Butler Township is planning to relocate the large dumpster used to hold glass bottles and jars for recycling from the township stockyard to the administrative office building on South Duffy Road due to the volume of glass residents recycle.

Public works department employees will begin working next week on an asphalt pad behind the administration building that will become the new home for the 30-cubic yard dumpster, said Dave Meeder, public works director.

The township began its own glass recycling program in June because glass was no longer being collected through regular recycling collection.

Residents take their jars and bottles to a smaller 2.25-cubic yard bin currently located at the administration building, and public works employees take the bin to the stockyard on Sawmill Run Road and dump the glass into the dumpster that was provided by Dlubak Glass.

From there, Dlubak takes the glass and delivers it to a bottling company.

Residents have been dropping off so much glass that employees have to make three deliveries a week to the stockyard, Meeder said.

Moving the dumpster from the stockyard to the administration building is intended to reduce that travel and the expenses that go along with it, he said.

“We empty the bin three times a week — Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It's usually full when we empty it,” Meeder said. “This will reduce the transportation needed to empty the small dumpster.”

Dlubak emptied the dumpster in early October after just three months of use.

“It took three months to fill that large dumpster,” he said.

The smaller bin will remain in the administration building lot. Residents will continue placing their glass in the bin and the township will dump the contents into the dumpster when needed.

“It will all be in one location now,” Meeder said.

He estimated that it would take two days to excavate and prepare a site for the pad and one day to pour the asphalt.

Dave Zarnick, township commissioners president, said all of the township recycling programs are working well, but there is some confusion among residents about the fall curbside leaf collection dates.

Leaves will be collected during the weeks of Oct. 26 and Nov. 2, 9 and 16. Leaves must be placed in biodegradable paper bags and placed outside on regular trash collection days.

Bags can be purchased at the township administration building for 40 cents. They can also be purchased at building supply and hardware stores and online.

The township's household hazardous waste recycling program is also popular.

The township reported that residents recycled more than 13,000 pounds of household hazardous waste, including electronic devices and paint, in the third quarter.