Waste Management and Recycling

City Services

• Bulky Pick-up and B.O.A.T (Batteries-Oil-Appliances-Tires) Items Disposal
  Instructions and services for pick up and collections for large/bulky Items, batteries, appliances, oil Appliances, tires
• Christmas Tree Recycling
  Christmas Tree Recycling offered by the City in three parks
• Project Blitz
  Project Blitz is a yearly citywide clean-up effort generally held in April and May of each year.
• Refuse (trash) Collection
  Explanation of Automated Refuse Collection
• Resident Dumping
  City Residents dumping guidelines; dumping locations;hours and what the City will accept - Refuse-Bulk-Yard Waste and will not accept.
• Residential Recycling Pick-Up
  The City of St. Louis has implemented residential recycling pick-up service, using blue dumpsters and rollcarts collected from alleys and curbs.

Departments and Agencies

• Refuse Division
  Refuse Division is responsible for all refuse collection and recycling in the City of St. Louis
• Refuse Division's Recycling Program
  Recycling Program

Informational Pages

• Alley/Curbside Recycling Pick-Up
  A list of options for residential recycling pick-up services using curbside or alley containers.
• Batteries (Automotive) - Recycle
  Options for recycling automotive batteries.
• Businesses, Institutions, & Non-Profits
  Information to help businesses, institutions, and non-profit organizations reduce, reuse, and/or recycle their solid and/or hazardous waste.
• City Employees
  Details on how City Employees can reduce, reuse, and/or recycle solid and/or hazardous waste.
• City of St. Louis Waste Services
  Explains why a fee was implemented, what services it covers, and how it works.
• Composting at Home
  Learn how to compost at home.
• Conducting a Home Waste Audit
  Learn how to conduct a waste audit at home by collecting, sorting, and measuring what waste your household throws away.
• Drop-off Recycling
  A list of drop-off recycling options.
• Drop-off Recycling Locations
  A list of drop-off site locations, including their hours of operation and materials accepted.
• Help Yourself, Your Neighborhood, Your City
  Options for reducing, reusing, recycling
• How to handle illegal dumping
  Ways to handle illegal dumping in the city of St Louis
• New Service Residential Recycling Pick-Up
  Explains the residential recycling pick-up service and how to use it.
• Organics Recycling - Composting
  Home composting resources.
• Other Items To Recycle
  Resources for reusing and recycling batteries, books, cartridges, cellular phones, electronics, light bulbs, miscellaneous items, and textiles.
• Recycling Division Media Center
  Reduce/reuse/recycle solid/hazardous waste resources (e.g., websites, videos, etc.).
• Recycling Options For Other Items
  Options for reusing and recycling additional items such as batteries, cartridges, electronics, food waste, motor oil, office furniture, organics, pallets, plastics, textiles, etc.
• Recycling Resources
  Recycling Resources available by audience and use
• Reduce
  Defining waste reduction.
• Remodeling and Renovating
  Remodeling and renovating in the City of St Louis - information
• Remodeling or Renovating
  Remodeling or renovating a house dispose of material at transfer station
• Residential Recycling Pick-Up Postcard
  Postcard describing Residential Recycling Pick-Up Service
• Reuse
  Defining reuse.
• School Recycling Bins Announcement September 2012
  Flyer explaining how to procure recycling bins for schools.
• Waste Calculators and Audits
  Information to help organizations determine how much and what kind of waste they are generating.
• Yard Waste
  Yard waste including grass,leaves, and limbs can be recycled - Large branches and Christmas tree disposal

External Resources

• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)--Saint Louis Household Hazardous Waste
  Household hazardous waste disposal options for St. Louis City residents
• Household Hazardous Waste--Saint Louis Household Hazardous Waste
  Household Hazardous Waste disposal options for St. Louis City residents
• Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
  The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District provides comprehensive wastewater and stormwater management services to residents and businesses.

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