Recycling Center

614 US Hwy 56

Council Grove, Kansas 66846

Ph.  620-767-5519

Fax. 620-767-8000

Email:   mrcoweed@tctelco.net  

John Lee Coordinator

Hours of Operation

• Hours of operation are from 8:00 am till 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday except on all approved county holidays.
• Recyclables may be dropped off anytime in outside containers.

Collection Truck Route

• Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Council Grove
• Tuesday Herington
• Thursday Alta Vista, Dwight, White City

          Every other Thursday Burdick and Wilsey

Items We Accept

• Newspaper
• Magazines and phone books
• Aluminum (we buy aluminum cans)
• Tin cans
• White Paper
• Office mix (colored paper)
• #1 Pete plastic (clear)
• #2 HDPE (milk jugs)
• #2 Colored Plastic
• Film Plastic (grocery bags)
• Cardboard
•  Electronics
•  Waste motor oil
•  Scrape metal
•  Batteries
• Scrape aluminum

Items We Don’t Accept

• Styrofoam
• Kleenex
• Rubber gloves (surgical gloves0
• Packing peanuts
• Paper plates
• Waxed milk or orange cartons
• Glass

Please Rinse Milk Jugs and Tin Cans

If you have a large amount of items or the trailer at the Court House is full please bring to the Recycle Center. When items are left outside the trailer on the ground and the wind blows like it does in Kansas, it can cause quite a mess.