For Western Shawnee & LEnexa
We offer REcylcing Services
Recylcing yields many benefits, and should be utilized for your home. Contact us today to learn more.
Items That CAn Be Recycled Curbside
• Office paper, junk mail, newspapers (Without plastic rain bag), phone books, catalogs, & magazines.
• Manila Folders
• Advertising inserts
• Brochures
• Corrugated cardboard
• Carrier stock (i.e. cardboard soft drink and beer cartons)
• Chipboard (i.e. cereal and shoe boxes)
• Paper/hardback books
• Plastic bottles with a neck #1 and #2 (look for the number inside the chasing arrow symbol), such as water and soda bottles, milk jugs and detergent bottles. Lids may now be recycled, too.
• Plastic containers #3 thru #7 (look for the number inside the chasing arrow symbol), such as yogurt and margarine/butter tub containers
• Cardboard egg cartons
• Pizza boxes (No food)
• Shredded paper (in paper bags)
• Drink cartons
• Aluminum cans and other metal cans
• Clamshells (Deli or salad bar containers)
• Aseptic containers (milk, juice and vegetable cartons)
• Clean aluminum foil and foil pans
Items That CANNOT BE RECYCLED CURBSIDE
• Glass
• Plastic bags
• Styrofoam, including Styrofoam egg cartons
• Motor oil bottles and other automotive product bottles
• Containers for household hazardous material
• Paper towels, tissues or napkins, plates or cups
• Gift wrap
• Photographs, blueprints and hanging file folders
• Bags that contained pet food, fertilizer, charcoal or kitty litter
• Metal pots