Worthy’s Refuse Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in Central Pennsylvania. The company is strongly committed to a foundation of financial strength, operating excellence and professionalism.
Worthy’s Refuse tailors its services to meet the needs of each customer group and to ensure consistent, superior service at the local level. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, the company's network of operations includes 107 collection operations, 47 transfer stations, 91 active landfill disposal sites, 1 waste-to-energy plants, 3 recycling plants, 5 beneficial-use landfill gas projects. These assets enable Worthy’s Refuse to offer a full range of environmental services to nearly 130,000 residential, industrial, municipal and commercial customers.
Drawing on our resources and experience, we actively pursue projects and initiatives that benefit the waste industry, the communities we serve and the environment. Worthy’s Refuse works to make a positive difference for the environment in every aspect of its business.
• We recover and process methane gas, naturally produced by decomposing waste in landfills, into an energy source for generating power. We currently supply enough landfill gas to create more than 250 megawatts of green energy that could power about 225,000 homes or replace about 2 million barrels of oil per year.
• With 31 vehicles now converted from diesel fuel to clean-burning natural gas, we operate one of the nation's largest fleets of heavy-duty trucks powered exclusively by natural gas.
• We have taken a leadership role in promoting the recycling and reuse of materials that would otherwise end up in landfills.
Worthy’s Refuse Incorporate, combined with its wholly owned subsidiary Worthy's Refuse Recycle-IT, is one of North America’s largest recycling companies. We process 3.8 million tons of commodities each year, saving approximately 31 million trees through paper recycling alone.
• Through its waste-to-energy plants, Worthy's Refuse Inc. uses solid municipal waste to generate power. This reduces the volume of the waste by 90 percent and saves space in local landfills while providing an economical alternative to the use of fossil and nuclear fuels.
• Worthy’s Refuse partners with communities, government and industries to redevelop closed landfill sites into recreational and commercial facilities such as parks, athletic fields, campgrounds and golf courses.
• Across North America, we work with environmental groups to set aside land to create and manage wetlands and wildlife habitats. Our landfills provide more than 16,000 acres of protected land for wildlife; 4 landfills are certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council.
• Worthy’s Refuse helped found the Huntingdon County Recyle-IT Electronics Center, an organization established to provide a dedicated recycling center for various electronic components. Also a marketplace for reducing and trading recyclable equipment.
Worthy’s Refuse's environmental initiatives have drawn recognition numerous times from organizations such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Wildlife Habitat Council.
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