Recycling Center

The Recycle Center is open for business 8am to 4pm. The customers must bring their recyclables inside and separate them into the correct containers (that are marked).  If you are unable to sort your recyclables please drop them off in a plastic bag and recycle personnel will separate your recyclables for you, they can also assist you into determining which item goes where.


Contact Information:

  • Coordinator: Travis Schweger
  • Office Manager: Elisha Bacon
  • Warehouse Supervisor: Tyria Callaham 
  • Address: 614 US Hwy 56, Council Grove, KS 66846  
  • Phone: (620) 767-5519 
  • Fax: (620) 767-8000
  • Email

Hours of Operation:

  • 8:00 am till 4:00 pm Monday thru Friday except on all approved county holidays.
  • The Recycle Center at 416 US-56 Council Grove KS has outside containers are available for the general public to drop off their recyclables after hours and weekends. 
  • The cardboard trailer at the transfer station is available for after hours and on weekends, Please rbring all cardboard to the Recycle Center between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm.

Collection Truck Route:

  • Monday and Friday - Council Grove
  • Tuesday - Herington. With everyother Tuesday - Burdick or Wilsey
  • Wednesday - Warehouse 
  • Thursday - Alta Vista, Dwight, White City

Items We Accept:

These following items are accepted for pick-up:

  • Newspaper, Magazines ** (as of 4 June 2019 we no longer recycle hard back books or soft back books.)
  • White Paper & Office mix (colored paper)
  • Shredded paper (bagged, not loose)
  • Aluminum beverage containers only. We do NOT accept aluminum foil, (any cans with the plastic lining) I.e. aluminum cat food cans/dip cans/ sardine cans, aluminum baking pans or food containers.)
  • Tin cans  
  • #1 Pete plastic (clear)
  • #2 HDPE (milk jugs)
  • #2 & #5 Colored Plastic
  • Cardboard (NO Pizza Boxes or other cardboard that is greasy or has a wax coating)

Please Rinse Milk Jugs and Tin Cans

These following items are accepted at the Transfer Station:

  • Waste motor oil
  • Scrap metal
  • Lead Acid Batteries
  • Scrap aluminum

Items We Don’t Accept:

  • Styrofoam
  • Kleenex/Paper towels
  • Rubber gloves (surgical gloves)
  • Packing peanuts
  • Paper plates
  • Waxed milk or orange juice cartons
  • Greasy cardboard (i.e. pizza boxes)
  • Glass
  • Food
  • Clothing
  • Vinyl
  • Wood
  • Fiberglass
  • Electronics
  • Film Plastics (trash bags, grocery bags, shrink wrap, bubble wrap, chip bags, etc)  
  • Books, Hard back or soft back

Recycling Centers Participating:

Materials Accepted at all Recycling Centers Participating in the Northwest Kansas Regional Recycling Organization

Please save and bring only items that your local recycling facility accepts.  This saves room in your home and reduces labor at the recycling center.  Preparing and sorting your materials as requested reduces labor and provides a safer work environment for recycling center employees.


Recycle Trailer:

The recycle trailer that was located at the MFA Key Pumps has been closed.  The trailer and the cardboard cage were pulled due to misuse.  We were constantly finding trash, tires, TVs, Styrofoam, glass, a box of dirty diapers, etc.  This was not an easy decision to make but until the public can use the drop off for its intended use, please bring your recycle items to the Recycle Center (M-F 8-4:00), and your trash to the Transfer Station.