RSI is a center that collects recyclable items. However, just because something is recyclable doesn't mean it is the best choice.  Recycling is the last "R" in the cycle - Reduce, Re-use, Recycle. 
  1. The best choice is to reduce your impact - buy products with minimal or no packaging. 
  2. Next, re-use (and choose re-usable products like rechargeable batteries and cloth shopping bags) whenever possible.  Re-using an item only once cuts its environmental impact in half, and choosing and re-using durable goods many times can have an enormous positive environmental impact. 
  3. The Recycling Center should be the last stop - the final option when an item has worn out beyond use. Notice: Clean your plastic and poly coated paperboard deposits please - better yet, use durable products instead.

Drop off info

Parking is outside the gate at our location -- 365 Elm Street Pottstown, PA 19465

We are open Saturdays from 9am-1pm.
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Gate fee is $10 per carload. Please pay as you pass through the gates.

Note: Dependent on the size of the vehicle and load, gate fee could be as much as $20

Accepted Materials

Please note that our list of Accepted Materials for Collection has changed.
As we move forward in our reorganization, we are temporarily excluding a limited number of materials from our collection list (listed below). Due to fluctuation and unreliable markets, certain materials have become a challenge to collect and resell, leaving us unable to recuperate costs.

Please ensure all recyclables are cleaned.

List of ACCEPTED materials

  • All paper products (i.e. Cardboard, newspaper, junk mail, milk cartons etc.)  
Notes: Tape or staples may remain on boxes. No wax or carbon paper. No waxed cardboard. Pet food bags can be torn apart, paper part goes in cardboard and liner can't be recycled.
  • All glass jars & bottles
Notes: Pyrex, window, and mirror glass are unacceptable. Blue glass goes with green.
  • Plastics -- #1 (bottles, containers, clear packaging and opaque trays), #2, #4, #5 food & drug containers, #6 rigid and Styrofoam
Notes: Foil mixes such as potato chip bags and coffee bags are unacceptable.
  • Aluminum cans and foil
  • Scrap metal, cans (for metal paint cans please make sure paint is dried out)
  • Tires, inner tubes, belts (adjust cost & pricing)
  • Eye glasses
  • Tyvek, packing peanuts
  • Large and small electronics (keyboards, TVs, irons, cameras, etc) drop off price is $10 per cubic foot. Talk to the traffic director to determine pricing. The FEE DOUBLES for TVs that are taken apart because of the danger of handling. Freon bearing units like air conditioners,  dehumidifiers, and small refrigerators have an extra $15 Freon removal fee. If you are just dropping off electronics and not other recycling, the $10 gate fee still applies.
  • Clean clothing and fabric
  • Wine corks (synthetic and natural)
  • Trash is weighed and cost is 25 cents/pound
  • Household batteries weighed at 50 cents/pound. Large volumes not accepted. No lead acid batteries.

List of UNACCEPTED Materials

  • All #3 Plastics (including water cooler jugs)
  • #5 Plastics other than food or drug containers
  • Plastic straws & caps
  • All #7 Plastics
  • Yard sale items (including car seats, broken children's toys, plastic yard chairs)
  • All light bulbs
  • Wax, vegetable oil
  • Fishing line
  • Terracotta pots
  • Lead acid batteries
This list will change with time as we restructure how we run and get up to date with markets.
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