On Thursday, April 2, 2009, I video'd Sharon Fisher - Town of Bethlehem Recycling Coordinator as she shared information on recycling and discard of unwanted items, including old applicances, metals, paper, glass, cans, and the all confusing plastic. The Rupert Road Transfer station is for town residents only.
The biggest lesson learned for me was on the subject of plastic recycling. The town of Bethlehem ONLY accepts plastic BOTTLES 1 & 2. You have to reuse or toss all of your plastic food containers, even if they are labeled with a #1 or #2!
The town of Bethlehem can only recycle #1 & #2 BOTTLES:
- juice
- water
- vitamin water
- milk
- any 1 & 2 bottle with a neck
Toss or reuse these containers:
- butter
- sour cream
- peanut butter
- berry containers
- cooked meat trays
- deli containers
- any other container, even if it is labeled as a 1 or 2
Pre-1980 the Rupert Road facility was used as a landfill for municpipal trash and you'll see the large mound in the video. Around 1980, they were no longer allowed to accept the trash but they kept the facility open to accept items such as: tires, electronic items, old TV's, microwaves, refridgerators, paper, metals, plastics, cans, furniture and more.
If you choose not to pay a hauler, you can bring your regular trash there for a smaller fee and they will transfer it to the Albany Landfill where some of our haulers bring the trash they pickup curbside.
For more recycling details, please visit the town's web site, call Sharon Fisher - Recycling Coordinator at the town at 439-4955 ext. 1510, or leave a comment below.
Leslie Trosset - Bethlehem Goes Green
Does anyone know what the private garbage haulers in Bethlehem, Robert Wright and BFI, recycle of plastics #1 and #2? Is it like the town, where it has to have a neck, or are all #1 and #2's recycled?
Posted by: Harriet Jaffe | April 17, 2009 at 10:47 AM
This was a fantastic! video, Great site:)
Posted by: Matthyew Fritch | September 22, 2009 at 09:41 AM