Buffalo-Johnson County Recycling Center

Revised 4/18/2012

TheRecyclingCenter, located at550 Butte Street,Buffalo, (behind the Econo Lodge and west of Ace Hardware) is open for drop-off of recycling items 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please direct your recycling questions to Josie, 217-0320, from7 amto2 pm, Weekdays.

The Recycling Center Joint Powers Board meets the second Monday of the Month at5:15 pmat theRecycleCenter.  Visitors and suggestions are welcome.  Please call Dean Knauer, 684-5621, to be placed on the agenda.

Please note that a few items listed below can not be accepted, because we do not have a recycling outlet for some items.  Please check the bulletin board on the outside of the building for recycling updates and a list of items that we can recycle. 

Thank you for your support of theRecycleCenter. 

The following items can be dropped off to be recycled.

Plastics:  Plastic bags, bottles, buckets, food tubs, flower pots, plastic cups and glasses, milk jugs, bubblewrap, shrinkwrap, Tupperware, plastic sheeting or similar items. We take any plastic item with a recycle logo  numbered 1 thru 7. Please remove plastic caps from containers and rinse and remove all metal.  We are not accepting PVC and poly pipe, reinforced nylon tarps, plastic lids, and oil or chemical containers; please dispose of properly.

Cans:  All aluminum, tin and steel cans and metal lids (like from glass jars and metal cans). Please rinse and separate aluminum from tin, steel cans and metal lids. We are not accepting oil or chemical containers and propane tanks; please dispose of properly.

Glass:  All food jars and drink bottles, regardless of color. Please rinse and place metal lids with the tin and steel recycling products. Place glass in round plastic drums located in front of the building.  We are not accepting oil or chemical containers; please dispose of properly.

Cardboard:  Corrugated, paperboard (like cereal boxes, shoe boxes and other lightweight boxes), egg cartons, hardback book covers, cardboard tubing or similar.  Thank you for breaking down your boxes.  Please place small paperboard containers (including tubing) in large cardboard boxes for ease of recycling.  We are not accepting waxed containers like paper milk cartons or similar.

Paper:  School and office paper, newspapers, catalogs, magazines, telephone books, junk mail, soft-cover books and hardback books (with the covers removed) or similar.  Please place junk mail in paper or plastic sacks for ease of recycling.  Bags of shredded paper are taken the first Thursday of the month.  We are not accepting wrapping paper.

Hard Styrofoam: This includes hard Styrofoam used as packing in boxes.  Packing peanuts are accepted if they are placed in closed bags.  We are not accepting soft molded Styrofoam (usually has a plastic sheeting attached and was molded around an object).

Electronic Waste (e-waste):  Anything that runs on electricity or uses batteries, except large appliances.  Typical items are cell phones, chargers, radios, small TV's and microwaves, cameras, small appliances or similar.  Place these items on the wooden pallet located outside the building.  We take sealed household batteries including AAA, AA, C, D, 9 volt, watch, hearing aid or similar batteries.  Recycle lead acid vehicle batteries at local businesses that handle these batteries.  We do not accept refrigerators, air conditioners, large appliances or similar; please dispose of properly.

E-waste is taken daily during Spring, Summer and Fall.  During Winter, it will be taken on Saturday from10 amto2 pm.

 

Thank you for Recycling; it is the right thing to do.  It extends the life of our landfill and it reduces our need to use limited natural resources to manufacture new products.

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.