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Commercial and Industrial Service Providers - Reuse and Recycling
*Attention Landlords*
Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 192, Department of Health and Senior Services, Section 192.081, Donation of Canned
or Perishable Food
If you're generating trash, you're throwing money down the drain. At the end, you're paying to have your trash hauled
away; if you're hauling it yourself, you're still paying (e.g., tipping fee, fuel, labor) to dump it somewhere. At the
beginning, you're paying for supplies, which end up being wasted because of inefficiencies in your processes and procedures. Whether you're dealing with paper in
an office, steel or aluminum cans in a restaurant or bar, cardboard in a retail store, etc., here are a variety of
resources that can help you reduce the amount of waste you generate, reuse materials that still have life left in them,
and/or implement a recycling program.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Waste Reduction Tips For Businesses. Online. 2003.
Missouri Environmental Assistance Center
Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania. Steps for Waste Reduction/Recycling Program Planning and Implementation. Online.
St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District. Less Is More: A Guide To Reducing Waste And Improving Profits. Online. 1995.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid Waste and Emergency Response. WasteWi$e Tip Sheet: Buying Or Manufacturing Recycled Products. Online. 1994.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid Waste and Emergency Response. Business Guide for Reducing Solid Waste. Online. 1993.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Waste Reduction and Recycling: A Guide for the Workplace. Online. 2001.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid Waste and Emergency Response. Complex Recycling Issues: Strategies for Record-Setting Waste Reduction in Multi-Family Dwellings. Online. 1999.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid Waste and Emergency Response. Multifamily Recycling: A Golden Opportunity for Solid Waste Reduction. Online. 1999.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid Waste and Emergency Response. Multifamily Recycling: A National Study. Online. 2001.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Waste Reduction and Recycling: A Guide for Owners of Apartments and Other Multi-Family Dwellings. Online. 2002.
Green Hotels Association
University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service. Recycling in Hotels and Motels:
A Recycling Guide For Hotel and Motel Recycling Managers. Online. 1993.
National Office Paper Recycling Project. Office Paper Recycling Guide. Online. 1991.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid Waste and Emergency Response. It's Easy Being Green! A Guide To Planning And Conducting Environmentally Aware Meetings And Events. Online. 1996.
Xerox Corporation. Business Guide To Waste Reduction And Recycling. Online. 1998.
California Environmental Protection Agency - Integrated Waste Management Board. Restaurant Guide to Waste Reduction and Recycling. Online. 1992.
Green Restaurant Association
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Department of Environmental Programs. Recycling Guidebook for the Hospitality and Restaurant Industry. Online. 2000.
National Restaurant Association. How To Make Your Operation More Environmentally Friendly. Online. 2005.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid Waste and Emergency Response. Don't Throw Away That Food: Strategies For Record-Setting Waste Reduction. Online. 1998.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Recycling and Waste Reduction in the Restaurant Industry. Online. 2001.
Business For Social Responsibility. Benchmark Report: Retail Recycling Project. Online. 2002.
California Integrated Waste Management Board. Waste Reduction at Retail Stores. Online.
Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance. Retail Hardware: Best Management Practices for Waste Management. Online. July 1998.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. America's Marketplace Recycles: A Guide to Waste Reduction at Shopping Centers. Online. 2004.
Wisconsin Be SMART Coalition. Retail/Warehouse: Food Retail Outlets. Online.
For questions, suggestions, or additional information, contact us by email at recycle@stlouis.missouri.org or by phone at 314.353.8877. You are visitor number 9129 This Page Last Modified:
02/19/10
Commercial and Industrial Service Providers
A list of companies that offer pick-up and/or drop-off service to businesses, institutions, and nonprofit organizations in the City St. Louis.
(Also available as a downloadable PDF or
Word document)
Have your tenants moved on, but left things behind? Rather than simply trashing everything, consider donating useful materials to one of the many local charities that tend to those in need.
Charities That Pick Up Donations
PDF flyer Word document
Buy Reused and Recycled
A list of retailers providing a wide variety of recycled office
supplies.
(Also available as a downloadable PDF or
Word document)
A list of vendors providing a variety of post-consumer recycled content premium and promotional products.
(Available now as a downloadable PDF or
Word document)
A list of vendors providing post-consumer recycled content recycling bins in a variety of shapes and sizes.
