RECYLCING CENTER

The Franklin County Recycling Center opened in December of 1994. From that time on we have been diverting thousands of pounds of recyclables from the landfills. The residents of the county have made the recycling center a success. Most of the paper, glass, plastic, tin cans, clothing, and aluminum cans are brought in to the facility by the public. The bulk of cardboard comes from businesses and schools that we pickup with our trucks on our routes. On the third Thursday of each month we pickup recyclables from the elderly at their homes in Ottawa. These are residents that want to recycle but are unable to deliver the items to the recycle center. We have approximately 38 stops on our elderly recycling pickup route. In the spring of 2006 the recycle center started recycling E-Waste including: computers, monitors, printers, televisions, phones, etc. The recycling center has shipped over 35,000 pounds of e-waste to be recycled since April of 2006.

Located at:

2039 South Elm

Ottawa, Kansas 66067

Phone: (785) 229-8470

Other Links:

Franklin County Recycling Statistics (2006 - 2007)

Franklin County Recycling Statistics (2000 - 2005)

Recycling Center Pictures

Household Hazardous Waste

RECYCLING REQUIREMENTS

GLASS:

Must be rinsed out and sorted by color (green, brown, and clear). Discard lids or metal rings. Labels are OK. Please, no broken dishes, Pyrex, light-bulbs, or window glass.

TIN CANS:

Must attract magnets and be washed out. Molded bottoms are OK. You do not need to flatten the can and you may put the top lid inside the can.

ALUMINUM CANS:

Must be rinsed out, we prefer them not flattened.

#1 CLEAR PLASTICS (BOTTLE NECKS ONLY):

Must be rinsed out and please discard all caps.

#1 GREEN PLASTICS (BOTTLE NECKS ONLY):

Must be rinsed out and please discard all caps.

#2 CLEAR PLASTICS (MILK JUGS):

Must be rinsed out and please discard all caps.

#2 COLORED PLASTICS (BOTTLE NECK ONLY):

This includes heavy opaque or white. They must be rinsed out and please discard all caps. Please separate your milk jugs from this plastic.

NEWSPAPER:

Can be stacked neatly in paper stacks or loose. Anything that comes in the newspaper is included. Please Do Not tie newspaper in bundles.

MAGAZINES & CATALOGS:

Can be brought in loose. If stacked in paper sacks, remove the sack before dumping in the bin. Readers Digest, TV Guides, & etc. are OK. No junk mail and keep phonebooks separate.

PHONEBOOKS:

Must be kept separate from magazines & catalogs.

GREEN BAR OR BLUE BAR COMPUTER PAPER:

Please no food wrappers, no Kleenex, and no paper towels.

WHITE COMPUTER PAPER:

This category includes white computer paper and white copy paper, only. Staples are OK. No food wrappers, Kleenex, and no paper towel.

MIXED PAPER:

This category includes all other paper, such as notebook paper, post-it notes , colored copy paper, white envelopes, junk mail, and etc. Staples are OK, no food wrapper, Kleenex, or paper towels.

CARDBOARD:

This includes all cardboard, cardboard boxes, including brown paper sacks, etc.

PAPERBOARD:

This includes all paperboard. For example, beer containers, pop containers, shoe boxes, cereal boxes, and etc.

CLOTHING:

This includes clothing that is clean and dry.

WE CANNOT RECYCLE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: Plastic bags, peanuts, butter tubs, any lids or caps, meat trays, styro-foam, (blue, brown, or any other color, with the exception of green & clear) #1 pete, yogurt cups, wax coated milk cartons, no number 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, or 7's in our plastics, plastic lined feed sacks, & no metals other than tin or Aluminum cans.