A Franklin Township official has laid down the law to those who utilize its recycling bins.

Board of supervisors Chairman Jason Frey on Tuesday reminded township residents to not place any kind of plastic bags in the recycling dumpsters.

He also said trash of any kind should not be placed in the recycling bins, noting the township was charged an extra $2,000 last month due to the bins being contaminated.

“That’s a large increase, and we can’t continue to do that,” Frey said.

Frey said the recycling bins are to be used by township residents only after people have been coming down from Towamensing, Mahoning and Penn Forest townships to drop their recyclables off.

“You cannot dump your recycling in the Franklin Township recycling bins,” he said.

Frey said residents can drop their nonrecyclables in a garbage dumpster behind the township garage.

He said that when residents empty the bags, they should just tear open the bag and reuse it again to haul their recyclables the next time.

Supervisors said they will begin cracking down on those who are improperly discarding their recyclables, because they don’t want to lose their recycling.

At present, it costs the township $9,000 a year per its contract with its recycling hauler, Waste Management.