Helpful Links

Waste Reduction & Recycling

• Stopping Junk Mail
• What should or shouldn’t be recycled
• Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Recipes
• Motor Oil, Antifreeze, Car Batteries, Tires and Scrap Metal
• Cell Phone Recycling
• Composting (Yard Waste)
• Recycle your Older, Energy Inefficient, Second Refrigerator

Home Composting

• Biocycle
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
• Computer and Portable Television
• Glass and Aluminum Cans
• Hazardous Waste
• Municipal Contacts in Delaware County
• Paper
• Reducing/Reusing
• Computer and Television Recycling
• Freon Recovery Information
• Latex Paint
• Think Globally, Act Locally
• Recycle your gently used Furniture and Household Items locally  
• Use Less Energy, Save Money and Help the Environment
• More Recycling Links

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

• PECO - Save Money, Save Energy
• Energy Star Products
• Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency
• Municipal Contacts in Delaware County
• PA DEP Energy Conservation Help for the Home
• PA DEP: Wind Power
• PA DEP: Solar Power

Transportation

• Pennsylvania DEP’s Bureau of Air Quality
• US Department of Energy’s Fuel Economy page
• SEPTA
• Delaware County Transit Map and Guide
• TransitChek
• Delaware County Bicycle Plan
• Walk Score
• PhillyCarShare
• Delaware County Transportation Management Association
• Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia

Environmental Protection & Conservation

• PA Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Farmland Preservation
• Open Space Program
• Watershed Management
• Coastal Zone Management
• Delaware County Parks and Recreation
• TreeVitalize
• Delaware County Conservation District
• Delaware County Environmental Network
• Environmental Advisory Councils (EACs)
• Search for EACs by county
• Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Association
• Darby Creek Valley Association
• Streamside Property Brochure
• Delaware County Planning Department – Environmental Section
• DCNR
• Natural Lands Trust
• Delaware County Resources
• More Links