(From the City of Joplin)
The annual Tire Drop-Off Event will be on Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Joplin Recycling Center, 1310 West A Street. Automotive passenger tires, with or without rims will be accepted at no charge from Joplin residents, Joplin residential landlords, and Liberty Utilities-Empire District residential electric customers. There is a ten tire per household limit. Commercial, farm, large truck, and racing tires will not be accepted. This event is funded by Liberty Utilities-Empire District and the City of Joplin as a community service.
To conserve landfill space and keep hazardous materials from landfills, whole tires were banned from Kansas and Missouri landfills in the 1990s. If residents need further assistance throughout the year with tire disposal or a commercial tire business needs help contracting with a tire disposal company, they may contact Mary Anne Phillips, Joplin Recycling Coordinator 417-624-0820 extension 501.
Most of the tires will be hauled to a processor, where the tires will be shredded, then sold to make different products. Uses for tires can be in the manufacturing of playground cover, garden hoses, loading dock bumpers, parking lot wheel stops, road paving aggregate, landscape edging and much more.
“Consumers are encouraged to look for products made with recycled content and especially those made in Missouri,” said Phillips.
Throughout the year, the Joplin Recycling Center accepts cardboard, fiberboard, magazines, books, office paper, newspapers, telephone books, plastic #1 and #2 bottles with necks, all colors of container glass, metal, packing peanuts, clean bubble wrap, #2 and #4 plastic shopping bags, cooking oil, and all batteries. Computers, televisions and all electronic waste, except large photocopiers, can also be dropped off all year at no charge. However, there is a $10 recycling fee for every television, monitor, and microwave oven. The Center is open to everyone, regardless of residency.
Limited household hazardous waste (HHW) is accepted from residents of McDonald, Newton, Jasper, Barton and Vernon Counties. This HHW service is funded by Region M Solid Waste Management District, the Department of Natural Resources, and the City of Joplin. Business and commercial hazardous waste is never accepted.
Packing materials, moving boxes, used books and magazines, and a self-serve document destruction service are complimentary at the center.
For more information, contact Mary Anne Phillips, City of Joplin Recycling Coordinator at 417-624-0820 extension 501, or the City’s web site at www.joplinmo.org/recycling .
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