June 12 is Hazelwood’s Recycle Day

The City of Hazelwood’s Annual Recycle

Day Returns for its 10th year on June 12

The City of Hazelwood’s 10th Annual Recycle Day returns after taking a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s Recycle Day will be June 12, from 9 to and will be at a new location –Village Square Shopping Center off of Dunn Road in Hazelwood. Hazelwood residents are urged to get rid of unwanted electronics, vehicle parts, and documents and bring them to the event. The event is open to the public is set up as a drive thru/drop off event. While admission is free for the event, some vendors charge a small fee for certain items.

The City of Hazelwood is partnering with Republic Services, Citishred, Auto World, and SpectrumEcycle for the 2021 event. Funding for this project is being provided through a grant from the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.Spectrum Ecycle will be on site and will accept anything with a plug or batteries and rechargeable batteries. They will not take regular batteries. They will take any size TV or computer monitor for $20 an item. Auto World will accept car and motorcycle batteries, metal vehicle parts, waste oil, and antifreeze. They will take tires for a fee of $2 per car tire or $4 per larger tire.

Republic Services will be providing dumpsters for discarding single-stream recycle materials. Citishred will accept up to 3 boxes of shredding per car. Participants may leave staples in the paper but will need to remove any binder clips from the shredding. For more information, please visit www.hazelwodomo.org/RecyleDay.