Recycling Drop-Off Location Guidelines
Maintenance & Environmental Services Division
212 West Willow Street
Phone: (618) 457-3275
www.carbondalerecycles.com
This project is partially funded by the Illinois DCEO
In addition to City’s Curbside Recycling Collection Program, the City of Carbondale provides three recycling drop-
off locations for residents to use at their convenience. These locations are also available for residents of apartments or other buildings that are not eligible for the City’s Curbside Recycling Collection Program. Drop-off
locations are available 24 hours a day and accept the following items:
Plastic Bottles & Jugs (#1s & #2s only)
Newspapers
Office Paper
Junk Mail (including window envelopes)
Magazines & Catalogs
Books & Phonebooks
Paperboard Boxes (food & cereal boxes)
Shredded Paper (bag in plastic or paper bags)
no plastic containers, packaging, etc.
Glass Bottles & Jars
no tableware, window or broken glass
Food & Beverage Cans
steel & aluminum only
Please rinse all containers and remove all lids, caps or
bottle tops. It is not necessary to remove any labels.
Please no waxed paper or paperboard (i.e. milk cartons)
RECYCLING DROP OFF GUIDELINES
Please place items to be recycled loose (not in bags or boxes) into the designated “igloo”
containers.
Cardboard Boxes are also accepted at University Baptist Church, and Boys and Girls Club
locations, waxed cardboard is not accepted.
Please do not leave boxes, bags, or other materials outside of the “igloo” recycling containers.
Please take all items that cannot be recycled back home with you and dispose of as trash.
The dumpster at the Boy’s and Girl’s Club location is NOT for public use.
Recycling bins for apartment residents or other buildings not served by the City’s Curbside
Recycling Collection Program are available from the Jackson County Health Department; please
call (618) 684-3143 ext 136 for information.
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Carbondale Recycles … now more than ever!
RECYCLING DROP-OFF LOCATIONS MAP
This project is partially funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Call (618)
457-3275 with questions.
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Recycling Drop-Off Locations:
#1 – Boys & Girls Club of Carbondale (250 N. Springer Street)
#2 – Across from Carbondale Police Station (610 E. College Street)
#3 – University Baptist Church (700 S. Oakland Avenue)
For more information about the City of Carbondale Refuse and Recycling programs, please call the Maintenance and
Environmental Services office at (618) 457-3275 or visit us on the web at www.carbondalerecycles.com.
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Revised 08-2010