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Help Abington go green!
It's easy. The volunteers of the EAC are here to help you, your family, neighbors and friends go green. We work with residents, local organizations, businesses and the township to provide a clean and healthy environment for our community.
Learn how you can make a difference!
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Event News You Can Use: - Recycling, Rain Barrels, Bird Walks, and Bike Tour:
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Montgomery County Collection
Montgomery County Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Please click here for the Montgomery County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Complete Schedule. For additional information please visit Montgomery CountyRecycles.org or call the recycling line at 610-278-3618.
Free residential collection events are held outdoors from 9am- 3pm, rain or shine 6 times a year during the months of April through October. Montgomery County Residents may attend any Household Hazardous Waste event held by Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or Philadelphia Counties. Click HERE for a list of accepted items.
Summer Lawn Care Tips to help reduce water pollution
- During the hot summer months, mow your grass to 3 to 4 inches in height - you’ll mow less and save fuel. High mowing also discourages weeds because high grass shades out weeds.
- Do not use pesticides. Pesticides kill off beneficial insects and microorganisms that improve the soil.
- Remember to base fertilizer application on the condition of your soil. More is not better. Excess fertilizer can wash off your soil and go directly into our streams. This causes nutrient levels to rise, which can result in too much algae. Algae removes dissolved oxygen from the water which is essential to the bugs and fish that live in our streams and ponds.
- If you are unsure about your soil, you can have your soil tested by the Penn State University Extension. You can request a soil test kit from the Montgomery County Extension Office.
- Compost your yard waste. Don’t bag lawn trimmings; leave them in place for recycling of nutrients.
- Never store or dump manure, garden waste or grass clippings near streams.
- Consider using rain barrels. Rain Barrels collect water from roofs during each rain event. Water can be saved and used to water lawns and flower gardens during dry periods. When emptied before rain events, rain barrels help retain some of the rooftop water from running directly off your property to the street where it flows into the township’s stormwater system and to the nearest stream.
- For more information see: Naturalizing Your Yard – Improving your Yard’s Ecology while Saving Money
- For those with Streamside Property see: 20 Ways to Protect Your Stream and Streamside Property
Abington Audubon Bird Town
Bird Walk Schedule
Lorimer Park
Join
Leigh Altadonna, President of the Wyncote Audubon Society
and Jennifer Sherwood, Chair of Abington Bird Town
Tuesday, September 20th ~ 8:00-10:00 AM ~ Moredon Road Lot
Sunday, September 25th ~ 8:00-10:00 AM ~ Welsh Road Lot
Tuesday, October 18th ~ 8:30-10:30 AM ~ Moredon Road Lot
Sunday, October 23rd ~ 8:30-10:30 AM - Welsh Road Lot
Tuesday, November 15th ~ 8:30-10:30 AM - Moredon Road Lot
Tuesday, December 20th ~ 8:30-10:30 AM - Moredon Road Lot
All are Invited: The walk is open to anyone interested in learning more about the birds that frequent this Montgomery County Park that is part of an Audubon Important Bird Area. This walk is for beginning birders and experienced birders as well. Wear comfortable footwear and clothing. Bring binoculars if you have them!
Directions: Meet at the Parking Lot at Welsh and Terwood Roads. From there we will walk along the Pennypack Trail in the Bethayres swamp section and into the North end of Lorimer Park. We will also keep a look out for Great Blue Heron and perhaps a Solitary or Spotted Sandpiper along the creek.
For more Information: Contact: Leigh Altadonna, laltadonna@audubon.org or Jennifer Sherwood, eac.abington@gmail.com
Attend to earn a Go Green Rewards Card credit
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All are invited to our public EAC meetings
7:30 pm at
Attend any meeting to earn a Go Green Rewards Card credit
- EAC meetings
- EAC Rain Barrel workshop
- Installing a rain barrel
- EAC Energy Expo
- EAC, TTF & Shade Tree Commission plantings
- Volunteering on EAC projects
- Abington Township Bike Plan meeting
- Donating canned goods at Abington Township recycling events
- Certifying your yard as an Audubon Bird Habitat
- Purchasing green energy (show us your electric bill) and more...
