RECYCLING PAGE

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Mt. Vernon

As of the beginning of 2009, the Mt. Vernon recycling center is

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

Thanks to the efforts of Mt. Vernon/Jefferson County Bright and Beautiful,
a new recycling center opened in Mt. Vernon on Wednesday, May 21, 2003.
just southeast of the intersection of Routes 37 and 148.

The recycling center is open at these times:
Wednesdays, noon to 6 p.m.
Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon.

The center will accept:

PLASTIC BOTTLES
(#1 & #2, meaning milk jugs, shampoo bottles, laundry detergent bottles, etc.)
Please rinse plastic bottles and please remove lids.
Please separate milk jugs from #1 from #2.
CARDBOARD
Both corrugated cardboard and pasteboard.
MIXED PAPER
meaning magazines and shredded paper
JUNK MAIL
office paper and junk mail
NEWSPAPER
 you can bundle newspapers with twine or in paper bags.
ALUMINUM CANS
STEEL CANS and TIN CANS

Please separate these items from each other, if possible.

Centralia

Centralia has an excellent recycling center,
located on the west side of town, on Highway 161 West,
one mile west of Wal Mart & across from Car City Chevrolet.

This recycling center accepts aluminum cans, steel cans, glass bottles and jars,
newspaper, computer paper, white office paper, mixed paper,
corrugated  cardboard, chipboard, magazines and catalogues, telephone books,
#1 plastics, #2 plastics, egg cartons, and eyeglasses.
(618) 532-3138

http://www.city.centralia.il.us/index.pl?iid=2637&isa=Category

Carbondale

For recycling locations, check with Keep Carbondale Beautiful
http://www.keepcb.org/recycle2.htm

Southern Recycling has a very large recycling operation.
300 W. Chestnut, Carbondale, IL 62901, 618-549-2880
http://southernrecyclingcenter.com/

Fairview Heights

Long Acre Park Recycling Center
650 S. Ruby Lane, Fairview Heights, IL
http://www.longacreparkrecycling.com