BICYCLE RECYCLING PROGRAM

CAT accepts bicycles at the Bethlehem Bicycle Cooperative (BBC) on Saturdays from 9 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. and on Thursdays from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.

Bicycles are treated like gold here at CAT.  We recycle more than 50 bicycles directly back into the community each year as part of our barter bike program.  Usually someone buying a used bike from CAT doesn’t use cash, they work off the cost by helping to keep the busiest bus stop in the Lehigh Valley, at Broad & Guetter, clean and safe.  We also use the opportunity to give these new riders, helmets and bicycle safety classes.

Some bikes are not as desirable here in this region or would take more mechanic time to fix than is practical.  These bikes are sent to a Third World country.  Currently CAT is working with the "Bikes for Africa" campaign with The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

Of course, some bikes that come our way have very little value as bicycles anymore, but we still strip them of all useable parts and accessories before disposing of the various component materials such as rubber, steel and aluminum appropriately.

You can be certain that your used bicycle is optimally recycled.  We take care of hundreds of used bicycles every year. Here is a picture of our bicycle recycling center. Thank you for considering CAT as your bicycle recycling option. 

Directions to the BBC: http://www.car-free.org/guts/direct.htm

Steve Schmitt
Coalition for Appropriate Transportation
60 West Broad Street suite 97
Bethlehem, PA  18018
610-954-5744 fax:610-954-0142
cat@car-free.org http://www.car-free.org