Recycling at the Lanchester Landfill

No-Charge Recyclables

At the Lanchester Landfill, we accept the following drop-off items in small quantities from residents at no charge:

PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO STAFF AVAILABLE to help you unload your televisions.

  • Aluminum beverage cans, pie plates, and clean aluminum foil
  • Antifreeze - 5 gallon limit
  • Rechargeable Batteries Only
  • Cell phones
  • Clean towels and blankets
  • **Computer towers, laptops & peripherals - 3 per household
  • Corrugated cardboard
  • Fluorescent tubes - limit of 5
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Liquid cooking oil
  • **Televisions - 3 TV's per household - Chester County Residents ONLY
    (Proof of residency required)
  • Metal caps and lids
  • Metal food, beverage cans, and empty aerosol cans
  • Mixed paper
  • Mixed scrap metal
  • Newspapers
  • Non-Freon® containing appliances
  • Plastic #1, 2, 5 containers (no Styrofoam)
  • Plastic bags (Agricultural #4 film and supersacks)
  • Small Electronic Recyclables
  • Styrofoam (clean block, no packing peanuts)  1 Bag and broken up in 6 inch pieces.
  • Used oil / filters - 5 gallon limit and 5 filters


**If dropping off TV's and computers at the same time, we can accept a combined total of 3 TV's and computers per household.

Note: Please make sure that all cans, plastic, and glass recyclables are free of food residue.

Items Requiring a Disposal Fee See the Video on Recycling at Lanchester

We do not recycle irons, crockpots, vacuum cleaners, etc.

The following items have a disposal fee:

Item
Fee
Appliances containing Freon®$20


Mattresses and Box Springs$25 each