Southern Recycling Phone-(270) 781-3265
If you are looking to recycle in Bowling Green then you may or may not know how easy it is to get started. If you live in the city limits you are charged $2.50 on your BGMU bill for recycling every month in order to make use of this service, simply call
Southern Recycling
at Phone-(270) 781-3265 you can recieve a bin and find out when your recyclables will be picked up.
Products that can be recycled are alluminum, paper, glass, and plastics. If you are unsure of an item about if it can be recycled or not you can contact Southern Recycling at Phone-(270) 781-3265 and find out more information.
Follow the preparation instruction and guidelines for acceptable materials, and place the 14-gallon red plastic recycling bin at your curb to be picked up on your designated recycling day each week. There is no need to separate materials. Acceptable materials include the following: |
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| Newspaper | All newsprint and items that come in the paper. Magazines are accepted, but no junk mail. |
| Cardboard | All corrugated, broken down, or lying flat. |
| Glass Bottles & Jars | Unbroken glass containers, clear, brown, and green, such as soda bottles, beer bottles, jelly jars. Please remove all lids and metal rings and rinse out residue. Labels may be left on. Please, no ceramics, plate glass, or any other glass. |
| Plastic Containers | #1 and #2 Plastic Bottles (These markings are usually on the bottom of these containers.) This basically includes plastic milk jugs and plastic beverage containers. Please remove the lid and ring from the top, rinse out jugs and flatten. Please, no plastic toys, motor oil containers, pesticide containers or other harmful or hazardous containers. |
| Aluminum & Tin Beverage and Food Containers | Please rinse out cans. No paint cans, aerosol cans or other potentially harmful or hazardous cans. |
| Special Note: | DO NOT place dirty diapers, refuse, yard waste, or hazardous/toxic waste in the recycling bin for collection. Please DO NOT co-mingle material in bags. |
| Remember it is EASY.. | |
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