Recycling Program

The City of Lawrence provides bi-weekly curbside recycling pickup. This section contains detailed information about curbside recycling, ToxDrops, recycling for businesses, and recycling drop-off sites for residents.

2008 Recycle Schedule (90k PDF)

Curbside Collection for Residential Customers

Each private residence served by the City of Lawrence Sanitation Department will be provided with a recycling bin. Recyclables can be placed
in a city provided bin or any other clearly marked container. Recycling containers should be set apart from your trash so that our city collectors
don't confuse the two.

The following list contains the items that may be placed in your bin.

• # 1 plastics - such as soda bottles, cooking oil bottles, peanut butter containers
• #2 plastics - such as milk jugs & detergent bottles  Glass jars & bottles - clear, brown & green
• Aluminum beverage containers
• Steel beverage & food containers
• Newspapers & magazines
• Corrugated cardboard & press board such as cereal boxes (Please flatten all boxes)
• Newspapers, magazines, junk mail & white paper. All of these items are to be bundled & tied or placed in brown paper bogs that are then to be set on top of all other items in your bin - to keep items from flying out of your bins on windy days.

Please remove lids from plastics and glass containers and rinse all containers so as not to attract insects or animals.

Recycling is picked up on normal trash days, every other week. The recycling calendar can be found at: cityoflawrence.org or picked up
at the Lawrence Government Building.

Bins are the property of the City of Lawrence and should be left with a residential property when occupancy changes.

Yard Waste Composting

Between Oct. 1 & Nov. 31 clean yard waste can be left at the curb for composting. Please use recyclable paper yard waste bags -available at most grocery & hardware stores

Apartment, Condo and Mobile Home Dwellers

If you would like to recycle and your neighborhood is not served by the City you can drop your recyclables off at the Marsh parking lot at Oaklandon and Fox Road, or the Kroger parking lot at Pendleton Pike and Sunnyside.

Recyclables accepted at these sites include:

• # 1 plastics - such as soda bottles, cooking oil bottles, peanut butter containers
• #2 plastics - such as milk jugs & detergent bottles
• Glass jars & bottles - clear, brown & green
• Aluminum beverage containers
• Steel beverage & food containers
• Newspapers & magazines 

ToxDrops

Materials may be dropped off between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month at the IMPD Training Facility located at:

9049 East 10th St.

For more information on ToxDrop, call: 317.327.4TOX (4869)

Acceptable Household Hazardous Waste

Adhesives
Aerosol Cans
Air Fresheners
Ammonia
Asbestos Tile
Bathroom Cleaners
Brake Fluid
Button Batteries
Carpet Cleaners
Chlorine Bleach
Detergents
Fire Extinguishers
Floor Wax
Fluorescent Light Tubes
Furniture Polish
Gasoline
Glues
Herbicides
Household Batteries
Insecticides
Lead Acid Batteries
Lighter Fluid
Mercury
Metal Cleaners
Moth Crystals
Motor Oil, Used
Oven Cleaners
Paints
Paint Strippers
Paint Thinners
Permanent Markers
Pesticides
Plant Food
Pool Chemicals
Propane Tanks (< 20 lbs.)
Rat Poisons
Rock Salt
Soaps
Shoe Polish
Stain Removers
Solvents
Thermometers
Thermostats
Transmission Fluid
Upholstery Cleaners
Wood Preservatives
Wood Stains
Wood Varnishes

Acceptable Electronic Items

CPUs
Keyboards
Mice and Joy Stick Controllers
Modems
Printers
Monitors
Scanners
Gaming Accessories
UPS's (external power supply)
Laptop PCs
External Tape and Disk Drives
Hard Drives
PC Cards and Circuit Boards
PC Speakers and Microphones
USB Devices
Cellular Telephones

Recycling for Businesses

Does your business generate large quantities of office paper, corrugated cardboard, electronic waste, or other waste streams chat could be recyclable, but are not being recycled now?

If so, consider asking ,your waste hauler if they provide recycling services (most waste haulers do) and how your business might participate. Recycling can save you waste hauling Fees, and will help you create a more sustainable business.

You may also to consider learning about US EPAs free WasteWise program. WasteWise is a free voluntary, EPA program through which organizations
eliminate costly municipal solid waste and select industrial wastes, benefiting their bottom line and the environn1cnt. Large and small businesses from any industry sector are welcome to participate. Institutions, such as hospitals and universities, non-profits, and other
organizations are also eligible.

Visit: www.epa.gov/wastewise for additional information.

Also visit Keep Indianapolis Beautiful at www.kibi.org/recycle for a comprehensive list of Central Indiana recycling information.