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YES — CURBSIDE ACCEPTABLE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS… Recyclable Mixed Paper, Plastic, and Cans

• Newspaper                           • Advertising Inserts

• Office Paper                         • Chipboard

• Telephone Books                 • Carrier Stock

• Envelopes                             • Manila File Folders

• Junk Mail                               • Magazines

• Catalogs                                • Aluminum Cans

• Corrugated Cartons            • Steel (tin) Food and Beverage Cans

• #1— #7 PLASTICS               • Yogurt/ Margarine TUBS

• Deli or Salad Bar “CLAMSHELLS”

 

NO — CURBSIDE UNACCEPTABLE MATERIALS

• Automotive Product Bottles             • Blueprints

• A 2 Carbon Paper                              • Construction Paper

• Drink Pouches                                    • Egg Cartons

• Film Canisters                                     • Vitamin or Prescription Bottles, Medical Tubing

• Frozen Food Containers                    • Frozen Juice Containers or Straws

• Gift Wrap                                              • Hanging Folders

• Hardback Books                                 • Microwave Trays

• Motor Oil Bottles                                 • Paper Plates or Cups

• Pesticide Bottles                                 • Photographs   

• Paper Towels                                       • Paperback Books

• Plastic Cereal/Cake Liner Bags        • Plastic Bags, Sandwich Bags (see ** below)

• Plastic Toys                                          • PVC Pipe

• Plastic Lids/ 6-Pack Holders              • Plastic Sheet Material (shower curtains, drop clothes, table clothes, etc.)

• Scrap Metal                                          • Styrofoam Cups and Plastic Forks

• Shredded Paper                                   • Tissue Paper

• Trash                                                     • Wax Cardboard

• FOIL*                                                     • GLASS JARS OR BOTTLES *

* Glass and foil ARE accepted at Drop-Off Recycling Centers

** Wal-Mart, Whole Foods and Hy-Vee Grocery Stores accept various PLASTIC BAGS (newspaper sleeves, dry cleaning bags, clean/dry bread sacks, etc)

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KCMO Recycling Drop-Off Centers now accept the following types of plastic:

#1 and #2 plastic bottles with a neck (as before)
#2 HDPE margarine and yogurt containers
#5 Polypropylene food containers (ketchup, chocolate syrup, etc.)
#6 rigid, transparent polystyrene food containers (NOT Styrofoam food containers)
            All food containers should be clean and free of food residue.

Bridging The Gap Community Recycling Centers are additionally able to accept:

#6 polystyrene material (Styrofoam packing material – “peanuts,” blocks or sheets – NOT food containers. These items must be clean and free of ink and tape.)

Please NEVER RINSE motor oil, pesticide, herbicide or other automotive product bottles. 
Just one gallon of motor oil can pollute up to one million gallons of water.

Link to Deffenbaugh recycling: http://www.deffenbaughindustries.com/pdfs/Deffenbaugh%20Recycling%20Guidelines.pdf