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What's Recyclable and Where?
What is Recyclable?
Our mixed recycling program only accepts specific items that are able to be sorted efficiently and that are possible to be recycled in the midwest. For items like scrap metal, motor oil, appliances, computers, plastic grocery bags, and many other items there are other places around town that will accept these to recycle. Please see the Searchable Recycling Database on our homepage to view them all, or search by specific item.
All materials that go in to one of our drop-off bins or in to your curbside recycling bin should be empty, clean, and un-bagged! Bagged materials will NOT get recycled! The workers at the sorting facility send bagged materials to the landfill. Very small items such as shredded paper or loose bottle caps should also not go in the mixed recycling bin. Items smaller than a post-it note cannot make it though the sorting process and will fall through the gaps in the machinery. Small items should go in the trash.
The cities of Lafayette (807-1411) and West Lafayette (775-5242) also have curbside recycling programs that accept these same materials.
Item | Yes! Do Recycle | No! Do Not Recycle |
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Newspapers | All newsprint and whatever comes with your daily newspaper |
Wet newspaper |
Magazines-Books-Paper | All magazines, phone books, soft and hard-bound books, office paper and envelopes |
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Corrugated Cardboard and Paper Board Packaging |
Cardboard boxes and cardboard/paperboard packaging like cereal, pizza, cracker boxes, etc. |
Greasy pizza inserts, used paper plates, paper towels, napkins, or tissues |
Aluminum | Beverage and food cans Rinse before recycling |
Aluminum siding and other large items |
Glass | Clear, brown and green glass, food and beverage containers Rinse before recycling |
Mirrors, ceramics, dishware, windows, baking dishes, and light bulbs |
Plastics | Bottles, jugs, and jars-- Containers like soda, juice, water bottles, milk jugs, dish detergent bottle, laundry detergent bottles Rinse before recycling Keep plastic lid on the bottle, remove lid and throw away if not plastic |
PVC pipe, hazardous waste containers--oil, antifreeze, pesticides, herbicides, etc. Number 3,4,5,6/Styrofoam containers and materials Plastic bags, like shopping bags, plastic cereal bags, bread bags, Ziplock bags, etc Disposable coffee cups |
Tin and Steel Products | Soup, coffee, and fruit/vegetable cans Rinse before recycling |
Paint cans, oil cans, and solvent cans Hazardous waste containers--oil, antifreeze, pesticides, etc. |
Where is it recyclable?
Recycling Drop-off Bin Locations
Drop-off Bin | Location/Address |
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Hershey Elementary School | 7521 E 300 N, Lafayette, IN 47905 |
Stockwell | Located by the grain silos at the intersection of Commerce St., Monroe St, and Yorktown Rd. |
Southwestern Middle School | 2100 W 800 S, Lafayette, IN 47909 |