Program Available to Most County Residents

This service is available to all residents in participating mandated municipalites (City of Altoona, Hollidaysburg Borough, and Logan Township) and residents in any non mandated municipalities.  Tyrone Borough residents should contact their municipal office for all recycling information, including hazardous materials and electronics.

Most Materials Free, Some Now Have a Modest Fee

Due to increased recycling costs for non-televsion and non-computer electronics, a small fee is now in effect for some of those items.  The IRC Recycling and Composting facility still accepts a variety of items for recycling at the Buckhorn Facility and computers and televisions are still free. The following are the different electronic items accepted and the fee schedule. You can find a complete list of materials accepted and a description of our composting operations here. 

In 2010, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed legislation requiring the recycling of televisions, computers, and related electronic devices. This service is free to all residents.  It is a self serve drop-off. Residents should be able to unload their electronics without assistance. If you have truck load quantities, please call ahead to ensure that we have adequate space.  You can reach the IRC Compost Facility staff at 814-941-6675. 

The materials will need to be separated into the categories listed in the table below. It is important for residents to keep the different materials separate to ensure recyclability. Our facility is a source separated facility.  This means that the recycling collected at our facilityy needs to be separated into the individual commodity streams.  The recycling at our facility gets directly bailed and sold on the recycling markets.  There is no one to sort recyclilng that has been mixed together at our facility.  When recycling is mixed with trash it is trash.  Please pay attention to the different separations when using our facility.   Small businesses (businesses with 50 employees or less) may also utilize the drop-off at our location.  If you are a large employer, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Material Accepted	Fee
Covered Electronics:
Computer Towers and Laptops	Free
Keyboards, printers, faxes, copiers, and mice	Free
Printer & Toner Cartridges	Free
Computer speakers	Free
Televisions	Free
Computer Monitors	Free
Other Electronics:
Christmas lights	Free
Microwaves and toaster ovens	Free
Cell phones and digital cameras	Free
Metal appliances such as stoves, dishwashers, washer, and dryers	Free
Metal curling irons	Free
Portable DVD Players and other similar sized electronics	$1
Full-sized DVD players, VCR%s, and other similar sized electronics	$2
Stereos, sound systems, speakers, other similar sized electronics	$5
Oversized electronics,stereos and sound systems	$10 or more
Freon containing devices:
Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers	$7-10
Electronics NOT accepted
Vacuum cleaners
Shop vacs
Plastic housefans
And other mostly plastic electronics

If you are unsure as to how to recycle at our facility or need other recycling assistance please see an IRC employee.  We frequently have special recycling events to accept different materials.  To learn more about our special recycling events, or for other questions, please call our office at (814) 942-7472 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .