![]() What’s more, this morning’s fire created a public safety hazard, and if the fire company had not acted so quickly, this may have resulted in serious injury to staff, firefighters and police officers, our residents, and/or personal property. Rejected loads of recycling also add additional costs to our Township Refuse collection expenses. Not only did this incident cost the Township in damages to equipment, but continual disregard for recycling regulations results in entire loads of contaminated recycling having to now be sent to the landfill. As the whole load of recycling was dumped in the street, Township staff noted a significant number of other non-recyclable materials. ![]() Neither of the above items is permitted in our single-stream recycling collections. The cause of the fire was found to be a battery pack for a drill, inside a plastic bag. The Elkins Park Fire Company responded to quickly put out the fire, saving the truck from permanent damage. Due to where the fire was in the truck, the nearly full load had to be dumped in the roadway. I am writing today to inform you of an incident that occurred just after 9:00am this morning: one of our Township’s automated recycling trucks was reported on fire at the corner of Asbury Avenue and Richards Road. When examining the truck’s contents that had been dumped on the street, the township manager states that in addition to the batteries a “significant number of other non-recyclable materials” were among the recyclable items. Zienkowski, to write a letter to residents asking them to follow the township’s recycling regulations. The fire led the township’s manager, Robert A. The fire was put out by the Elkins Park Fire Company and attributed to a battery pack for a drill. A Cheltenham Township recycling truck caught fire on Thursday, July 8th, and ended up having to dump its contents on the street near the corner of Asbury Avenue and Richards Road.
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