From Antifreeze to Tires
What and Where to Recycle In Blair County
ANTIFREEZE
| APPLIANCES | BATTERIES
| CDs and DVDs | CELL PHONES
| COMPUTERS, TVs, Etc.
CARDBOARD | GLASS |
HOT WATER HEATERS | INK
JET PRINTER CARTRIDGES | JUNK MAIL
LEAVES, YARD WASTE | MAGAZINES
| MERCURY | METAL CANS
| NEWSPAPER | OIL
PAPER | PLASTIC
BOTTLES | PROPANE TANKS | RECHARGEABLE
BATTERIES
SCRAP METAL | STYROFOAM
PACKING PEANUTS | TEXTILES
TIRES | USED COOKING OIL
| USED OIL FILTERS
Materials collected subject to change.
Please call ahead.
ANTIFREEZE
Collect the used antifreeze in a clean, unbreakable container with
a tight-fitting cap. Don't mix with other liquids.
Burgmeier's
APPLIANCES
Refrigerators, stoves, air conditioners, etc.
Appliance Outlet (fee is charged)
Burgmeier's (fee is charged)
Caracciolo's
J & J Recycling (fee is charged)
*Joe Krentzman & Son
*Freon must be removed by certified technician. Certificate
must be brought when disposal is made. Washing machines must
have cinder blocks and rubber hoses removed. No plastic-cased
air conditioners.
BATTERIES
(Car & Truck)
*Advance Auto Parts
Auto Zone
Blair County Compost Facility
Burgmeier's
Caracciolo's
Cove Recycling
Danny's Metals
Fiore's True Value Hardware
Joe Krentzman & Son
WalMart
*will take batteries that have been purchased there
BATTERIES (Lithium-ion
/ button)
Kmart
BATTERIES (NiCad)
Burgmeier's
Radio Shack
Southern Blair Fix-It Stores
CDs and DVDs
Blair County Compost Facility
CELL PHONES
Blair County Compost Facility
COMPUTERS,
TVs, ETC.
Reclamere
CORRUGATED
CARDBOARD
Flatten cardboard; keep clean and dry.
Burgmeier's
Cove Recycling
J & J Recycling
Waste Management Altoona Transfer Station
Blair County Compost Facility
Blair County Drop-off Depots
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GLASS
Clear, green, and brown glass food and beverage bottles and jars.
Please keep colors separate.
No window glass, Pyrex, light bulbs, ceramics, crystal, mirrors, dishes,
drinking glasses, milk glass.
Burgmeier's
Waste Management Altoona Transfer Station
HOT WATER HEATERS
Appliance Outlet
Joe Krentzman & Son
J & J Recycling
INK
JET PRINTER CARTRIDGES
Blair County Compost Facility
JUNK MAIL
Blair County Compost Facility
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LEAVES,
GRASS CLIPPINGS, BRUSH, YARD WASTE
Blair County Compost Facility
Yard waste can be left in paper yard waste bags; plastic bags must
be emptied and discarded. No fee if brought in automobile; small
fee for pick-up trucks. Compost and mulch available for free
if you shovel it; small fee if we load it.
MAGAZINES
& CATALOGS
Keep dry and clean.
Burgmeier's
Cove Recycling
Waste Management Altoona Transfer
Station
Blair County Compost Facility
MERCURY
District Office, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,
Altoona
METAL
CANS
Aluminum, steel and bi-metal food and beverage containers (please
rinse, may be flattened), empty and dried paint cans.
Burgmeier's
Caracciolo's
J & J Recycling
Waste Management Altoona Transfer Station
Blair County Compost Facility
Blair County Drop-off Depots
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NEWSPAPER
Keep clean and dry. Place in paper grocery
bags.
Burgmeier's
Cove Recycling
J & J Recycling
Waste Management Altoona Transfer
Station
Blair County Compost Facility
Blair County Drop-off depots
OIL (Used Motor Oil)
Collect the used oil in a clean, unbreakable container with a tight-fitting
cap. Do not mix with other liquids.