(Available now as a downloadable PDF or
Word document)
To learn more about how your business or organization can operate more sustainably (e.g., cut costs, minimize
environmental impact, etc.), visit the United States Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental Preferable Purchasing
(EPP) website at www.epa.gov/oppt/epp/index.htm. There,
you'll find information about why and how this can benefit your business or organization; tools to help you implement such
policies, guidelines, and procedures; and sources of and evaluations on various products.
Reduce Food Waste
Web www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/c100-199/1920000081.htm
Operation Food Search
Web www.ofsearch.org/how_help/food_donation.html
St. Louis Area Foodbank
Web http://stlfoodbank.org/howyoucanhelp.html
Reuse Office Furniture
Furniture To Food
Web www.ofsearch.org/includes/downloads/nituretofoodwebsiteupdated.pdf
Phone 314.726.5355x22
RBF Interiors
Web www.rbfinteriors.com
E-Mail jrichie@rbfstl.com
Phone 314.383.7003
5055 Natural Bridge Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63115
Warehouse of Fixtures
Web www.stlwarehouse.com
E-Mail info@stlwarehouse.com
Phone 314.534.5900
2653 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
Reuse and Recycle Commercial and Industrial Waste
A resource where you can acquire waste material to serve as your supply.
A free listing service for your scrap and waste materials.
To list your waste materials and/or search for supply.
Industry Online Central www.iolcentral.com
To list your waste materials for potential markets.
To search for supply.
Leftovers, etc. www.leftoversetc.com
To donate your waste materials and/or acquire supply.
Metal To Food
Web www.ofsearch.org/includes/downloads/metaltofoodsmallforweb.pdf
Phone 314.726.5355x22
Missouri Market Development Program www.missouribusiness.net/environmental/recyclingmarkets.pdf
To find markets for your recyclables.
Listings of materials available and wanted.
St. Louis Teachers' Recycle Center, Inc. www.stlouisteachersrecycle.homestead.com
To donate your waste materials and/or acquire supply.
Reuse and Recycle Construction and Demolition Waste
Armstrong Ceiling Tile Recycling Program
If you use Ceiling Supply as your supplier, they will pick up pallets of used ceiling tiles.
If you purchase ceiling tiles through another source, you may drop off used ceiling tiles at 120 Boulder Industrial Drive
in Bridgeton. To schedule an appointment to drop off used ceiling tile, please contact Ms. Lydia Oswald at Ceiling Supply
at 314.739.6800.
For details on what is acceptable and non-acceptable, as well as how to package the ceiling tiles, see
"Requirements for Recycling Ceiling Tile"
downloadable PDF
Eco Recycling, Inc. http://ecorecyclinginc.com
Phone 314.862.3335
6515 Page, Pagedale, Missouri
Materials accepted: asphalt and concrete (which can be mixed together), brick (which needs to be separated).
Habitat for Humanity St. Louis' ReStore www.habitatstl.org/restore
An outlet for donating or purchasing new or used building and construction materials.
Midwest Shingle Recycling www.midwestshinglerecycling.com
Specializes in recycling residential tear-off asphalt shingles and assists commercial haulers, landfill operators, and roofing contractors with recycling options for residential shingles.
ReSource St. Louis www.resourcestlouis.org
Promoting the reduction, reuse, and recycling of construction and demolition materials.
St. Louis Composting, Inc. www.stlcompost.com
Their Millstadt, Illinois facility accepts clean, construction drywall waste.
Strategic Materials
Web http://strategicmaterials.com
Fax 314.421.2127 Phone 314.621.6928
24 Branch Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63147
Ms. Carrie Ray, Regional Supply Manager, E-Mail cray@strategicmaterials.com
Materials accepted: window or plate glass (no frames).
Reuse and Recycle Electronics
e-cycle St. Louis www.ecyclestlouis.org
Electronics Recycling for the St. Louis Region.
Reuse and Recycle Pallets
St. Louis Pallets
Web http://stlpallets.com
E-Mail info@stlpallets.com
Phone 636.544.4736
316 West Pitman, O’Fallon, Missouri 63366
They buy used wood pallets. Pick-up service is available. Used pallets are refurbished (if necessary). “All of the
wood and fasteners from your unwanted pallets will either be reused or recycled…”
The Pallet Man
Web www.thepalletman.com
E-Mail info@thepalletman.com
Phone 800.373.6952 or 314.383.8200
Fax 314.383.8220
6300 St. Louis Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63121
They buy and sell used wood and plastic pallets in a wide variety of sizes. Pick-up service
available. Used pallets are refurbished (if necessary) and then made available for reuse.
