Welcome to the York County Solid Waste Authority
Providing long-term programs and infrastructure for waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
PLEASE NOTE: YCSWA is NOT a trash hauler. We do not pick up your garbage. If you are having issues with trash removal, please call your trash disposal company. Click here to find out who that is.
Who is the York County Solid Waste Authority?
See how YCSWA is using waste-to-energy technology to keep our county and environment clean and healthy.
What’s New with YCSWA
DO NOT PUT YOUR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES IN THE REGULAR TRASH OR RECYCLING BIN!
Have you seen our billboards around York County? We hope you have! They display a very important message. DO NOT PUT YOUR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES IN THE REGULAR TRASH or recycling. Visit CALL2RECYCLE.ORG to find the nearest location that will dispose of your rechargeable batteries properly.
YCSWA’s Monthly Public Meeting
The board meets bi-monthly (January, March, May, July, September, and November) on the third Wednesday of the month. Meetings are…
Vermicomposting: Worms with an Appetite (for Waste)!
Discover how composting works! Learn all about nature’s recycler, the red wiggler, and how these worms recycle food waste into…
RECYCLE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE AFTER THE HOLIDAY SEASON
The York County Solid Waste Authority will hold a FREE Christmas Tree Recycling Program for all York County residents. Beginning December…
YCSWA Sponsors Recycling Assembly Programs in Eight York County Elementary Schools
To promote recycling and celebrate America Recycles Day (November 15), the York County Solid Waste Authority (YCSWA) is sponsoring an…
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‘Tis the season for giving!
YCSWA staff donated food items and monetary gifts to the York County Food Bank last week. It was a privilege to give back to the great community we work and live in!
We hope everyone in York County and beyond has a wonderful holiday season!
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Are you in grades K-6 and care about having clean places to live and play? If so, you can apply for the LITTER HAWK Youth Award Program, funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Litter Hawks can help people see how litter and trash hurt our environment and they help people keep communities litter free. Litter Hawks inspire people to dispose of their trash and recycling properly. Submit a poster, essay or video that shows how you can keep your community litter free.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS JANUARY 31, 2026. Visit www.keeppabeautiful.org/grants-awards/awards/litter-hawk/ for more details.
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To promote recycling and celebrate America Recycles Day, YCSWA sponsored an environmental education magic show in eight York County Elementary Schools. The recycling-themed magic show program, titled “The Three R’s Circus,” is presented by The Illusion Makers.
Through simple magic acts and engaging group participation, students learned the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling and they saw how the simplest actions they take make a big difference keeping our communities and planet clean!
YCSWA will continue to sponsor assemblies and programs like this one. Look on the YCSWA website for information about ongoing activities and resources.
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Congratulations to Carter Belker for being YCSWA’s first ever Youth Ambassador. Carter has an unrelenting fascination with waste-to energy. She visited the York County Resource Recovery Center during a field trip last school year and was amazed to find out that YCSWA takes York County’s municipal trash and uses it as fuel to create electricity. We honored Carter with a special gift and a plaque at our November Board Meeting.
If you would like to nominate a student who is wild about keeping our environment clean, loves to recycle, is enthralled with composting, speaks the language of reduce, reuse, recycle, or, like Carter, spreads the word about their fascination with how YCSWA manages trash for York County, please email info@ycswa.com.
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Have you ever given thought to the role you play in creating a more sustainable future for our planet?
One quick and easy way to have an impact on the health of our planet is by rethinking what you do with your trash. How often do you ask yourself if a trash item can be reused, repurposed, or recycled?
When we are thoughtful about what we put into the waste stream, we begin to lessen the amount of garbage that needs to be managed or disposed of. This ultimately has a positive impact on our environment.
YCSWA is already doing our part to think about sustainability and the future. We currently use waste-to-energy technology to dispose of most of York County’s municipal trash. Because the waste-to-energy facility utilizes a pollution control system, this technology is the most environmentally friendly option we have for managing trash. You leave your trash at the curb for your hauler to pick up and we take your trash and use it as fuel to create electricity. It’s a win, win for York County and the planet.
Trash: It starts with you and ends with us. Visit www.ycswa.com for more information on how YCSWA manages trash for York County.
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November 15th is America Recycles Day! As we take this week to celebrate, we want to remind you that there is more than one way to recycle! Here are just a few ideas:
• Repurpose or resell unwanted items that are in good usable condition
• Compost food and yard waste
• Donate gently used clothing, shoes, and furniture
It’s important to dispose of trash in the proper way and to recycle whenever possible to maintain a healthy planet. For more information on recycling, visit www.ycswa.com/services/recycling/ .
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