Advance Auto
Auto Zone
Blair Auto Service
Burgmeier's
Blair County Compost Facility
PAPER
White computer and office paper. Keep clean and dry. No
colored, carbon, or wax paper.
Burgmeier's
Cove Recycling
J & J Recycling
Waste Management Altoona Transfer Station
Blair County Compost Facility
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PLASTIC
BOTTLES
Only #1 and #2 bottles accepted; empty and rinse, remove metal and
plastic rings and lids, crush or flatten.
No automobile fluids, pesticide or chemical containers, plastic tubs,
or plastics #3 through 7.
Burgmeier's
J & J Recycling
Waste Management Altoona Transfer Station
Blair County Compost Facility
Blair County Drop-off Depots
PROPANE
TANKS
Appliance Outlet (a fee is charged)
Caracciolo's
Suburban Propane (No fee if valve is removed)
RECHARGEABLE
BATTERIES
Blair County Compost Facility
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SCRAP
METAL
Iron, steel, aluminum scrap (siding, car parts) aluminum cans and
foil, scrap shavings, #1 and #2 copper, sheet copper, fin tubes, yellow
& red brass, brass shavings, die cast, stainless, and lead.
Burgmeier's
Caracciolo's
Cove Recycling
Decker Sanitation
J & J Recycling
Joe Krentzman & Son
STYROFOAM
PACKING PEANUTS
Postal Express
TEXTILES
& USED CLOTHING
Keep dry.
Burgmeier's
J & J Recycling
TIRES
A fee is charged for tire disposal at both locations.
Burgmeier's
Penn Turf
USED
COOKING OIL
Blair County Compost Facility
(under 3 gallons is free, 3 to 5 gallons: $1.00 charge, each additional
5 gallons: $1.00)
USED
OIL FILTERS
Blair County Compost Facility
(1 to 5 filters: $1.00, 6 to 10 filters: $2.00, etc.
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Facility
Contact Information
Advance Auto Parts
320 West Plank Road, Altoona
Phone: 941-4490
Monday - Saturday 8 am to 9 pm,
Sunday 9 am to 6 pm.
912 East Main St., Roaring Spring
Phone: 224-0012
Monday - Saturday 8 am to 9 pm,
Sunday 9 am to 6 pm.
Appliance Outlet
2920 Spruce Ave., Altoona
Phone: 949-4060
Monday ? Thursday 9 am to 7 pm,
Friday 9 am to 4 pm
Saturday 9 am to 4 pm
Auto Zone
950 Rte. 22 West, Duncansville
Phone: 695-6969
Monday - Saturday 8 am to 10 pm,
Sunday 9 am to 7 pm
Blair Auto Service
1135 Route 36 South, Duncansville
Phone: 695-3673
Monday - Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Saturday 8 am to 1 pm
Burgmeier's
East 6th Ave. Road, Altoona
Phone: 943-8975
Monday - Friday 6 am to 3:30 pm,
Saturday 6 am to 10:30 am
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Caracciolo Steel & Metal
Yard
East 6th Ave. Road, Altoona
Phone: 944-4051
Monday - Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm,
Saturday 8 am to 11:30 am
Cove Recycling
R. D. 1, Box 525B, (Rt. 164 East), Roaring Spring
Phone: 224-2979
Monday - Friday 11 am to 6 pm,
Saturday 9 am to 2 pm
Danny's Metals
1917 9th Ave., Altoona
Phone: 943-4773
Monday - Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm,
Saturday 8:30 am to Noon
District Office, Dept. of Environmental Protection
3001 Fairway Drive, Altoona
Phone: 946-7292
Monday - Friday 8 am to 4 pm
Fiore's True Value Hardware
5514 6th Ave., Altoona
Phone: 946-4706
Monday - Friday 8 am to 8 pm,
Saturday 8 am to 5 pm, Sunday 10 am to 5 pm
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J & J Recycling
1747 Margaret Ave., Altoona
Phone: 942-9543
Monday - Friday 7 am to 2 pm,
Saturday 8 am to Noon Joe Krentzman & Son
311 Wall St., Hollidaysburg
Phone: 696-0234
Monday - Friday 8 am to 4 pm,
Saturday 8 am to 11:30 am
Penn Turf
R. R. 4, Box 624, (Loop Area/Tel-Power Road) Hollidaysburg
Phone: 696-7669
Monday - Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm
Postal Express
106 Hollidaysburg Place, Duncansville
Phone: 695-4480
Monday - Friday 10 am to 6 pm,
Saturday 9 am to 3 pm
301 Union Ave., Altoona
Phone: 944-2000
Monday - Friday 8 am to 6 pm,
Saturday 9 am to 3 pm
Radio Shack
Logan Valley Mall
Phone: 946-8608
Monday - Saturday 10 am to 9 pm,
Sunday 12 to 6 pm
Pleasant Valley Shopping Center
Phone: 946-0829
Monday - Saturday 9:30 am to 8 pm,
Sunday 12 to 5 pm
Plank Road Commons
Phone: 942-9390
Monday - Saturday 10 am to 9 pm,
Sunday 12 to 5 pm
31 West 10th St., Tyrone, PA 16686
Phone: 684-2884
Monday - Friday 9 am to 5 pm,
Saturday 9 am to 3 pm
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Reclamere
Please call for an appointment.
