NEW LOCATION - as of March 27, 2010

Meadow & Commercial (across from Major Lumber)

Open the fourth full weekend of every month
Saturday and Sunday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

The Smithville Recycling Center is sponsored by the Mid-America Regional Council and the City of Smithville. The Recycling Center is staffed exclusively by volunteers. You can help by volunteering to work one 40-hour shift or volunteering an evening to work the phone bank. To volunteer, call 532-3754

Newspaper
Newspaper and newsprint. Remove string, plastic and tape. Remove manufacturers’ clip-out coupons and recycle with magazines. For easiest handling, place in a paper grocery bag.

Mixed office paper
Office paper, stationary including fax-telex, receipts, file folders. Any envelope except manilla. Mail: letters, pamphlets, brochures, ads, greeting cards, utility bills, etc. Miscellaneous: posters, triplicate forms, soft-covered books with white pages up to one inch thick. No carbon paper or tissue products. No mailing labels, spirals or rubber bands. Staples and paper clips are ok.

Glass
Food or beverage containers only. Separate glass by color: brown, green, and clear. Tinted glass belongs with colored glass. Remove all lids, metal neck rings and lead wine bottle seals. Honey and canning jars will be reused please set aside at the center.

Plastic
Many #1 and #2 plastic bottles and jars (must have a neck). Please rinse, remove lids and metal rings. No containers that held toxins (drain cleaner, etc.) can be accepted.

Toner and Ink jet cartridges
Please return in original packaging when possible

Magazines
Magazines and catalogs with shiny pages throughout.

Cans
Food and beverage cans only. All cans my be mixed together. Paper labels may stay. Please rinse and if possible, flatten.

Aluminum foil products
Clean foil products (pie pans, roasting pans, foil). Please keep separate from cans.

Corrugated cardboard
Corrugated cardboard with a flat finish and paper grocery bags only. Normal amounts of tape and staples allowed. Please flatten all boxes, fold and save clean paper bags for Goodwill.

Phone books, paperboard, and other items may be recycled at the Metro North Mall Recycling Center. See Bridging the Gapfor a list of items accepted at the Metro North Recycling Center.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE

Smithville will host a household hazardous waste drop off on Satuday, September 11, 2010 at the City Hall parking lot.  ONLY the following items will be accepted: antifreeze, batteries, oil and paint.  There will be a limit of 180 vehicles.

For other household hazardous waste drop off sites visit the Mid America Regional Council Website.  

For more information, call the Mid-America Regional Council at 816-474-8326 or visit their website. To volunteer, call 532-6263 Recycling Director: Lisa Taylor