2025 Tour Scholarships Announced: More than 780 York County Students to Learn How Garbage is Managed
The York County Solid Waste Authority is pleased to announce that nine school groups totaling approximately 780 students will participate in the Authority’s Tour Scholarship Program in 2025. The Tour Scholarship awardees for 2025 are: Devers K-8 Elementary- Megan Waltemire, Grade 1; Leib Elementary- Teresa Dull, Grade 4; Dover Elementary- Julie rang, Grade 2; Southern Elementary- Greg Pituch, Grade 4; Canadochly Elementary- Jodi Winter, Wrightsville Elementary- Lesa Uffelman, Grade 2; Roundtown Elemenatry- Mark Fife, Grade 3; Jackson Elementary- Principal Karen Smallwood, Grades 5-8 and Manheim Elementary- Jenell McKowen, Grade 2.
For more than 30 years, the Tour Scholarship Program has been offered by the Authority to local schools to pay the costs of buses and drivers needed for classes to take field trips to the York County Resource Recovery Center (RRC) and Education Center. In return for the tour scholarship, participants complete an activity or project on an aspect of solid waste management such as recycling or litter prevention.
The RRC is a technologically advanced and environmentally safe waste-to-energy facility where York County’s household trash is used as “fuel” to produce electricity. Tour participants get a first-hand glimpse into this process beginning with a presentation followed by a walking tour of key areas of the facility.
YCSWA facilitates responsible solid waste management through an integrated strategy that emphasizes waste reduction, education, recycling, and resource recovery. YCSWA is the owner of the York County Resource Recovery Center, a Small Load Drop Off Facility, a Recyclable Materials Drop-off Center, an Ash Recycling & Processing Facility, an Education Center, and the closed York County Sanitary Landfill which hosts the Hopewell Area Recreational Complex. Click here for more information about YCSWA.