![]() ![]() Stroud Township also accepts their residents’ yard waste at its compost and mulch facility on Gaunt Road: leaves, grass clippings, tree branches, limbs and brush. In fact, they cooperate with Chestnuthill to market recycled cardboard and plastics. Polk Township offers similar services to their residents, on a smaller scale. ![]() Township Manager Dave Albright says that their “pay-as-you-throw” system provides a direct benefit to residents because “people can lower their disposal costs by recycling as much as they can, then pay by the bag for less trash.” Residents can drop off their yard waste, which is shredded and composted and available for free to residents. Most are free, and items like mattresses and furniture are accepted for disposal for a small fee. An amazing 38 different kinds of things can be recycled! In Monroe County, Chestnuthill Township offers the most options for its residents. What about the hard stuff? All those yogurt containers, compact fluorescent bulbs, batteries, used motor oil? Maybe you even compost your kitchen waste, grass clippings and leaves. You’ve probably figured out how to recycle, reuse, or dispose of a lot of what used to be called “waste.” Things like cardboard and paper, glass jars and bottles, metal cans, and milk jugs and other #1 and #2 plastics. Mark Giunta - Alt.Protecting Clean Water Together - Disposing Of The Hard Stuffīy Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County Member (Jackson Township Representative)īlaine Silfies - Alt. Member (Chestnuthill Township Representative) James Zahoroiko - Member (Ross Township Representative) Mark Major - Member (Jackson Township Representative) Michael Hurley - Secretary (Polk Township Representative) Robert Boileau - Vice Chairman (Eldred Township Representative) Gould II - Chairman (Chestnuthill Township Representative) They make recommendations related to plans that impact the whole Region.Ĭhestnuthill, Jackson, Eldred, Ross, & Polk Townships (CJERP) Regional Planning Committee:Ĭarl B. CJERP discusses Regional matters/issues that impact Chestnuthill, Jackson, Eldred, Ross, and Polk Townships. ![]() The CJERP meetings are on the fourth Thursday of every month. The CJERP Regional Planning Committee Meetings are held at 7 PM in the Chestnuthill Township Municipal Building. ![]()
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