903-11 Pennsylvania Ave., Tyrone
Phone:
684-5505
Monday – Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Southern Blair Fix-It Stores
1112 Logan Ave., Tyrone, PA 16686
Phone: 684-2383
Monday - Friday 7 am to 7 pm,
Saturday 9 am to 5 pm,
Sunday 10 am to 4 pm
Suburban Propane
Cedar St., McKee
Phone: 695-5004
Monday - Friday 7 am to 5 pm
Wal-Mart
2600 Plank Road Commons, Altoona
Phone: 949-8980
open 24 hours daily
Waste Management Altoona Transfer
Station
East 6th Ave. Road, Altoona
Phone: 942-5633
Monday - Friday 7 am to 3 pm
*Blair County Compost Yard Waste Recycling Facility
The Blair County Compost and Yard Waste
Recycling Facility is closed Wednesdays, Sundays, and all County holidays.
1014 Blacksnake Road, Ashville
Rt. 36 North near the village of Buckhorn
entrance is off of Blacksnake Road.
Phone: 941-6675
Summer Hours: week of April 1 to the Saturday before
Thanksgiving,
Monday-Tuesday-Thursday-Friday 10 am to 5 pm,
Saturday 8 am to 4 pm.
Winter Hours: Begin from the Monday before Thanksgiving to the week of April 1,
Monday-Tuesday-Thursday-Friday 8 am to 4 pm
Closed Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays and the first Monday and
Tuesday following Thanksgiving.
Please Note: During the Winter and Summer
Hours, the Facility is always closed on Wednesdays for grinding purposes,
Sundays, and all County holidays (New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, General Primary, Memorial Day, 4th of
July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, General Election, Veterans' Day,
Thanksgiving Day through the following Thursday and Christmas Day.).
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Blair
County Drop-off Depots
Blair County Compost Yard Waste Recycling Facility
1014 Blacksnake Road, Ashville
Freedom Township Volunteer Fire Company
Old Route 220, East Freedom
Greenfield Township Municipal Building
Claysburg
Martinsburg Borough Garage
North Nichodemus Street
Snyder Township Municipal Building
Old Route 220
Taylor Township Municipal Bldg.
On Rt. 36 outside Roaring Spring
Tyrone District Justice's Office
RD 4, Box 16
Woodbury Township Bldg.
on State Route 2011 (Clover Creek Road, Williamsburg).
For more information on recycling and
composting, contact:
The Blair County Department
of Solid Waste and Recycling
423 Allegheny St., Suite 036
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-2022
1-814-696-4620
1-814-949-2566
1-814-696-8702 (fax)
www.blaircounty.org
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Other
Important Contacts and Resources
Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection Recycling Hotline
1-800-346-4242
www.dep.state.pa.us
(type in 'recycling' or 'compost' for a direct link)
Pennsylvania Resources Council
1-610-353-1555
www.prc.org
Public Recycling Officials of Pennsylvania
1-814-742-7777
www.proprecycles.org
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