Leechburg Recycling Center in PA Still Going Strong After About 40 Years

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): Leechburg has taken recycling into its own hands. The Kiski River town in Armstrong County operates its own recycling center with an all-volunteer staff of about a dozen dedicated people from the Leechburg, Apollo and Allegheny Township areas, said Leechburg Council President Tom Foster. And it has been doing it for close to 40 years.

“We couldn’t do it without all of our volunteers,” said Foster, noting that the recycling center on Logan Avenue Extension is open three hours each weekday morning. Even during the covid-19 pandemic, when people were afraid to gather, Foster said, “our volunteers kept on coming.”

Although Leechburg has a trash hauler that takes waste to a landfill, the borough’s public works crew collects recyclables from residents twice a month and brings them to the recycling center warehouse, Foster said. Volunteers sift through the single stream of recyclables — the various colored glass, cans, paper and cardboard — doing the dirty work to separate the items.

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