Recycling

Last Modified on February 8, 2012

2011 HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY
Hazardous Waste and Pesticide Collection Day was held May 14^th 2011. The table on the right lists the items and amounts that were collected. 

LDCD Sponsored the 9th Annual cooperative effort for pesticide collection, household hazardous waste (HHW), used oil, used tires,

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vehicle batteries and e-waste collection for the community with J.C. Weed and Pest, City of Buffalo, J.C. Solid Waste District,  Powder River Conservation District, NRCS, Buffalo Bulletin, J.C. Buffalo Recycle Board and the J.C. Commissioners. This year was the largest collection ever held in Johnson County and costs totaled $50,532.48. The LDCD covers 80% of the costs, grants cover 10% and the Powder River Conservation District and the Johnson County Solid Waste District cover the remaining 10%. 

Buffalo Demonstration/Education Recycle Project

A grant proposal was written and approved for the Buffalo Recycle Center to purchase additional equipment for the school and community demonstration recycling program.  By having them built locally and saving the shipping costs, the Center was able to spend the same amount of money and receive 5 trailers rather than the original 4 they wanted.  The first one has been completed and has been placed at one of the schools as of November 2011.  When all the trailers are complete, the plan is to remove the filled trailer and replace it with an empty one while the contents are being sorted by the Center’s staff. This project is designed to educate our younger citizens the importance of recycling and encourage more recycling at home and at the schools.  The trailers will be available during the summer months for the city or county’s larger activities such as the Johnson County Fair and Rodeo, the Bluegrass Mountain Festival, or other special events where crowds gather and large amounts of food and drink containers could be deposited in the trailers for recycling.

The Following Items Can Be Dropped Off at the Buffalo Recycle Center @ 550 Butte St (behind Econolodge).

All Plastics:  Plastic bags, bottles, buckets, food tubs, flower pots, plastic cups and glasses, milk jugs, bubblewrap, Tupperware and plastic sheeting.  The Recycle Center will take any plastic item with a recycle logo and number.  The following are not accepted:  PVC, reinforced nylon tarps, plastic lids, and oil or chemical containers.  Please rinse and remove all metal.

Cans:  All aluminum, tin and steel cans and metal lids.  Please rinse.  No oil or chemical containers are accepted.

Glass:  All food jars and drink bottles, regardless of color.  Please rinse and place metal lids in the metal recycling bins.  Place glass in storage containers located in front of the building.

Paper Products:

· Corrugated cardboard, paperboard, and cardboard tubing (like cereal boxes, shoe boxes and egg cartons), place in Cardboard Slot.

· School and office paper, newspapers, catalogs, magazines, softcover books and hardback books with the covers removed.

· The Recycle Center does not take waxed boxes like milk cartons.

Shredded paper is accepted on the first Thursday of each month.

Hard Styrofoam:  Please, no packing peanuts.

Electronic Waste or (e-waste):  Will be accepted on Saturdays from 10am to 2 pm.  E-waste is anything that runs on batteries or electricity.  Batteries  are also accepted,

The Recycle Center does NOT ACCEPT  large appliances such as freezers, refrigerators air conditioners, washing machines, stoves, etc.  

Please recycle the above materials to keep them out of the landfill and to reduce our need to use limited natural resources to make new items.

The full attachment is here and a printable copy of just the list can be found here.

Recycling Trailer