Hard to Recycle Items Event in Pittsburgh Sees Hundreds of Residents Participate

Hundreds of people signed up to bring hard-to-recycle items to a recycling drive held in Pittsburgh this past weekend.

The Pennsylvania Resources Council and Allegheny County Health Department partnered with WPXI to hold a Hard to Recycle Collection event at Galleria in Pittsburgh Mills. Area residents brought items like televisions, tires, and small electronics to be recycled for a small fee.

“We want to try to bring convenient and responsible recycling opportunities to residents of Allegheny County and southwestern Pennsylvania,” Sarah Shea, Deputy Director of the Pennsylvania Resources Council said.

“Everybody has these hard-to-recycle items sitting around their house, and maybe they contemplate going out back and smashing them and doing whatever they need to do to put them in a garbage bag to get rid of them. That’s unsafe for the environment, so events like this are exactly what we need in our region,” Lisa Florian, President and CEO of Clearview Federal Credit Union and 11 Cares Sponsor said.

According to organizers, 600 people signed up for Saturday’s event.

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