Recycle Fluorescent Lamps and Bulbs
Lens Masters
Phone 314.427.1660 Fax 314.427.2226
Address: 11309 Midland Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63114
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm
For a small fee, businesses can drop-off the following items to be recycled: Fluorescent lamps, ballasts, U-tubes, compacts, incandescents, and signage lamps.
A Fact Sheet from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
A Technical Bulletin from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
A Technical Bulletin from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.Recycle Organics (e.g., corks, inedible food or food residuals, lawn or yard trimmings, wood, etc.)
Web www.findacomposter.com
Searchable database of composting facilities.
Rewind Your Wine: Cork Recycling Program
Web www.rewindyourwine.com
Drop off corks from wine and champagne bottles. They'll haul them to Yemm and Hart to be recycled into cork tiles.
Visit their website for a current list of dropoff locations or to become a partner in the collection efforts.
St. Louis Composting, Inc.
Web www.stlcompost.com
Their Millstadt, Illinois facility accepts post-consumer food waste, as well as clean, construction wood waste.
Yemm and Hart Ltd.
Web www.yemmhart.com/news+/winecorkrecycling.htm
425 North Chamber Drive, Fredericktown, Missouri 63645
Wine and champagne bottle corks can be shipped directly to them, to be recycled into cork tiles.
Businesses
Resources on How to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle...
Also available as a downloadable PDF or
Word document
...In General
Available: www.dnr.mo.gov/pubs/pub209.pdf.
www.missouribusiness.net/eac/index.asp
Available: www.proprecycles.org/PDFs/factsheets/manufacturerfactsheet.pdf.
Available: www.stlouisjeffersonswmd.org/images/LessIsMoreV.pdf.
Available: www.epa.gov/wastewise/pubs/buy.pdf.
Available: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/pubs/bus-guid/cover.pdf.
Available: www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/aw/wm/publications/recycle/Workplace.pdf.
...In Multifamily Dwellings
Available: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/f99022.pdf.
Available: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/multi.pdf.
Available: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/multifamily.pdf.
Available: www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/aw/wm/publications/recycle/PUB_CE-284-2002.pdf.
...In Hotels and Motels
Web www.greenhotels.com
Their website offers "Green Ideas" for reducing, reusing, and recycling in hotels. They also
offer a "Catalog of Environmental Products," and a "Meeting Planners Questionnaire" to ensure
that meeting preparations incorporated waste reduction, reuse, and recycling.
Available: www.p2pays.org/ref/12/11306.pdf
...In Offices
Available: http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/facts/recypapr.html.
Available: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/grn-mtgs/gm-bklt.pdf.
Available: www.getf.org/file/toolmanager/O16F7319.pdf.
...In Restaurants
Available: www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Publications/BizWaste/44198016.pdf.
"Developed for food service establishments, this guide presents a variety of suggestions that restaurants can use to reduce the amount of garbage they throw away….a tool that we hope you will look at and use as food for thought on how your business can positively impact our environment and, potentially, your pocket book."
Web www.dinegreen.com
Their website offers environmental guides about recycling, composting, and recycled and
non-toxic products. Under "Find Endorsed Products," there is a database cataloguing products
by their features, such as recycled content.
Available: www.mwcog.org/environment/recycling/hotel/mentor/guidebook1.pdf.
"This guidebook provides the steps that restaurants and hotels can follow to implement a waste reduction and recycling program. It profiles ten business programs in the Washington metropolitan area that have successfully established these programs."
Available: www.restaurant.org/business/howto/enviro.cfm.
Available: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/food/foodmain.pdf.
Available: www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/aw/wm/publications/recycle/PUBL-CE-282-2001.pdf.
...In Retail
Available: www.getf.org/file/toolmanager/O16F31184.pdf.
Available: www.ciwmb.ca.gov/BizWaste/FactSheets/Retail.htm.
Available: www.moea.state.mn.us/berc/hardware.pdf.
Available: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/amrguide/amrguide.pdf.
Available: www.besmart.org/hazwaste/business/warehouse/food/index.html.
since Feb 14, 2006.
