About Us

Company History

Recycling Express, Inc. was founded in 1991 in Frazer, PA, to provide recycling collection services to business and households as PA Act 101 was implemented by municipalities across Pennsylvania. Original service areas included Central Chester County and the Main Line, with expansion into Montgomery County, Western Delaware County, and Center City Philadelphia by 1994.

The company acquired the assets of Paper Chase, a Quakertown based recycler, in late 1994 and established a recycling processing center in Montgomeryville in 1995. The expanded service area included Alllentown, Northern Montgomery County and Bucks County. The plant operations were closed in 1998 to focus primarily on recycling collection services operated out of Frazer, PA.

In 1997, the company purchased the assets of Delaware Recycling Solutions, a Wilmington, DE, based recycler, and established Recycling Express of Delaware with a field office in Newport, DE, serving customers in Northern New Castle, Southern Chester and Southern Delaware Counties.

For the past 21 years, the employees of Recycling Express have built a solid foundation of customers that include property management companies, law and accounting firms, schools, architects, manufacturers and many types of businesses. Our reputation for timely and courteous service are unequaled in our service areas.

Ownership

Paul R. Bickhart is President and co-founder of Recycling Express, Inc., a multi-material recycling service company serving Eastern Pennsylvania and Northern Delaware. His areas of expertise are in recycling and waste reduction program design, employee education, waste stream analysis and recycling technologies assessment.

Mr. Bickhart has been a project coordinator and educator in recycling and waste reduction since 1985. In addition to owning and operating Recycling Express, Inc., Mr. Bickhart currently serves on the Chester County Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) and the State of Delaware’s Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC).

Before co-founding Recycling Express, Inc. in 1991, Mr. Bickhart served as the Chester County Recycling Coordinator in West Chester, Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1990. He also held positions with Edwards Enterprises, Inc., the Pennsylvania Resources Council, and Tenneco Oil Company.

Mr. Bickhart graduated from Methacton High School, Fairview Village, PA, in 1976 and holds a BS in Geological Engineering from the University of Oklahoma (1981). He currently resides in Wilmington, DE, with his wife Amy.

Route Managers

Recycling Express adds a personal touch to serving our customer’s varying needs for recycling services with dedicated route managers that have been with the company for over fifteen years. Each route manager has a specific group of customers and a set schedule for collections and routes.

Special pickups and extra materials can usually be accommodated during our regular pickup schedules. Our current route managers include Brian Siciliano and Kerry Kegley in the Frazer, PA, office and Brian Ashley in the Newport, DE, office.