Elk County Kansas Search Home Services Departments Directory Calendar Businesses RECYCLING ************************************************************************************************************************************* The Elk County Recycling Department provides assistance to residents by providing collection services for recyclable items in each of our local communities. The regular collection schedule is listed below. Each spring, the department coordinates an "e-waste" collection which provides a way for residents to recycle electronics, paint containers and other items which are often difficult to dispose of. Click here for the next annual Household and "E-Waste" collection date The location of collection is at the Moline Rodeo Grounds from 8 am - 12 pm TYPES OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ACCEPTED PLASTIC CONTAINERS - (Rinsed clean) Marked with a 1 - Soft drink & water bottles, any plastics that you can see through Marked with a 2 - Milk jugs & large water jugs, plastics that are opaque and not dyed Marked with a 2 -Colored plastics such as detergent bottles,solid color plastics STEEL CANS - all sizes, rinsed, it's not necessary to remove labels ALUMINUM CANS - rinsed & crushed PAPER - newspaper, office or mixed paper, junk mail, misc paper all weights & color CORRUGATED CARDBOARD - remove all non-cardboard packaging & break down to lay flat GLASS - any color bottles & window glass (No light bulbs) CARDBOARD - remove all non-cardboard packing and break down to lay flat PLEASE - NO PETROLEUM CONTAINERS! Participating Businesses Pick-Up Monday: Howard Tuesday: OFF Wednesday: Howard Thursday: Moline Friday: Longton Household Weekend Trailer Drop-off Trailer will be at these location from Friday- Sunday 1st Weekend: Longton- Across from the City Office 2nd Weekend: Howard- On West side of the Courthouse 3rd Weekend: Moline- At the Water Tower 4th Weekend: Howard- On West side of the Courthouse There will be no recycle pick up or drop off in Elk Falls or Grenola, we encourage you to bring your recyclables to Longton or Moline. Thank You! Recently, waste for recycling has been left unattended. Animals, Mother Nature, and other factors create a mess out of it. Clean-Up costs the recycling program precious time, money, and resources. Please help us keep our program by dropping your recycling at designated times and places. THANK YOU for doing your part! Thank you for recycling in Elk County! For more information contact Public Works Dept. at 620-374-2580 or William Bischof at 620-642-7314 Terms of Use & Privacy Statement - 517 Copyright © Elk County Kansas. All Rights Reserved. Website Designed by Jayhawk Software Back to Top