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RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING SERVICES

Drop-Off Recycling

  • Refuse Division Locations and Map
          PDF file     Word document
  • Refuse Division Materials Accepted
          PDF file     Word document
  • Paper Retriever www.paperretriever.com/form/search_us.asp?ID=267
    Donating mixed papers (e.g., junk mail, magazines, newspapers, office papers) to schools can help them earn money. Search by zip code for locations.
  • The Recycle Challenge www.therecyclechallenge.com/StLouisMO/binsearch.asp
    Donating aluminum cans to schools can help them earn money. Search by zip code for locations.

    Curbside Recycling

  • Curbside Bin Cost-Sharing
  • Pilot 1: Alley Dumpsters Curbside Rollcarts

    Citywide Residential Recycling Opinion Survey - Results

    Residential Recycling Newsletter

    St. Louis Recycling MySpace

    Recycling Economics: Higher Costs Are An Illusion
    http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp/pubs-reports/rececon.htm#content

    Where Do My Recyclables Go?
          PDF file     Word document

    How Are Commingled Recyclables Separated?
          PDF file     Word document

    Auto Batteries, Motor Oil, Appliances and Tires

    • REDUCE

  • Reduce - "What You Can Do"
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Reduce Household Hazardous Waste - Garden With Native Plants
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Reduce Household Hazardous Waste - Compost With Worms
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Reduce Plastic Bags
          PDF flyer     Word document

    • REUSE

  • Reuse - "What You Can Do"
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Charities That Pick Up Donations
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Material Exchanges
          PDF flyer     Word document

    • REUSE AND RECYCLE

  • Batteries - Household
          PDF flyer
  • Books
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Cartridges (Ink and Toner)
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Cellular Phones
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Electronic Media
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Electronics
  • Miscellaneous
  • Textiles
          PDF flyer     Word document

    • BUY REUSED AND RECYCLED

  • Apparel and Accessories
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Arts and Crafts
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Building and Construction Materials
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Children
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Flooring
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • General
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Gifts
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Health and Beauty
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Home and Garden
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Office Supplies and Paper Products
          PDF flyer    
  • Outdoor Recreation
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Pets
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Premium and Promotional Products
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Recycling Bins
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Special Occasions
          PDF flyer     Word document

    • SPECIAL EVENTS, OCCASIONS, HOLIDAYS:

  • America Recycles Day
  • Recycling at Special Events
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Holidays and Occasions
          PDF flyer     Word document
  • Calendar
    search only Recycling Program pages

    • CONTACT US

    To request a service or file a complaint, please contact our Citizens' Service Bureau (CSB):
    Phone 314.622.4800
    Web http://stlouis.missouri.org/government/csb.html

    For all other reducing, reusing, or recycling inquiries:
    recycle@stlouis.missouri.org
    4100 South First Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63118
    Fax 314.352.5627
    Phone 314.353.8877

    St. Louis Recycles

    Welcome to the City of St. Louis Recycling Program.

    Recycling is easy! The City of St. Louis offers twenty-seven 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!

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