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Curbside Recycling
The Borough of Punxsutawney is required by state law to recycle.  Also, the Borough of Brockway and the Borough of Sykesville have local ordinances that require residents to recycle curbside.

PUNXSUTAWNEY
RECYCLING
Recycling is the law in Punxsutawney.  Residents, commercial, and institutional establishments who do not recycle are subject to warnings and fines. 

WHAT TO RECYCLE - RESIDENTS CURBSIDE

  • Aluminum cans

  • Clear, brown and green glass bottles and jars

  • Tin Cans

  • Leaf waste - collection provided by Borough

WHAT TO RECYCLE - COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS

  • Aluminum cans
  • Cardboard
  • Clear, brown and green glass bottles and jars
  • Office paper
  • Tin Cans
  • Leaf waste - collection provided by Borough

Plastic bottles and jugs, newspapers and magazines can be dropped off at the containers located at the Public Works Building on Clearfield Street.

Residents and businesses can contact their municipal waste hauler, the Borough Office at (814) 936-4480 or the Jefferson County Solid Waste Recycling Coordinator at (814) 849-3047 for more information about the recycling program.

Brockway Borough residents are required to recycle:  clear, brown, and green glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and jugs, aluminum cans, tin cans, cardboard newspapers, and leaf waste.  Contact the Borough Office for more information.

Sykesville Borough residents are required to recycle:  clear, brown and green glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and jugs, aluminum cans, tin cans, cardboard and newspapers be recycled curbside.

Also, the following municipalities have voluntary curbside recycling:  Brookville, Corsica, Summerville, Roseville and Sigel areas.  Materials collected curbside are:  clear, brown, and green glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans; tin cans; and #1 and #2 plastic bottles and jugs.

Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority®
867 Route 28
Brookville, PA  15825
Tel: (814) 849-1521
Email:
jeffcoswa@alltel.net