Salisbury Township residents have the opportunity to learn about the new recycling program.

Residents are to register for the recycling workshop via a Zoom session of the 7 p.m. Jan. 20 meeting of the Salisbury Township Environmental Advisory Council.

Gary Smalley, of Republic Services, will discuss the “proper disposal preparation of recyclables, household hazardous waste and electronics collection,” according to a Jan. 13 Salisbury Township email.

The Zoom workshop is open to all, but participants are to register on the Salisbury Township website at www.salisburytownshippa.org.

According to Salisbury Township Assistant Manager Sandy Nicolo, the EAC old business and new business will be continued to the 7 p.m. Feb. 17 meeting because of the workshop.

Township residents will have the opportunity to speak and ask questions during the meeting’s courtesy of the floor portion.

In a Jan. 8 email, the Salisbury Township administration announced “Effective Feb. 1, residents on the Wednesday and Saturday trash and recycling route will now have collection on Mondays and Thursdays. Mondays will be trash and recycling and Thursdays will be trash only. No other routes are impacted by this change.

Electronic waste and household hazardous waste collection is expected to begin March 1.

A flyer with more information will be mailed to residents and posted on the township’s website in mid to late January.”

Refuse and recycling rates approved at the Dec. 22, 2020, commissioners’ meeting went into effect Jan. 1 at $93 per unit per quarter or $372 annually.

The 2020 township trash collection rate was $68 per quarter per unit or $272 annually.

The higher rate for refuse and recycling collection services reflects the new contract with Republic Services, township officials said.

The increase is also because of adding front-door pickup of electronic equipment to be recycled, officials said.

The approximate $5 million trash contract with Republic Services is for three years, 2021, 2022 and 2023, with possible renewal in 2024 and 2025.

The municipal solid waste and recycling contract was awarded to Republic Services at the Dec. 10, 2020, township meeting.

The elimination of Saturday trash pickup was seen as a cost-savings measure, according to township officials.