Business and Curbside Recycling Household Hazardous Waste Yard Waste and Compost Other Materials Recycling saves money. By recycling more, you produce less trash.
Recycling saves space.
In 1998 alone, the residents of Bethlehem helped shed 11,646,526 unwanted pounds from the city's solid waste disposal. That's more than the combined weight of all of Bethlehem's 72,490 residents. This saved an area of landfill space four times greater than the size of the One Bethlehem Plaza building. Recycling saves resources. In 1998, Bethlehem residents recycling paper saved 52,356 trees and 21,558 gallons of water.