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<p>KINGSTON TWP. &#8212; The concept of going green to save green has served the Dallas Area Municipal Authority well.</p><p>It was four years ago when DAMA switched gears from a weekly rotational recycling program that required residents in Dallas Borough and Dallas and Kingston townships to sift through a dozen accepted recyclable materials to a single-stream program.</p><p>Within the first month of implementing the single-stream program, DAMA collected 15 tons of recycled materials.</p><p>At the end of 2015, Dallas Area Municipal Authority Solid Waste Supervisor William Feher calculated DAMA collected 2,003 tons of recyclable materials.</p><p>&#8220;That is 44.5 percent of what was collected was recycled,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That was 21.5 percent over the state-mandated 23 percent,&#8221; he said.</p><p>&#8220;Our residents and businesses are phenomenal at recycling,&#8221; he said.</p><p>The fallout from the recycling program has, in turn, benefited the community.</p><p>DAMA&#8217;s trucks travel 12 miles to Northeast Recycling Solutions recycling facility in Hanover Township. This is a shorter distance than traveling 28 miles to the Keystone Sanitary Landfill in Lackawanna County, saving in fuel costs and wear and tear on trucks, Feher said.</p><p>Plus, DAMA receives a varying rate on collected recycled materials, he said.</p><p>&#8220;Recycling rates are based on market values for the materials,&#8221; Feher said. &#8220;Paper and cardboard rates can be different than glass and plastic.&#8221;</p><p>This revenue source is turned back to the authority to help offset costs and keep annual recycling fees steady.</p><p>Increased participation in DAMA&#8217;s recycling program has also aided the authority in acquiring Recycling Program Development and Implementation Grants through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.</p><p>Such grants aided DAMA to develop and open a <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/377417/new-compost-facility-in-lehman-township-benefits-back-mountain-residents" title="composting site">composting site</a> at the former M &amp; M Trailer Repair property on Route 118 in Lehman Township last June.</p><p>The composting facility is open to all residents of Dallas and Harveys Lake boroughs, Kingston, Lehman and Dallas townships, he said. Clean leaf and yard waste up to 12 inches in diameter are accepted, Feher said.</p><p>&#8220;Our motto (at the composting site) is if it grows, it goes,&#8221; he said.</p><p>During regular operating hours, a monitor requires all drop-offs to be signed in and photo identifications are checked to ensure only residents of participating municipalities are allowed access.</p><p>&#8220;Commercial haulers are not permitted,&#8221; Feher said.</p><p>Feher is working on plans to create a tire and electronic recycling collection at the composting site.</p><p>Common household batteries are not accepted yet, but Feher said as soon as he finds a facility to take used batteries, he will start a recycling program for them, as well.</p><p>&#8220;We do accept lead-acid batteries such as those used in lawnmowers and cars,&#8221; he said.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The high volume of recycled materials processed enabled DAMA to establish a composting facility in Lehman Township. Tuesday, a DAMA truck dropped off Christmas trees to be mulched up for use in residents&#8217; gardens this summer. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_TTL010616DAMA2-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>The high volume of recycled materials processed enabled DAMA to establish a composting facility in Lehman Township. Tuesday, a DAMA truck dropped off Christmas trees to be mulched up for use in residents&#8217; gardens this summer. </caption0><photoCredit0>Clark Van Orden | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_TTL010616DAMA1-2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Dallas Area Municipal Authority Solid Waste Supervisor William Feher said the authority collected 2,003 tons of recyclables from 7,000 homes serviced in Dallas Borough and Dallas and Kingston townships. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_TTL010616DAMA1-2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Dallas Area Municipal Authority Solid Waste Supervisor William Feher said the authority collected 2,003 tons of recyclables from 7,000 homes serviced in Dallas Borough and Dallas and Kingston townships. </caption1><photoCredit1>Clark Van Orden | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Eileen Godin</p><p>egodin@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong>DAMA accepted recyclables</strong></p><p>1-7 plastics, aluminum foil and cans, cardboard, cereal boxes, colored paper, detergent bottles, empty aerosol cans, envelopes, egg cartons, file folders, glass jars and bottles, hard and soft cover books, juice and milk cartons, junk mail, newspaper and inserts, magazines and brochures, multi 3-ply paper, white paper, paperboard boxes, phone books and catalogs, plastic milk jugs, plastic soda bottles, pots and pans, school papers, small metals, tin cans, water bottles</p><p>For more information on DAMA services, visit www.damaonline.org or call 570-696-1134.</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Eileen Godin at 570-991-6387 or on Twitter @TLNews.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Back Mountain residents benefit from recycling with the Dallas Area Municipal Authority