirrors
Rinse glass clean; remove metal or plastic rings and lids
Cans
Aluminum, steel and bi-metal cans
No restriction on type of cans
Rinse cans clean; not necessary to remove labels
Plastic
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 Plastic which is numbered on bottom with arrows around number
NO other plastics or oil, anti-freeze or other such plastic containers
Remove lids, rinse container clean, flatten container
Paper
Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, scrap paper, cardboard, office paper, gift-wrap, food boxes (e.g. cereal boxes with liners removed, spaghetti boxes, pizza boxes emptied and wiped clean, etc.) All papers must be either bound or in a paper bag.
Curbside on scheduled pick-up day in recycling container, no separating necessary; all allowable items may be mixed together and put in brown paper bags, tied with string or cardboard boxes.
Styrofoam may not be recycled at this time
VI. 2012 HOLIDAY CALENDAR
CALENDAR
- Trash collection days will be every Tuesday beginning in January 3, 2012.
- If the actual holiday falls on a Monday or Tuesday (i.e. Memorial Day, Labor Day), collection will be on Wednesday.
2012 Holiday Pickup Day
Tuesday May 29, Wednesday May 30,
Tuesday September 4 Wednesday September 5,
Tuesday December 25 Wednesday December 26
December 31/January 1 Wednesday January 1, 2013
Questions Regarding Trash & Recycling: Contact Eagle Disposal Company (717) 355-9560
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