Recycling

Location

The Kennett Township Recycling Center is located at the Township Maintenance Garage, 557 Bayard Road, between Rosedale and Hillendale Roads.

Hours

The recycling and yard waste center is open dawn to dusk Monday through Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to dusk.


Household Recycling Drop-Off Program

What Can Be Recycled?

The Recycling Drop Off Center is for residents of Kennett Township ONLY.  Proof of residency may be required.  The Recycling Drop Off Center on Bayard Road now takes plastic containers No's 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7. All recycling is now commingled or "Single Stream," which means that all recycling, with the exception of shredded paper, can be collected in a single collection box. Aluminum, Metal Food Containers, Glass, Plastic Bottles, and Paper Products can be recycled at the Kennett Township Recycling Center. View the Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority website for single stream recycling items.

Please note most plastic cups and caps off of water bottles and Styrofoam can not be recycled.

Yard waste can be deposited into the yard waste area at the Township Garage, please follow signs, no contractors.

Materials Available for Residents

The Township often has wood chips, stone dust and millings available for delivery to residents. If you are interested please contact the maintenance garage at 610-444-5130.

Now Available at the Kennett Township Recycling Center:  Scrap Metal Recycling!

Yes!  You can now recycle old refrigerators, washers, dryers, hot water heaters, outdoor grills!  Just put them in the scrap metal bin!

KENNETT TOWNSHIP SCRAP METAL RECYCLING STATION SIGN FOR 2019

Special Items

Major Appliances, Tires, and Used Motor Oil, etc. can be recycled at:

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COMMERCIAL, MUNICIPAL AND INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

All recyclables which are required to be kept separate in commercial, municipal, and institutional establishments and properties and community activities pursuant to the separation of materials section of the Township Ordinance, shall either be delivered directly to a recycling center, or shall be picked up by a recyclable collection permittee or a registered hauler separately from municipal waste, in a prearranged manner.  If any recyclables are picked up by a recyclable collection permittee, then all recyclables generated at the property shall be made available to such recyclable collection permittee for collection.  Commercial, municipal, and institutional establishments and community activities shall not place recyclables within the public right-of-way for curbside collection, such curbside collection being intended solely for the placement of recyclables generated in residential properties other than multi-family housing properties.

Mercury Light-bulb Recycling Information:

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