Recyclables are collected once per week. Your service day will vary depending upon your address. All containers must be accessible and ready for service by 7:00 a.m. on the assigned service day.
The City of St. Charles makes it easy for residents to recycle. All of your items can be placed in just one bin, and the charge for recycling is already included in your monthly trash bill. For all questions and comments, including new service or changes to your existing service, please contact Allied Waste at (636) 947-5959.
What Can Be Recycled?
- Aluminum and Steel (Tin) Cans
- Beverage cans (flatten first if possible in order to save room in your bin)
- Clean household aluminum items (such as trays and foil)
- Tin cans (no need to remove labels)
- Glass
- Any screw-top glass containers that once held food or beverage can be recycled. This includes clear, brown, and green glass.
- Plastic
- All types of paper products including:
- Newspaper and newspaper inserts (with plastic sleeves and promotional items removed)
- Cardboard (unwaxed, with pieces no larger than 3x3')
- Kraft (brown) paper bags
- Magazines, catalogs, and telephone books
- Office, computer, notebook, and gift wrap paper (no metal clips, spirals, or binders)
- Chipboard (cereal, cake, and food mix boxes, gift boxes)
- Carrier stock (soda and beer can carrying cases)
- Junk mail and envelopes with windows (no plastic cards, stick-on labels, or unused stamps)
- Paperback books
To make recycling plastic easier, manufacturers code containers on the bottom to identify resin types. Look at the bottom of your containers for the numbers listed below to see which can be recycled:
- #1 PET Soda, water, and beverage bottles
- #2 Milk and juice jugs, detergent and fabric softener containers
- #3 Narrow-neck containers (health & beauty products, household cleaners)
- #4 Grocery or food containers (margarine tubs, 6- and 12-pack rings)
- #5 Grocery or food containers (yogurt cups, narrow-neck syrup and ketchup bottles)
- #7 Narrow-neck containers
We recommend that you rinse food and beverage containers first before placing them in your bin in order to keep away bugs and odors.
What CANNOT Be Recycled At This Time:
- Light bulbs, window glass, glass ovenware, mirrors, drinking glasses, or ceramics
- #6 plastic (commonly known as styrofoam)
- Motor vehicle and trailer tires
- Lead-acid batteries
- Plastic shopping bags
- Motor oil, insecticide, herbicide, or other hazardous chemical containers
Recycle Works Recycling Centers, which are operated by the St. Charles County Division of Environmental Services, complements curbside recycling programs by accepting hard to handle items typically not collected at your curb. Click here to visit the St. Charles Recycle Works web site and see what type of items they will accept.
Used Motor Oil
The following businesses will recycle used motor oil at no charge:
- Wal-Mart, 2897 I-70 South Service Road, (636) 940-7611
- Advance Auto Parts, 2231 First Capitol Drive, (636) 946-0570