The Lycoming County Resource Management Services Department (LCRMS) has received a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Municipal Waste General Permit for the grinding of clean wood at our facility.

Acceptable and Unacceptable Wood for Recycling Printout

The permit requires:

1. Only clean wood can be accepted for processing
   1. Acceptable materials: non-pressure treated scrap lumber, unpainted wooden pallets and warehouse type skids, cable spools and marine grade plywood.
   2. Unacceptable materials: laminated wood, particleboard, pressure treated lumber, and painted wooden pallets.
      • Despite quality control checks of the scrap lumber pile, small amounts of the above listed non-acceptable materials may be contained in the ground wood product.
2. Product chip size is regulated to a nominal 2” to 4”.

Ground wood is available to wholesale mulch and landscaping operators and for other industrial/commercial operations.

LCRMS thanks you for your cooperation with our wood grind/waste reduction program.