STARKVILLE RECYCLING PROGRAM

The Starkville Recycling Program is a cooperative effort by the City of Starkville and Community Recycling Services (CRS). The city provides 24 hours/seven days a week collection services through 3 drop-off sites located in Starkville. The collection containers are owned and serviced by the city. The Starkville Department of Sanitation delivers the recycled materials from these sites to CRS.

CRS is our materials-recovery facility located on Collier Road in Starkville. CRS is a private, non-profit recycling company that is a division of Community Counseling Services (CCS), Mississippi's Regional Mental Health/Mental Retardation Commission for the 7 counties surrounding Starkville. CCS formed the recycling center from an existing employment/vocational training program for adults with disabilities. CRS processes the recycled materials and prepares them for shipment. CRS applies the unique skills of their clients to real world jobs in the recycling plant.

Community Recycling Services (CRS)
682 Collier Road (P.O. Box 1002)
Starkville, MS 39760-1002 Phone:
662-323-RENU (7368)
Fax: 662-323-9841
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. M-F

Located off of N. Montgomery (turns into Rock Hill Road) 2.6 miles north of Hwy. 82. Turn left onto Collier Road (gravel road). CRS is on the right.

Recycling is only one part of a three-part strategy in the recycling loop.

The other two parts are "reduce" and "reuse." These two strategies are actually more effective than the "recycle" component alone. Consider, before each purchase, creative ways you can reduce your need for the product. Also consider the package that it comes in. Is it "Earth friendly"? Can it be recycled in our community? At every opportunity, buy products made from "post-consumer" recycled materials (% content will be listed on the package). This is the most crucial aspect in closing the recycling loop. If there is not a demand for products made from or packaged in recycled materials, then the collection process is irrelevant.

Please prepare your recyclables properly.
Placing items in the recycling collection containers that are dirty or not accepted by CRS increases the work load and cost of operating our recycling center. Let's do our part to ensure that our program is successful!

It takes less than 15 minutes per week to prepare your recyclables properly!

Recycling Drop-Off Site Locations...
Fire Station #1, Lampkin Street at Russell Street
Fire Station #4, S. Montgomery Street and Academy Road
Avenue of Patriots at Whitfield Street (just off of Hwy. 12
Synergetics, 501 Highway 12 West

Please do not leave items outside of the collection containers. Call your Recycling Coordinator at 662-323-4609 if the containers are full.

These sites belong to us so lets keep them tidy!

WHAT AND HOW TO RECYCLE

Each drop-off site has one container each for Newspaper, Cardboard, and Aluminum Cans. White office paper (computer or copy machine paper) is accepted at CRS during business hours.

NEWSPAPER:
Must be clean, dry, and unbound. No bags or string; take these home with you for reuse. Inserts that come with the newspaper are acceptable. Please do not add junk mail, catalogs, telephone books, or any other type of paper.

By recycling 1 ton of paper, we save: 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, and enough energy to heat an average home for 6 months!

CARDBOARD:
Only clean, dry corrugated cardboard, please. This is the cardboard with 3 layers, 2 smooth outside layers with a honeycomb or wavy layer in the middle. Colored boxes are acceptable but no wax-coated boxes (usually used for produce or frozen foods). No cereal boxes. Remove all packing materials and flatten all boxes to save space in the collection containers. Shipping labels and some packaging tape are acceptable, but no duct tape.

ALUMINUM CANS:
Please rinse cans well. Do not place any metals or other items inside of the cans. Steel (tin) cans are not accepted by CRS at this time. If you are unsure if your can is aluminum, place a magnet on it. If the magnet sticks, it is not aluminum. Magnets do not stick to aluminum cans.

Recycling aluminum cans saves 95% of the energy required to make aluminum cans from scratch!

WHITE OFFICE PAPER:
White office paper is accepted only at CRS. There are no collection containers at the drop-off sites for office paper. Ink may be colored but the paper must be white. No glossy, colored, waxed, or soiled paper accepted. No carbon paper.

PLASTICS:
Due to the intense labor requirements for processing plastics, plastics are not being accepted by CRS at this time. An alternative plastics recycling program is being explored. Please watch for updates to be posted in late May or early June on the information signs located at each drop-off site. The Columbus/Lowndes Recycling Center will accept plastics until an alternative program is established in Starkville.

