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