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Abington Township Paper Shred Events
Abington Township residents only - free paper shreddingNO BUSINESSES WHATSOEVER
Protect yourself from identity theft by shredding old documents
Saturday, July 23, 2016 at Abington Junior High School
Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Highway Yard
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
at Abington Township Public Works Facility
2201 Florey Lane, Abington PA 19001 (on left), (except for July 23 at AJHS).
Click HERE for more details.
Abington Township E-Cycling events
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Abington Township Public Works Facility
2201 Florey Lane, Abington PA 19001 (on left)
Details HERE.
Abington Township is proud to offer their residents the opportunity to responsibly recycle obsolete electronics. This FREE service is available to residents of Abington Township.
***Monetary charge for TUBE TV's and COMPUTER MONITORS--click link HERE for details.***
ALL DATA MEDIA WILL BE DESTROYED OR WIPED!
ACCEPTED ITEMS INCLUDE:
Laptops Dehumidifiers, Peripherals, Computers, Typewriters, Mice, Telephones, Small Appliances, Microwaves, Fax Machines, Cameras, Keyboards, Cell Phones, Printers, Calculators, Air Conditioners, etc.
UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS INCLUDE:
No batteries, light bulbs, smoke detectors, or large appliances
Please bring a canned food item, peanut butter or jelly
More recycling info from Abington Twp...
You may be able to save money on your energy bills by switching from PECO to another energy supplier (electricity and natural gas). How do you choose which company to buy from? You can decide based on price, clean energy options, or local sources.
other communities committed to livability and economic viability. As the first national rating system of its kind, the STAR Communities Rating SystemTM has seven areas to measure progress over the long term: Volunteers are needed to help gather information and develop
future plans. For more information or to volunteer, email AbingtonSTAR@gmail.com.
For STAR Communities info, visit StarCommunities.org .
above and also for:
- Building rain barrels
- Public gardens and green space
- Building raised vegetable beds and row covers
- Tree plantings and maintenance
- Mussel surveys in local streams
- In October: Ocean Conservancy "International Coastal Cleanup" (litter cleanups)
- In spring: "Great American Cleanup" (litter cleanups)
- Hosting tables at public fairs and events (like the Abington Pre-Night Out)
- Creating environmental videos
- For more information, email eac.abington@gmail.com.
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including:
Abington Township, Abington Township Commissioners, Abington Township Parks and Recreation Department, Abington School District, Abington Senior High School Service
Learning Program, Abington Junior High School Green Thumbs Club, ASD Elementary
Schools, Briar Bush Nature Center, Boy Scouts, Cheltenham Township and EAC, Girl Scouts, Friends of Hallowell Park, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, Meadowbrook Bird Sanctuary, the
Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup, PennDOT, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennypack Watershed and PERT, Redeemer Valley Community Garden, Rydal-Meadowbrook Civic Association, AT Shade Tree Commission, the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, TreeVitalize, Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, Wyncote Audubon Society, and the Youth Aid Panel. Wow! Join us!
Thank you for volunteering with us at our Earth Day clean-ups in 2016. Together, we cleaned-up and beautified 13 parks and green spaces throughout Abington township.
Our 243 volunteers picked up 678 pounds of litter and planted 759 trees and flowers. Cleanups are a great way to bring your community together and make a difference in
your neighborhood. It adds up too! We count how much litter we pick up and report
to the Great American Cleanup of PA. Throughout Pennsylvania last year, 140,000 volunteers picked up over 6 million pounds of trash, and planted over 22,000 trees
and flowers. What a difference! For event details, click on this Earth Day link.
Thanks to Commissioners Jimmy DiPlacido, Tom Hecker,
Carol Gillespie, Ben Sanchez and others for cleaning-up!
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Information on events is listed below. Email an EAC member for more info, eac.abington@gmail.com.