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City of St. Louis
Department of Streets
Refuse Division
Recycling Program
St Louis Recycles

Recyclable Materials Destinations

Commingled Containers Commingled Papers Cardboard/Paperboard Return to Recycling Home

NOTE: The following information is also available as a downloadable PDF Flyer or Word document.

The following recyclable materials are hauled by the City of St. Louis Refuse Division to Smurfit-Stone Recycling Division in North St. Louis City, whereupon they are shipped elsewhere to be manufactured into recycled-content products:

COMMINGLED CONTAINERS

aluminum canAluminum Cans:kentucky

  • to facilities in Berea and Morgantown, Kentucky to be recycled into aluminum cans


    glass bottle and jarBrown, Green, and Clear Glass Bottles & Jars:missouri

  • all colors to Pevely, Missouri to be made into bottles for Anheuser-Busch


    plastic bottlesPlastic Bottles & Jugs #1 & #2: alabama georgia

  • to Rome, Georgia or Troy, Alabama to be recycled into carpeting, lumber, trash bags


    steel cansSteel Cans: illinois

  • to East Ridge, Illinois to be recycled into various steel products


    COMMINGLED PAPERS

    magazinesCatalogs/Magazines:arizona

  • to Snowflake, Arizona to be recycled into newspaper


    paperJunk Mail: oklahoma ohio

  • to Middletown, Ohio and Muskogee Oklahoma to be recycled into tissue paper


    paperMixed Office Paper: mexico kentucky arizona

  • to Snowflake, Arizona or Mexico to be recycled into newspaper
  • to Henderson, Kentucky or Mexico to be recycled into medium board for boxes


    newspaperNewspaper: ohio arizona

  • to mills throughout the United States, including Snowflake, Arizona, to be recycled into newspaper
  • to Middletown, Ohio to be recycled into paperboard



    CORRUGATED CARDBOARD, CHIPBOARD/PAPERBOARD, CARRIER STOCK

    cereal boxChipboard/Paperboard:ohio missouri

  • to Joplin, Missouri to be recycled into roofing materials
  • to Middletown, Ohio to be made into new paperboard


    cardboard boxCorrugated Cardboard: china mexico iowa louisiana indiana oklahoma

  • to mills throughout the United States, including Valient and Lawton Oklahoma; Cayuga, Indiana; Mansfield, Louisiana; Henderson, Kentucky; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Mexico and China, to be recycled into medium board


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