Whitehall Township’s 8,200 households should now have received the 65-gallon recycling containers, called toters.

There is no cost to residents, and once the toters have been received, residents must begin using the new system on the next scheduled recycling pickup day.

Three zoned districts received the containers last week, according to Mayor Edward D. Hozza Jr. The two remaining zones were scheduled for delivery this week.

All recycled materials should now be placed in the new toters and will be picked up by Waste Management. Previous recycling containers, milk crates and other bins, will no longer be acceptable.

The township reminds those who have containers with Coplay and Allentown lettering to return them to the correct township recycling center.

Palmer Township currently has the same recycling program in place. A large truck with a metal arm picks up the container, empties it into the truck and then returns the cart to the curb. Palmer Township experienced a large volume of complaints at first, but after a month, the system was embraced by its residents.

Toter Company, Statesville, N.C., received the $391,849 contract to provide the recycling containers, which included assembly and distribution to households.

The new system will provide an increase for recycling grant funds.

Another system to be introduced next October are refuse carts, which will reduce landfill costs for dumping of trash.