For Kansas Citians, this is long but worth it -- recycling tomorrow in KC! Are old TVs, mattresses, bicycles and other items taking up space in your house or garage? Well now is your chance to recycle some of that clutter before your holiday guests arrive. The City of Kansas City, Missouri Public Works Department’s Solid Waste Division will celebrate America Recycles Day with a collection event on Saturday, Nov. 15. Electronics, clothing, construction salvage, glass, batteries, bicycles, and mattresses will be among the materials collected. The event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1320 Truman Road, allows Kansas Citians to dispose of recyclable items free of charge. “The average Kansas City resident generates about five pounds of trash per day, but only recycles a pound and a half of waste per week,” said Recycling Program Manager, Marleen Leonce. “More than ninety percent of residential waste generated, can be recycled, reused or repurposed. We’re doing well as a city, but we can do much better.” The November 15 event will include a number of community partners that specialize in collecting hard-to-recycle materials: Surplus Exchange: cell phones, printers, scanners, modems, CD drives, cables, keyboards, mice, televisions, VCRs, DVD players, camcorders, cameras, game players and joysticks, telephones, pagers, answering machines, typewriters, calculators, adding machines, fax machines, copiers. Monitors will be recycled at a cost of $10 per item; all other items will be recycled free of charge. The Salvation Army: Clothing, accessories, books, footwear, toys, linens, house wares, small appliances (all in good working condition). Habitat for Humanity Kansas City: Construction salvage, tools, building materials Ripple Glass: All glass food and beverage containers of any color (including mason jars and glass drinking vessels such as wine glasses). City of Kansas City, Missouri: Waste tires, plastic bags; household batteries RevolveKC: Bicycles Pink Hill Construction & Demolition Landfill: roofing shingles, rubble, bricks, concrete Avenue of Life: Mattresses ProShred: Off-site document shredding only (documents must be in bags or boxes); white Styrofoam (block or lose, preferably in bags) The Kansas City Public Schools/ MARC Solid Waste Management District will also participate and provide information on recycling and reducing household waste. Kansas Citians recycled more than 68 million pounds of waste last year, keeping forty percent of household trash out of landfills. For more information about solid waste collection services, visit kcmo.gov/trash or call the 311 Action Center at 311 or 816-513-1313. Media inquiries about trash and recycling should be directed to Sean Demory, Public Works Department, at 816-513-0059. Nov 13 in General to all areas in City Managers Office
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:08:52 +0000
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