West Bradford Township in Chester County Pennsylvania was founded in 1705 and divided into East and West in 1731.
Today West Bradford Township is 18.7 square miles, with a population of 12,376 and is part of the Downingtown Area School District.
Did you know that the average person generates over 4 pounds of trash every day or that 75 % of "trash" can be recycled? Or Americans throw away 25,000,000 plastic bottles every hour?
If you did not know that, then that is ok! The West Bradford Township is committed to serving excellence to our community members. One of the ways that we can do this is with a clean environment. We are here to inform the community on the importance of recycling and proper waste management.
These are the facts about our recycling and refuse program here in West Bradford Township:
Your refuse bill will remain low if everyone participates in recycling.
Recycling saves you money and saves our environment.
It also ensures that you will have adequate room in your toter for your weekly refuse
The Township offers a curbside recycling program for newsprint, magazines, junk mail, corrugated cardboard, box board AKA cereal box material, aluminum and tin cans, clear/brown/green glass and hard plastics #’s 1 through 7 inside the triangle. Your recycling items are picked up Single Stream. This means that recycle items should be placed together in the yellow-lid recycling toter. Please do not place anything on top of your toter or the toter cannot be emptied.
Toters- are approved refuse and recycling containers supplied to each residential unit (except for mobile home parks and multiple family units) by the Township, please take care of your toters!