Recycling Program
Sanitation Department Hours
Monday through Friday:
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m |
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The Madisonville Recycling Center is located at 900 McCoy Ave (located at the back of the Parkway Plaza Mall on the opposite side of the railroad tracks).
An attendant will greet you at your vehicle to collect your recyclables--you need not even get out of your vehicle. The City of Madisonville Recycling Program has been in existence since November 1993.
Listed below are the items recycled at the center:
- Glass -- clear, brown, and green
- Cans -- steel and bi-metal food cans; steel, aluminum and bi-metal beverage cans
- Plastics -- milk jugs; #1 and #2 liter bottles; #1 and #2 plastic containers (# found on bottom of container inside recycling triangle symbol)
Lids and paper should be removed from all glass, cans, and plastics.
- Paper -- newsprint, office, computer, copy, scratch, letterhead, notebook, construction paper, and envelopes
- Cardboard Magazines and catalogues
- Batteries -- vehicle batteries
- Oil -- used motor oil
- available at the center from Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
- available free to all customers (there is a loading fee)
- made up of composting materials: limb chips, wood chips, mulched grass and leaves mixed together in the tub grinder. (The mulch is usually allowed to age to form an excellent compost.)
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