Evelyn Bacher of ECS&R takes a payment for electronics recycling at Cranberry Township's electronic waste recycling day.

The company that contracted with the county to provide residents with recycling services for electronics and hazardous waste has closed.

Sheryl Kelly, the county's environmental specialist and recycling and farmland coordinator, announced Friday that Environmental Coordination Services & Recycling (ECS&R) of Forward Township will immediately and permanently cease operations.

The two remaining recycling events planned by the county at the company's location near the intersection of Evans City and Ash Stop roads have been canceled, as have all 12 events scheduled for 2022.

Read more in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.