| The NTSWA operates two recyclable processing centers that receive incoming materials
from area curbside and drop-off programs. They are located at the two NTSWA Landfill
Sites, one in West Burlington Township, Bradford County and the other in Hamilton
Township, Tioga County. Each year this program processes and markets approximately
3500 tons of materials.
These facilities process recyclables to be sent to recycling markets or companies that recycle them into other products. Materials currently accepted at these facilities for recycling include aluminum beverage containers, aluminum foil products, glass bottles and jars (clear, brown & green), bimetal tin cans, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, magazines, junk mail, office\computer paper, #1 & #2 plastics (bottles and jugs only), clothing and textiles, used motor oil, and used antifreeze. |
| Processing operations include densification of aluminum beverage containers. The cans
are crushed into briquettes that are banded together and sent to local scrap yards. They
are ultimately sent to aluminum companies that make aluminum sheeting and other
aluminum products.
A horizontal baling unit is used for paper products and plastics. These bales, weighing upwards of one ton at times, are stored until a tractor trailer load is accumulated. Loads of the individual commodities are sold on the open market to brokers or directly to mills. These products could be recycled in Pennsylvania, however, many times they are sent to other states in the Northeast United States, Canada, and possibly to other global markets. | 
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| Also, NTSWA was one of the first entities in the entire state that utilized shredded
newspaper as animal bedding. Newspapers are shredded and baled with a John Deere Hay
Baler. Farmers purchase the bales of shredded newspaper for bedding their livestock.
Residents who deliver eligible commodities directly to the Recyclable Processing Centers receive incentive monies through the NTSWA Buy-Back Program. Items such as aluminum cans, clear glass containers, and tin cans are purchased according to current market pricing. In our rural area, these incentive help to increase recycling efforts.
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