Directions to Columbus/Lowndes Recycling Drop-off Center:
Take Hwy. 82 East from Starkville. Take the Main Street/Downtown exit and follow ramp to the right. Get into left lane onto Hwy. 182 East/69 South. Harveys Restaurant will be on your right. Stay on Hwy. 182 East/69 South for 1.7 miles from Harveys (through 9 traffic lights). Take a right at SDR MLK Jr. Dr. (no visible street sign here) right after the Walco gas station and just before Dill and Norris Restaurant Supply. Take this road for 0.4 miles (will go through one red light). The recycling center will be on your left. For more information, contact the Columbus Chamber of Commerce at 662-328-4491 or Deborah Hester at 662-386-3146.

Drop-off hours: 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. M-F

Manufacturers can make one extra-large T-shirt out of only five recycled plastic soda bottles, and a pair of blue jeans out of only two recycled plastic soda bottles blended with cotton!

OTHER RECYCLING SERVICES

Services for recycling and reclaiming other items are offered by local Starkville businesses and other entities within Mississippi. Any businesses who would like to add services to this web site, please contact the Recycling Coordinator for the City of Starkville at 662-323-4609.

SCRAP TIRES:
City of Starkville/Oktibbeha County Rubbish Landfill
Rock Hill Road (next to CRS)
662-324-1180
(also accepts large appliances)

Golden Triangle Regional Solid Waste Management Authority
2505 Old West Point Road
662-324-7566

It takes half a barrel of crude oil to produce the rubber in just one tire!

USED MOTOR OIL:
AutoZone
901 Hwy. 12 West
662-324-1090

Wal Mart Tire and Lube Express
1010 Hwy. 12 West
662-324-3981

LEAD-ACID CAR BATTERIES:
AutoZone
901 Hwy. 12 West
662-324-1090
(no purchase necessary)

Wal Mart Super Center
1010 Hwy. 12 West
662-323-0488
(with purchase)

The average lead-acid battery contains between 18-22 pounds of recoverable lead, a gallon of sulfuric acid and about three pounds of polypropylene casing!

NICKEL-CADMIUM (NI-CAD) RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES:
Batteries that power camcorders, cordless and cellular phones, laptop computers, and cordless power tools.

Radio Shack
Starkville Crossing Mall
662-323-7426

Most cellular phone service providers

BUTTON BATTERIES:
Mercury and silver oxide button batteries are used in watches, calculators, hearing aids, etc.

Wal Mart Super Center Jewelry Dept.
1010 Hwy. 12 West
662-323-0488

PLASTIC GROCERY SACKS:
All of the following businesses accept clean plastic grocery bags of all types.

Wal Mart Super Center
1010 Hwy. 12 West
662-323-0488

Winn Dixie
628 Hwy. 12 East
662-323-8332

Salvation Army
752 Hwy. 82 West
662-324-3304

STYROFOAM PACKING PEANUTS:
Mail Boxes Etc.
834 Hwy. 12 West
662-338-5077
(also accepts clean packing paper)

C&C Mail
214 East Main Street, Downtown
662-324-0017
(also accepts clean packing materials and cardboard boxes)

BUILDING SUPPLIES:
Habitat for Humanity
will accept used building materials in good condition. Examples: wood, nails, plumbing and light fixtures, electrical wiring, etc. Please contact Beverly Bowers at 662-324-7008 for more information.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE:
Once a year, the Golden Triangle Regional Solid Waste Authority conducts a household hazardous waste collection in the GTR area (Starkville, Columbus, or West Point). This event usually occurs in the fall. Please watch for an announcement about this event on the drop-off information signs and in the Happenings section of the Starkville Daily News.

GLASS:
Glass is accepted by Strategic Materials in Flowood, MS. Only glass that had a top on it (NO CERAMICS such as dishes or cups). Contact Robert Schmidt at 601-932-5000 or 601-942-5249 for more information and directions.

YARD WASTE:
Please compost your yard waste. If you would like information on how to get started, please call the Recycling Coordinator for the City of Starkville at 662-323-4609 or 662-418-9929.

THANK YOU FOR RECYCLING!