Washington Township, Pennsylvania, resumes limited e-recycling program

Herald-Mail Media, Hagerstown, Maryland, reports that Washington Township, Pennsylvania, has enacted a new limited recycling program for electronic devices. 

Residents can now drop off electronic devices Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the recycling center at 12725 Buchanan Trail East. The charge is 45 cents per pound, with a minimum charge of $25, Herald-Mail says.

John Geesaman, the township’s assistant manager, told the paper that electronics recycling was suspended in April because of difficulties created by the Covered Device Recycling Act of 2010, which requires certain electronic devices to be recycled.

Companies collecting these devices lost money, leading some to discontinue the service or to limit their collections until a firm could be found that would accept them.

Geesaman told the paper that he recommends that residents keep their old electronics, if they have the space to do so, rather than spend the money to recycle them.

“I do think something is going to change, but I don’t think it will be any time soon,” Geesaman told the paper. “There is a lot of activity going on in Harrisburg in the House and Senate trying to come up with a permanent fix, but when and what is everybody’s guess.”