Recycling & Composting

City Recycling Center
1820 Stonelake Drive
628-5711 Recycling Center Phone (During Open Hours)
628-4142 City Hall all other times

From 33 Highway: East on 19th Street to Stonelake Drive, immediate left into Street Barn facility and follow signs.

RECYCLING HOURS

• Friday:  7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
• Saturday:  8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
• The drop off site is locked at all other times.
• DO NOT leave items outside the gate.

ITEMS ACCEPTED

• Newspaper (bundled in grocery sacks)
• Aluminum Cans
• Metal cans
• Glass (clear, green or brown bottles or jars)
• All numbered plastics
• Brush, grass clippings, and tree limbs pre-cut to 4' lengths, are also accepted from city residents.
• HAZARDOUS WASTE CANNOT BE ACCEPTED - Please visit www.recyclespot.org for hazardous waste disposal options.

THINGS TO REMEMBER

• Please rinse all containers
• Put newsprint in grocery sacks
• Remove metal rings from glass bottles
• Plastics, metal & aluminum go in Combined Bin
• We cannot take containers previously holding motor oil, pesticides or household hazardous waste.
• Yard waste, grass clippings leaves and brush accepted from individual City residents only. Businesses and Commercial Service providers such as tree trimmers & lawn care services) are NOT permitted.
• NEWSPAPER BIN: Magazines, chipboard (cereal and shoe boxes etc), junk mail and office paper. These items must be in paper grocery sacks.
• CORRUGATED CARDBOARD: Boxes are to be broken down to better utilize the bin space.
• PLASTIC, ALUMINUM AND TIN CANS: All these items are co-mingled and should be rinsed.
• NO PLASTIC BAGS, PLEASE.
• GLASS: All colors of glass are accepted and need to be rinsed.
• The City of Kearney is pleased to offer the recycling program and always appreciates the cooperation of recyclers.
• WHY USE PAPER SACKS? Items in sacks stack better and helps avoid shifting when the bin is removed.
• WHY RINSE PLASTIC, ALUMINUM AND TIN CANS? Insects and particularly wasps are attracted to the residue in the containers. IT IS SAFER FOR THE ATTENDANT AND THE NEXT RECYCLER.
• Please feel free to call Kearney City Hall at 816-628-4142 if you have questions or comments.

Sorry, the Composting which includes disposal of grass clippings, leaves and brush is restricted to CITY RESIDENTS ONLY.

Following is a detailed list of what is and is not accepted in the expanded plastics recycling program:

Acceptable

• #1 – Bottles (soft drink, water, etc.), jars (peanut butter, pickles, etc.), and food cartons (fruit, vegetable and takeout containers, etc.)
• #2 – Bottles (milk, detergent, etc.) and tubs (yogurt, butter, etc.)
• #3 – Blister packs and clamshell packaging used to protect electronics, personal care products and household goods, etc.
• #4 – Bottles (honey, mustard, etc.) and container lids (milk jugs, water and soda bottles, etc.)
• #5 – Bottles (catsup, syrup, etc.), container lids (milk jugs, water and soda bottles, etc.), tubs (yogurt, butter, etc.), takeout, food storage and deli containers.
• #6 – Rigid polystyrene containers (non-foamed), compact disk cases, etc.
• #7 Other – Bottles (citrus juice, catsup, etc.).

Not Acceptable

• Any plastic item that does not have Nos. 1 - 7 printed on it
• Styrofoam^TM, white or colored (takeout cartons, packing peanuts, egg cartons, plates, cups, bowls, blocks/sheets, etc.)
• Plastic bags (grocery, dry cleaning, potato chip, food storage bags, etc.)
• Food utensils (plates, cups, forks, spoons, etc.)
• Medical materials (prescription bottles, tubing, etc.)
• Hazardous substance containers (automotive fluids, lawn and garden products, paint containers, etc.)
• Building materials (PVC pipe, light fixtures, vinyl siding, etc.)
• Sheet material (stretch wrap, cellophane, six pack rings, bubble wrap, shower curtains, drop cloths, etc.)
• Electronic media (VHS tapes, audio tapes, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, etc.)
• Toys


Prepared by Matt Riggs, MARC SWMD February 2009

For more information, call Joan Updike at 816-903-4726.