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Recycling: Where YOU Can Do It

At this time, the Indianapolis Department of Public Works' (DPW) program called Indianapois Recycles! accepts the following types of items:

Steel and aluminum cans
Aerosol cans
Glass (clear, green and/or brown)
Newspapers and magazines
Plastics of the Number One (1) and Number Two (2) types

There are two ways you can get your recyclables into the DPW program:

1. For a fee of $5.00, each trash hauler in Indianapolis and Marion County will pick up your items curbside. The fee is billed every three months. You will be provided a recycling bin in which to place your items. To sign up call the Mayor's Action Center at 317-327-4622.

2. You can take your recyclables to dozens of drop-off containers around the city and county. Here are some of the addresses:

NORTH: 8752 Michigan Road.....Sahm Park, 6801 E 91st Street.....11625 Fox Road.....11101 Pendleton Pike.....2629 E 65th St.....9835 Fall Creek Road.....1415 West 86th St.....Broad Ripple Park, Evanston St. entrance.....5302 N Keystone Ave.  SOUTH: Southwestway Park, 8400 Mann Rd.....Perry Park, 415 E Stop 11 Road.....4202 S East St.....6025 Madison Ave.....321 S 1st Ave, Beech Grove.....5325 E Thompson Rd.....8707 Hardegan St.....3633 Kentucky Ave.....5545 S Meridian St.  EAST: 7150 E Washington St.....5550 E Fall Creek Parkway, North Drive.....8939 E 38th St.....10450 E Washington St.....3737 E Washington St.   WEST: 5615 W 38th St.....Northwestway Park, 5253 W 62bd St.....5026 Crawfordsville Rd.....8150 Rockville Rd.   DOWNTOWN: The Children's Museum, 3000 N Illinois St.....320 N New Jersey St.

In addition, for a fee, Republic Services, Inc. will pick up your recyclables from your home curbside. Service can be ordered by calling them at 317-823-5334 or 800-234-6881. They provide the recycle bin for you use.

Acceptable items include:

Aluminum and metal cans (no need to remove lables)
All plastic marked with the #1 or #2 in the recycling symbol
Bundled or tied newspapers
Magazines
Glass

Unacceptable items include: milk cartons, building materials or scrap metal, waxed paper or cardboard, window glass, light bulbs or ceramics, plastics other than #1 or #2.

Other Recycle Options:

Where can you recycle used batteries?
These can be recycled at any library branch. And, the UUI Green Sanctuary Task Force is considering providing a battery recycle drop-off at the church. Watch to UU Eye for details.

Do you know about any other options for recycling in the Indy area? If so, please contact one of the Green Sanctuary Task Force members and we'll let everyone else at UUI know about them

Thank you for doing your part to help keep Indy--and America--Green!