Starting April 1, Republic will begin accepting recyclables during regular business hours at 829 Burnett Street in Paducah. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 7:00 am until 4:00 pm, and Saturday from 7:00 am until noon. There is no charge for the general public to drop off recyclables.
City manager Jeff Pederson said the facility will help simplify the recycling process for local families. “When we were notified by the Greater Paducah Sustainability Project that it would cease to operate its facility, we began a negotiation process with Republic. Earlier this month, we visited Republic’s facility in St. Louis to learn more about the processing and marketing of recyclables. Republic’s state-of-the-art single-stream facility allows recycling to be a simple process for a family.”
Recycling at the new drop-off location involves entering the gates of Republic’s Transfer Station on Burnett Street (look for the CWI sign) and making a sharp right into a gravel area where large recycling bins will be located. Recycling customers will then exit through a gate that will take them onto North 8th Street.
Customers will need to unload their recyclables and place them into the appropriate container. There is a separate container for corrugated cardboard; however, all other accepted recyclables can be placed together in the single-stream bins.
No sorting is needed; items that will be accepted in the single-stream bins are as follows: pasteboard (which includes cereal and other similar-type boxes), newspapers, magazines, junk mail, phone books, hardback and paperback books, office paper, tin, steel, and aluminum cans, and plastic containers. Please rinse containers before bringing them to the facility.
Republic will not accept electronics or batteries, household hazardous waste, food waste, styrofoam or glass. Republic recommends recycling plastic bags at the store where you purchased items.
For the past two decades, Paducah has contracted with Republic for refuse disposal. The current contract with Republic expires June 30. However, Paducah is working on a contract to provide the interim recycling drop-off location while researching program models and costs related to curbside recycling. Residents who are interested in receiving curbside recycling services before a decision is made regarding a program through the city are encouraged to contact Dream Green at 270-442-2088 or visit the company’s website at www.dg-recycling.com for information about rates and items collected.
For more information, contact the City of Paducah Engineering-Public Works Department at 270-444-8567 or the Republic Services Transfer Station at 270-575-3805.
