Nesquehoning has officially ended its recycling program.

Last week, borough council voted to approve discontinuing curbside recycling in the town, effective today.

Solicitor Robert Yurchak drafted an agreement, which was sent to Larry Wittig, owner of Tamaqua Transfer, the company the borough contracted with for both garbage and recycling pickup. The motion was contingent upon Wittig’s approval of the agreement.

On Monday, RoniSue Ahner, borough secretary-treasurer, said she had not yet heard if Wittig had returned the agreement to Yurchak.

This now means that recyclables should be placed in the trash for weekly pickup.

Councilman Louis Paul, chairman of the sanitation committee, last month said doing away with recycling would save the borough approximately $26,748 a year, based on projections provided by Wittig.

Councilwoman Mary Fox said after the vote that she plans to look at possibly getting recycling bins, something like the orange bins the borough used to have on Locust Street, back in the borough.

Paul added that after everything is finalized with the recycling, he would like to ask Wittig about holding a spring cleanup for the borough, much like what other communities do that allow residents to place more trash items out on a specific day that is above their normal weekly pickups.

Council also talked about hosting another electronics recycling in the spring. No further information has been decided on at this time.