(COLUMBIA, MO) -
Columbia Utilities Solid Waste Division announces the opening of a new drop-off recycling center located at 3601 S. Providence Road, just north of Gerbes Supermarket on the west outer road.
The drop-off recycling center accepts fiber material (paper and cardboard), rigid plastic containers labeled with the recycling symbol 1-7 and aluminum and steel containers. Please, do not place trash in the recycling containers or on the ground at the recycling centers.
The drop-off recycling center is located at the former site of Columbia Fire Station 7, which was relocated to the corner of Bethel and Green Meadows Circle in 2008. Afterwards, the property was repurposed to house the Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) before ONS offices returned to City Hall in 2011.
After sitting vacant for several years, the old fire station was demolished. Demand for drop-off recycling centers has increased and the recycling center on State Farm Parkway at Nifong was often overused resulting in crews continuously having to clean up loose materials left when recycling containers overflowed.
The new facility is surrounded by an attractive concrete stone wall topped with fencing to help contain loose materials. A sidewalk was added along the property frontage and landscaping will be added in the spring of 2016.
The new drop-off recycling center is expected to take some of the strain off of the State Farm Parkway location and provide additional recycling opportunities to citizens.
Columbia Utilities Solid Waste Division is actively looking for suitable properties in Columbia to add additional drop-off recycling centers. More material recycled, or diverted, means materials are not being sent to the landfill. The next landfill cell, which is estimated to cost several million dollars, is planned for design in 2016 and construction in 2017.
Adding additional recycling facilities in all areas of Columbia and expanding recycling opportunities remains a goal of the Solid Waste Division. To learn more about recycling opportunities, visit our website at GoColumbiaMo.com and type "Recycling" in the search bar.
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