 City of St. Louis Department of Streets Refuse Division |
 |  | 
|
| Recycling Program | |||
| Reduce | Reuse | Buy Reused and Recycled | Composting | Residents | Schools & Youth Groups | Businesses, Institutions, & Nonprofits | City Government | Press Room | Links and Library | Return to Refuse |
4100 S. 1st Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
Phone (314) 353-8877
Fax
(314) 352-5627
Email recycle@stlouis.missouri.org
Welcome to the City of St. Louis Recycling Program.
Recycling is easy! The City of St. Louis offers twenty-six drop-off locations scattered throughout town. By taking just a few minutes each week to sort your recyclables, you can help to reduce waste and benefit the environment. Above and beyond recycling, you can reduce, reuse, and buy recycled. Use these pages to learn more about what you can do.
What's So Great About Recycling?
Recycling can save your tax dollars! Every pound of material that is recycled is a pound that the City won't have to pay to dispose of in a landfill. Reducing waste and increasing recycling volumes can help programs to run more efficiently and effectively.
Recycling benefits the local economy! Almost 16,000 people are employed in 1,500 local recycling businesses in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. These include recycling collection; computer and electronics recovery; textile recycling; educational organizations; recycled product manufacturers and retailers; and aluminum, glass, paper, plastic, and steel recyclers.
Recycling saves energy! Placing 1 aluminum can in the recycling bin saves enough energy to power a television for 3 hours. Recycling 1 glass container saves enough energy to light a 100 watt bulb for 4 hours. Recycling one pound of steel will light a 60 watt bulb for 24 hours.
Recycling reduces pollution! Making products from recycled materials results in a reduction of air and water pollutants than would be generated by extracting and processing these materials from virgin materials. Recycling 4,800 16oz. soda bottles saves a cubic yard of landfill space.
Recycling conserves natural resources! If every American family recycled their newspapers, approximately 500,000 trees would be saved weekly. We save over 1 ton of resources from being mined for every ton of glass recycled.
Why waste another day...Recycle!
Return to Refuse DivisionYou are visitor number 59960
since May 09, 2005.
Page last updated Friday, 25-Apr-2008 09:30:02 CDT
© City of St. Louis |
Terms of Use | Privacy | Accessibility
