Welcome to the York County Solid Waste Authority
Facilitating Responsible Waste Management
Helping York County Dispose of Waste
We know you want to do the right thing. YCSWA aims to make waste disposal easy while keeping our environment top of mind. We provide long-term programs and infrastructure for waste reduction, reuse, and recycling.
PLEASE NOTE: YCSWA is not a trash hauler. We do not pick up your garbage. If you are having issues with trash removal, please call your trash disposal company. Click here to find out who that is.
Who is the York County Solid Waste Authority?
See how YCSWA is using waste-to-energy technology to keep our county and environment clean and healthy.
What’s New with YCSWA
DO NOT PUT YOUR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES IN THE REGULAR TRASH OR RECYCLING BIN!
Have you seen our billboards around York County? We hope you have! They display a very important message. DO NOT PUT YOUR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES IN THE REGULAR TRASH or recycling. Visit CALL2RECYCLE.ORG to find the nearest location that will dispose of your rechargeable batteries properly.
YCSWA’s Monthly Public Meeting
The Authority holds a public meeting the third Wednesday of every month at the York County Solid Waste Authority Management…
Vermicomposting: Worms with an Appetite (for Waste)!
Discover how composting works! Learn all about nature’s recycler, the red wiggler, and how these worms recycle food waste into…
The York County Solid Waste Authority Sponsors Recycling Assembly Programs in Eight York County Elementary Schools
To promote recycling and celebrate America Recycles Day (November 15), the York County Solid Waste Authority (YCSWA) is sponsoring puppet…
Hauler Appreciation Day Recognizes Waste Haulers for their Hard Work
The York County Solid Waste Authority (facility owner) and Covanta York Renewable Energy, LLC (facility operator) are hosting “Hauler Appreciation…
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We recently planted a tree in remembrance of YCSWA’s former Executive Director, William "Bill" Ehrman, who passed away on May 30, 2023.
Bill’s career with YCSWA spanned 32 years. He had many accomplishments throughout those years, but most noteworthy is the work he completed to orchestrate the development of a waste-to-energy facility, the York County Resource Recovery Center (YCRRC). The lawn in front of the YCRRC was the perfect location for the Japanese maple tree to be planted in his memory. Haulers and visitors will be able to see the tree as they enter the Tipping Floor or Education Center.
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Happy America Recycles Day! We know you are doing your part to recycle and keep York County clean. And, we want to take this opportunity to remind you that there is more than one way to recycle! Here are just a few ideas:
• Repurpose or resell unwanted items that are in good usable condition
• Compost food and yard waste
• Donate gently used clothing, shoes, and furniture
It’s important to dispose of trash in the proper way and to recycle whenever possible to maintain a healthy planet. For more information on recycling, visit www.ycswa.com/services/recycling/ .
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It’s all fun and games until you cause a trash truck fire!
As the holiday season fast approaches and you assess what you can part with to make room for all the new goodies Santa will bring, remember to remove lithium-ion (rechargeable) batteries from toys, tools, etc. before throwing them away.
Rechargeable batteries can cause a fire for a variety of reasons, but especially if they are compressed in the back of a trash truck.
Keep our trash haulers safe this holiday season and every day by disposing of your rechargeable batteries properly.
Need to know where you can recycle rechargeable batteries? Visit CALL2RECYCLE.org to find a location near you.
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Have you recently bought a tube of toothpaste or another item that is labeled “Recycle Me”? Just because something says it is recyclable doesn’t mean you should place it in your curbside recycling bin. In York County, there are specific items that can be placed in your bin. Visit www.ycswa.com/services/recycling/household-items/ to view a list of items that can be placed in your recycling bin.
If an item says that it is recyclable but cannot be recycled in your recycling bin, seek out another way to recycle the item. There are businesses, such as Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC), that will take items that can’t be placed in your bin. CRDC recycles plastics, but you can also find businesses that will recycle items made of other materials, such as Consolidated Scrap Resources which will recycle magazines and other paper products.
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YCSWA would like to recognize National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and the many York County police departments that participate in our Medication Return Box Program. The initiative aims to provide safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Do your part to keep our community safe. Clean out your medicine cabinet and dispose of unused prescription drugs at any of the police departments listed at this link www.ycswa.com/services/waste-disposal/medical-waste/.
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YCSWA is a proud sponsor of the Downtown York Cleanup Crew and was honored to have a representative at this event today! Exciting things are happening in York County.
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Grab Your Friends and Have a GREEN Halloween!
Need some ideas? Start with a DIY Halloween costume made from items you purchase at a thrift store or items you already own. Throw on a flannel shirt, jeans, a beanie hat, and some boots to celebrate Halloween as a Lumber Jack. Or, even better, use boxes that have been set aside for recycling to make a robot costume.
And, how about candy? Do candy wrappers go into your recycling bin? NOPE! PLEASE BE SURE TO THROW CANDY WRAPPERS INTO A TRASH CAN! They are not recyclable!
Thank you in advance for caring for the environment with a GREEN Halloween!
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Yesterday was a beautiful day for fire extinguisher training!
YCSWA staff had the opportunity to learn how to properly extinguish class A, B, and C fires. Each session was led by YCSWA’s Permits/Safety Coordinator who emphasized the importance of knowing the location of all fire extinguishers in each facility. He also encouraged participants to practice extinguishing a small, contained fire outdoors by using the PASS technique.
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Don’t throw away those fruit and veggie scraps! Add them to a bin of red wiggler worms and make yourself a nutrient-rich compost. That is what the students at Dallastown Intermediate School (Dallastown Area School District) are going to do.
We recently visited with students to encourage them to REUSE, RECYCLE, REPAIR, OR REPURPOSE unwanted yet usable things instead of throwing them in the garbage. Students reused unwanted veggies by adding them to a red wiggler worm bin. Over the next few months, this bin will provide them with compost tea to be used in their garden.
Be like the students at Dallastown Intermediate School and begin to RETHINK how to reuse, recycle, repair, or repurpose the things you consider to be trash.
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Today, National Farmers’ Day, YCSWA would like to celebrate two local farms that have helped us encourage composting to lessen the amount of food and yard trash waste is put into the waste stream.
Thank you, Horn Farm Center and Mad Radish Farm for supporting YCSWA’s efforts to make our communities cleaner. We appreciate that you are wonderful land stewards while growing healthy foods for York County and the surrounding areas.
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It’s Fire Prevention Week!
This year’s Fire Prevention campaign is “Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire prevention™.” While most times we think of our household stoves and microwaves when we think about cooking, we would like to highlight lithium-ion battery operated cooking device safety.
One of the biggest fire hazards with these cordless appliances deals with the battery itself. If not disposed of properly, rechargeable batteries can cause a fire. A record number of trash truck fires have been reported this year due to improper rechargeable battery disposal. Lithium-ion batteries should never be placed in your trash or recycling bin. These batteries need to be recycled in special facilities. To find out where you can recycle your rechargeable batteries, visit Call2Recylce.org for a retail drop-off location near you.
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