Don't tell your customers that you accept ALL recyclables, if you don't accept them all recycles. Wet or dry. Also employees throwing it back in customers car is unacceptable.
I've only ever been here to pick up yard waste bags, which they have always had available. You must park, and walk in through the drive thru to the main office to pick these up. When you enter the office they are located directly ahead. On the counter to the left of the stack of bags you will find a logbook for you to fill out with a few details as these bags are only made available for city residents. Be aware that they close no later than 5 minutes before the advertised closing time, so ensure you give yourself 5-10 extra minutes to arrive before the gates are closed for the day.
I'd like to see these bags made available in the drive thru as well. The attendants could have the clipboard hanging nearby and hand it to the driver to fill out (or just get the details verbally while the attendant fills this out), and the bags placed in the vehicle just as is done with recycling materials. This would eliminate foot traffic crossing through this area and the small parking lot, permitting only staff to be moving around between cars and moving equipment.
There's a dumpster outside the entrance for glass, aluminum, etc. Inside the building, they take a wide array of paper products - paper bags, cardboard, chip board, office paper, magazines, shredded paper (in bag), newspapers. Much more than my trash/recycling service pick up in my township. I'm glad to have a place to recycle more things!
I love Lancaster City has this Recycling center for chipboard, magazines, hard cover and paper back books, newspaper, office paper/junk mail and glass candle jars
Helpful staff, clearly labeled bins, line moves fast. Very appreciative that I can recycle office paper, chipboard, and shiny paper. They also have free yard waste bags for city residents.
Customer service is always excellent. The 2 staff helped myself and another older lady plus showed us a pamphlet about recycling. I really appreciate the patient attitude when you have several items,the cars are lined up and they doing their work too.
We visit all the time to get rid of larger amounts of corrugated cardboard, chipboard, newspaper and junk mail.
The guys who work here are super helpful.
It's a drive through facility. Bins are clearly marked, there's even a place to discard books.
I love that there is a place not far from my home that I can recycle boxes. I’m addicted to amazon so boxes do stack up. But seriously who isn’t? Anyhow the woman in office is very nice. They take cardboard, glass bottles, and magazines. You can also pickup a trash can if you’re new in the area, get approved (free up to 10) lawn bags, and a recycling bin. Very nice facility
I had several bags of recycle material and expected to take a long time dropping everything off. Art jumped in and helped me. The whole process took no more than 10 minutes. He was a huge help and very friendly. Thank you Art!
I was able to get in & out quickly. I just wish I was able to get the large paper bags for yard waste there. Unfortunately you have to be a city resident to get them there
Love this place and being able to recycle more items. The people are always very nice. My only request is please have a few hours open on Saturday OR late hours one day a week! People who work a normal office job can no longer go unless we take off work, it’s very inconvenient.
I am super happy and grateful that the drop-off center is available to our community so that we can participate in the important work of recycling. The facility is clean, well managed and I am grateful to the staff.
This facility can greatly enhance your ability to recycle! Easy to use by driving in from the back and personnel are courteous & helpful. Sadly, yogurt containers can no longer be accepted but many other items are.
This center accepts almost everything I want to recycle, including office thpe paper, magazines and catalogs, cardboard of all types, and plastic, metal and glass containers. I don't know if they accept milk and juice cartons and they definitely don't accept Styrofoam. But Dart Container which is about 7 miles north of the center on the same road, does accept Styrofoam #6 only. If you want to recycle packing peanuts, bubble wrap or those balloon-like plastic packing things you can take them to a UPS store or post office and they will generally take them. The gentleman who works at this center is very pleasant and very well informed about recycling, and always helpful.
I like this facility. It's nice to be able to recycle most trash items, since my local recycling does not take a lot of these things. I am irritated that sometimes when I go there during their posted hours of operation, they close early and the gates are locked. It's extremely inconvenient to load your car full of recyclables, only to have to unload them again when you get back to the house because it wasn't open. They need to be more accurate with their opening and closing times per what is specified on their website.
I have used this center for about 3 years. The staff are polite & helpful. They assist with unloading items. You can drive into the building and dump items into the bins next to the car. Easy-peasy!
The center takes corrugated cardboard, chipboard (thin cardboard i.e. cereal boxes, etc.) newspaper, office paper(shredded & unshredded), magazines, hard &soft covered books, phone books, plastic bottles (bins outside).
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