New Electronic
Recycling Facility
JVS Environmental is opening a NEW PERMANENT ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
FACILITY, located at 1 American Way in Ellsworth. The site is located behind the
Ellsworth Post Office. Participants will enter the site from Almond Road, past the
Beer Here Beer Distributor. JVS Environmental will be managing the site. This site will
replace the monthly electronics collection program that was previously held at the
Washington County Fairgrounds, then at the Washington Mall site.
The site will be open on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Here are the dates for 2019:
May 14 July 9 September 10 November 12
May 28 July 23 September 24 November 26
June 11 August 13 October 8 December 10
June 25 August 27 October 22 No Collection Dec. 24
Items to be collected include computer monitors (CRTs and LCDs); computer towers and bases (CPUs); mice, keyboards and
speakers; notebook computers; printers; televisions (CRTs and LCDs); Freon appliances; fluorescent tubes and CFL bulbs; and
most household appliances. Vacuum cleaners, carpet scrubbers, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detectors will NOT be
accepted. Most items will be collected free of charge.
n Televisions will be limited to one per carload per event.
n Damaged or dismantled TVs will be accepted for a $50 hazardous handling fee.
n 4- and 8-foot fluorescent tubes and Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) will be accepted for a charge of $2 per bulb.
n Freon appliances will be accepted, with a Freon removal fee of $20
For more information, including information on all recycling facilities in Washington County, please call the Washington
County Planning Commission at 724.228.6811. Visit our website at https://www.co.washington.pa.us/planning for more
details, including Alternative Disposal Sites for accepted items. Cash only.
519/980/I-79 Project
Route 519 at Route 980 and Interstate 79—SR 519 K20
This project involves safety improvements to the intersections on Route
519 between I-79 and Route 19. Also, the I-79 ramps at Route 519. The
project will add a turning lane on Route 519 from Route 980 to Interstate
79 two sets of signals at Route 519/Interstate 79 to control traffic at the on/
off ramps, and Route 519 will be realigned and moved 150’ to the East to
eliminate a 4-way stop condition and will be replaced with a new signal.
The tentative completion date is in mid-October 2021. The contractor on
this $26,773,781 project is Golden Triangle Construction Company, Inc.
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