Recycling tops Lawncrest
community meeting

By Tom Waring
Times Staff Writer

Eva Burrell, a community outreach specialist for the city Department of Streets, is urging members of the Lawncrest Community Association to recycle.
Materials that the city accepts for recycling include newspapers, magazines, cardboard, mail, food boxes, computer paper, fliers, plastic containers, glass bottles and jars and aluminum, metal and aerosol cans.
All of those items can be placed in a plastic bin, though it might be easier to bundle paper with a string or place it in a paper bag.
Among the items that the city does not accept are Styrofoam and food-soiled paper.
Recyclables should be placed with regular trash between 7 p.m. the night before collection and 7:30 a.m. on the day of collection.
Residents can use the city’s blue recycling bins or any container, up to 20 gallons, as long as it is labeled with the word "recycling."
For those who do not want to wait for the biweekly curbside collections, the Friends of Pennypack Park accepts paper, plastic containers and books on the third Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon in the Abraham Lincoln High School parking lot at Rowland Avenue and Vista Street.
For more information, call 215-685-RECYCLE or visit recyclingpays.phila.gov
Burrell, who appeared at last week’s meeting, also brought brochures that list upcoming cleanup dates.
The Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee will hold clean block events in the 2nd, 7th, 8th and 15th police districts on the following Saturdays: May 17, July 19 and Aug. 30.
The PMBC will provide materials such as brooms and trash bags and arrange for trash pickup. Northeast residents interested in cleaning up their street can call PMBC clean block officer Willie Brown at 215-685-3991.
The streets department site at State Road and Ashburner Street will accept drop-offs of household hazardous waste on Thursday, July 24. Typical materials accepted include paint; lawn, garden and automotive products; kitchen and bathroom cleaners; and flammable materials.
Computer equipment and televisions can be dropped off every Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at that location.
In other news from the April 15 meeting:
• The Philadelphia Protestant Home presented a $500 check to the Lawncrest 4th of July Committee, which will hold its next meeting on Monday, at 7 p.m., at the PPH.
The committee is also thanking Teamsters Local 115 and its secretary-treasurer, Jim Smith, for printing 10,000 copies of a two-sided donation request letter that will go to residents and merchants.
The 93rd annual celebration will take place on Friday, July 4. The rain date is Saturday, July 5. The theme is 2 Neighborhoods = 1 Community (Crescentville + Lawndale = Lawncrest).
The parade will start at 8:30 a.m. and will feature string bands, armed service groups, antique cars, community associations, churches, floats and local sports team mascots.
The Lawncrest Town Watch will award new bicycles to children who win the best-decorated bike contest.
The day’s events will include a classic car show, children’s rides, a food court, a flea market, musical entertainment, bingo and a baby parade. The activities are centered around the Lawncrest Recreation Center, at Rising Sun Avenue and Comly Street.
To volunteer or to participate in the parade or baby parade, call Steve at 215-651-8470.
To make a tax-deductible donation, send checks to Lawncrest 4th of July Committee, P.O. Box 24656, Philadelphia, PA 19111.
Donations can also be brought to any LCA meeting.
• Hasan Malik, of Northeast Tree Tenders, told residents that his group is accepting requests for street or yard trees. The trees will be 6 to 12 feet tall. The recommended donation is $15.
Last month, the organization planted 19 trees at locations across the Northeast.
Malik, a Castor Gardens resident, is a senior at Julia R. Masterman High School.
To request a tree or for more information, call Malik at 215-694-9607 or visit www.netreetenders.com
• The Friends of Tacony Creek Park will meet on Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m. at the Salvation Army Citadel, at Rising Sun Avenue and Van Kirk Street.
ª Lawncrest Town Watch is recruiting new members. Anyone interested can call 215-745-1200.
• Lawncrest Community Association’s next meeting is on Tuesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. at St. William parish hall, at Argyle and Robbins streets. The following month’s meeting will be on June 17.••