Franklin Township plans to open a recycling drop-off center in the near future.

Supervisors on a 2-0 vote recently approved the purchase of rear loading dumpsters to use for the recycle drop-off program at the maximum total rate of $15,000.

The board also approved a communicated agreement; an informational conversation for all interested residents; a pass system and training materials for Franklin Township residents at a maximum amount of $500; and advertising and opening the landfill/transfer station contract for bid, awarding a two-year contract to Waste Management.

Supervisor Leroy Kemmerer Jr. was absent.

Township assistant secretary/treasurer Elizabeth Grodis said the township will use the Monroe County Transfer Station for the collection of paper and cardboard, and also is coordinating with it regarding the use of a bin for mixed glass, as they indicated they can provide and service the glass bin for a nominal fee.

Grodis said the township would transport paper and cardboard to the facility and receive compensation for those materials. There is a communicated agreement stating they will accept the township’s materials and pay the township or charge the township for them.

She said Louis Cohen & Son Inc. has been identified as a potential partner for aluminum cans.

Following discussions with the Lions Club, the township will determine whether to include aluminum cans as an additional recyclable commodity. If so, Louis Cohen & Son Inc. would supply a 20-yard container, provide hauling services, and compensate the township for the collected material.

The recycling drop-off center would be located up behind the maintenance building along Fairyland Road, where it will be gated and manned by part-time employees. The center will open July 1, and will be open one day a week, and also on a Saturday.

In December, the township agreed to reinstitute its recycling program.

Afterward, the board agreed to create a recycling committee of three individuals.

Renfrew asked supervisors in October to consider bringing back recycling.

In 2020, supervisors had agreed to discontinue the township recycling center.

Supervisors said then the recycling bins were being contaminated with plastic bags and some garbage, and reminded residents not to place any kind of plastic bags in the recycling dumpsters.

It was noted at that time that trash of any kind should not be placed in the bins, as the township was billed an extra $2,000 at one point due to bin contamination.