RECYCLING

 

Recycle Coach App | Free In-Home Bin |  Drop-Off Location | Rates

Learn about recycling in Benton Park through the City of St. Louis using the links above. Follow St. Louis City Recycles on Instagram for more information and updates.

Interested in facilitating more recycling community? Join the Green Committee. Email hello@bentonpark.org 

4 Recycling Tips

1. Our mini-recycling center

Have you heard about “The Firehouse Dumpster”? It's a group of dumpsters next to the firehouse that goes directly to the recycling center. If you are confident your recycling is sorted per STL RECYCLES parameters (and we know many of our neighbors are experts!) and you want to be sure that your recycling goes to the center without contamination from alleyways and less fastidious neighbors, this is where you go! 


2. Get smart about recycling

View and print Important documents: From Operation Brightside and Saint Louis City Recycles

  1. Always recycle common household items like paper, cardboard, and food or beverage bottles, cans, and cartons in your Blue Bin.

  2. Never put plastic bags, Styrofoam, food waste, or sharps in your Blue Bin.

  3. Keep recyclables loose, clean, and dry.

  4. Always flatten cardboard.

Use these documents:

3. Get a free In-Home Bin

All city residents can get a free in-home recycling bin from Operation Brightside. Pick one up at Brightside St. Louis office located at 4646 Shenandoah Avenue 63110, Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.

Need to pick up bins for your neighbors? No problem! Just bring their contact info (name, address, email, and phone number) with you. More info here.

4. Submit a complaint

Submit a complaint about a recycling dumpster to the Citizens Service Bureau here and record your number. If you don’t see progress, you can share the number with your alderperson to ensure the issue is addressed.

Recycling Rates

Recycling Rates:

 In FY23 = 7.37% of trash and in the past few weeks: FY24 to date = 7.5

What's up with this rate? 

This rate is due to user error (aka all our St. Louis neighbors still learning about how to best provide recycling) AND city error. While we can't get data on the impact of each, we can work together to improve that number.  

Average rates for other cities :
They all have different appraoches, but sometimes comparison helps.