For those citizens who are ready to drop off their recycling items but don’t want to get out in the cold, there is a great opportunity offered tomorrow, Saturday, January 10 during the “Drive Through Recycling” event at the Joplin Recycling Center. They can bring their presorted, bagged recyclable items to the Center and stay warm in their car while volunteers unload their recyclables, including cardboard, paper, aluminum, steel cans, glass, and #1 and #2 plastic bottles.
Offered from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., this event is in recognition of Joplin Recycling Center’s 15th Anniversary. For those who have surplus building supplies, they can drop these items off during this time at the Center - Habitat for Humanity ReStore will have a truck there accepting these donations during the event. In addition, there will be Center tours, activities for the kids, and hot chocolate to enjoy while helping the environment.
This recycling event is sponsored by: Joplin Young Professionals Network, US Bank, Habitat ReStore, Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center, and Service Recycling.
The Joplin Recycling Center opened in January 2000, with some 12,000 people utilizing the Center during that year. Since that time, the Center has seen a growth of 150% with 30,000 people coming to the Center throughout 2014. In the first few years, the Center accepted only the basic recyclables, such as tin/aluminum cans, plastic/glass bottles, newspapers, cardboard and office paper/magazines. As the Center matured, packing materials, telephone directories, batteries, metal scrap, household hazardous waste, plastic shopping bags, electronics and most recently, cooking oil were added to recyclables mix.
As years passed, other recycling needs in the community were apparent, and the Center periodically hosted special events, accepting tires and computer hard drive destruction. More services were added in the last few years to include a self-serve paper shredder, and a recycling bin loan program that gives special event organizers the opportunity to recycle during their activities at their locations.
Patrons also frequent the “swap shop” area of the Center where various household items are dropped off by others who no longer need them. These items can help a citizen replace a broken coffee carafe for their coffee maker; reuse glass canning jars; or utilize new arts and crafts materials someone else discarded.
Throughout the year, the Center is popular for those seeking free seasonal items offered, such as moving/shipping boxes, packing materials, wood chips, and compost.
For more information about contact Mary Anne Phillips at 417-624-0820 ext. 501, or MPhillip@joplinmo.org
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