Municipal Drop-off Recycling Programs

The following municipalities operate drop-off recycling programs.  Please call ahead to confirm program availability.

Chanceford Township: Accepting aluminum and tin cans, plastic and glass bottles.  Open Monday-Friday, 6AM to 1:30PM; first Saturday of each month 10AM to 2PM.  No Fee.  Township residents ONLY.  Call the municipal office at 927-6401 for more info.

City of York: Accepting yard waste (no grass).  Open from 10AM - 2PM the first Saturday of each month (April - December) weather permitting.  York City residents/curbside customers only.  Must show proof of residency or curbside customer status, such as a driver's license or sewer bill.  Call the city office at 849-2235 for more information.  No fee. 

Codorus Township: Accepting plastics #'s 1 & 2, aluminum, bi-metal and aerosol cans.  No newspaper.  Open to township residents ONLY seven days a week during daylight hours.  No fee.  Call April Rehbein at 235-4634 for more info.

Dover Township: Accepting Brush and leaves Saturdays from 8AM - 4PM.  Township residents only.  Call the township office at 292-3634 for more information. 

Fawn Township: Accepting aluminum and bi-metal cans, #1 and #2 plastics.  NO PAPER.  Open fourth weekend of each month, all hours.  No Fee.  Township residents ONLY.  Call municipal office at 382-4834 for more info.

Franklin Township: Accepting aluminum and bi-metal cans, newspaper.  Open Saturdays 9:30AM to 11:30AM.  No Fee.  EVERYONE WELCOME.  Call the township at 432-3773 or Kim Sebastin at 420-0230 for more info. 

Hanover Borough: Accepting cardboard, glass, aluminum and bimetal cans and newspaper.  Open to borough residents ONLY Monday through Friday from 8AM to 3PM and the second Saturday of the month from 8AM to 4PM and the fourth Saturday of the month from 8AM to Noon.  No fee.  Call John Huston at 632-3939 for more information. 

Hopewell Township: Accepting glass, aluminum, steel, bi-metal, newspaper and #1 and #2 plastics.  Open to Hopewell residents ONLY the last Saturday of every month from 7AM to 11AM.  Call the township office at 993-2027 for more information.  

Lower Chanceford Township: Accepting plastics #'s 1-7 with necks smaller than their bases; clear, brown and green glass food and beverage containers; aluminum beverage cans, steel food and beverage cans, aerosol cans; cardboard, paperboard, food boxes, office paper, newspaper & inserts, magazines and catalogs, junk mail & envelopes, paper bags, phone books, paper towel and toilet paper rolls, pizza boxes.  Call the township office at 862-3589 for  operation dates and times.

Lower Windsor Township: Accepting aluminum and bi-metal cans, glass, plastics.  Open seven days a week/24-hours a day.  No Fee.  Open to residents only.  Call Trish Smeltzer at 244-6813 for more info.  ALSO ACCEPTED: Residents of Lower Windsor Township and  East Prospect and Yorkana Boroughs may bring brush and small branches to the drop-off site at the rear of the Lower Windsor Township Maintenance Building, 111 Walnut Valley Court.  The brush is chipped and is available at no charge to residents on a first-come, first-served basis.  DO NOT BRING stumps, roots, or grass clippings.  Call the township office to request mulch.

Manchester Township: York County Solid Waste Authority Public Drop-off Center.  Click here for items accepted and more information.  EVERYONE WELCOME.  No fee.

North York Borough: Call the borough office at 845-3976 for more information.

Peach Bottom Township: Open to township residents ONLY the second Saturday of each month during daylight hours.  No fee.  Call Catherine Bilger at 456-5083 for information on what is accepted.  

Penn Township: Accepts newspaper, magazines and cardboard.  EVERYONE WELCOME.  Open Monday through Friday 8AM to 4PM and Saturdays 8AM to 3PM. No fee.  Contact Gene Hejmenowski at 637-1561 for more information.

Shrewsbury Township: Accepting cardboard.  Call the township office at 235-3011 for more information. 

Springfield Township: Accepting glass, aluminum and bi-metal cans, plastics #'s 1&2, cardboard and newspaper.  Open to township residents ONLY the first weekend of every month.  No fee.  Call the township office at 428-1413 for more information. 

Spring Grove Borough: Accepting newspaper and cardboard.  Call the borough office at 225-5791 for more information. 

Washington Township: Accepting aluminum and bi-metal cans, glass, newspaper, #1 and #2 plastics, metal, cardboard, clothing, white paper.  Open first and third Saturday of each month, 9AM to 11AM.  No Fee.  Township residents ONLY.  Call Donna Rupp at 432-9814 for more info.

Wrightsville Borough: Accepting mixed paper, white goods, metal.  Call the borough office at 252-2768 for more information.

York Township: Accepting yard waste (tree branches, limbs and other like material.  No leaves).  Held the first Saturday of the month from 7AM to 11:30AM.  If a holiday falls on that weekend, the program will be held the second Saturday of the month.  Shredded material provided free to residents.  Contact the Public Works Department for more information: 741-3861, ext. 170.