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Allentown Morning Call
Sunday, October 9, 2011

DEP blocks Pa. counties from collecting recycling fees

By
Jenna Portnoy

On Saturday, cars filled with old cans of paint, half-empty bottles of pesticide and used motor oil flocked to Northampton Community College to unload the toxins.

Chucking the materials out with trash destined for landfills is environmentally disastrous — not to mention illegal. That's why Northampton County and others across the state organize hazardous waste drop-off events and recycling education programs.

For more information click the link below:

http://articles.mcall.com/2011-10-09/news/mc-pennsylvania-recycling-corbett-landfills-20111008_1_recycling-fees-landfill-fees-organics-recycling-center