Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) is planning a permanent recycling facility in Allegheny County to enable recovery, waste diversion and recycling while providing residents with a convenient, cost-effective location to drop off electronics, household chemicals and other materials not accepted in curbside recycling.
A permanent facility, once it is fully operational, could serve 200 people a day within 5 years. PRC staff calculates that it currently helps only about one percent of the county dispose of those items responsibly.
The proposed facility aligns with Allegheny County waste diversion, climate and sustainability initiatives, including the Allegheny County Solid Waste Management Plan, City of Pittsburgh Roadmap to Zero Waste and Southwest PA Commission Regional Climate Pollution Reduction Plan, according to the news release.
Within the first five years of operation, the executive summary states PRC could recycle approximately three million pounds of materials annually, nearly five times the current totals collected from its existing events system.
Published December 2024
