Recyclopedia (What to take where & when in and around Meridian Township)

Summaries

• Ingham County Drop-off Sites (glass, paper, cardboard, boxboard, etc.)

• Organizations & Communities (such as Lansing, Ingham, East Lansing, FreeCycle, ReStore, etc.)

• Curbside (for 1-5 unit  households** in Meridian Twp)

• Apartments (multi-family properties with recycling for residents)

• Quick List for Meridian Township & Map

• Meridian Recycling Center/Transfer Station

**No charge for Granger customers.  Call 372-2880 to order a bin, bag-tags (tags cost ~$1.50/pc.), or other services.

 

Alphabetical Listing... 

• Antifreeze

• Appliances:   Appliance Stores (many will take old appliances    Appliance Recyclers

• Bags  (under "grocery bags")

• Batteries & Cell Phones

  • Update on Battery Recycling

  • Disposable/Single Use Batteries   Cleanlites    Waste Management

  • Rechargeable Info: Grinning Planet Article  Use rechargeables Article and More info

  • Car Batteries

• Bicycles

• Books

• Building Materials

  • Habitat for Humanity
    • ReStore in Lansing   374-6235
    • ReStore in Williamston   655-1872
    • ReStore in Mason  676-9900
    • What do they take?
       

• Capital Area Green Map

• Carpet Padding

• CD/DVD/CD Case/VHS Reuse & Recycling

• Christmas Trees

• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (Service Desk at Home Depot or Ingham Co. Household Haz. Waste collection)

  • Household Haz. Waste

• Compost

• Computers at Goodwill

  • Reconnect

  • Green Computing

  • Also see "Electronics"

• Cooking Oil

• Curbside Recycling

• Drop-Off Centers

• Electronics

• Eyeglasses

• Foam

• FREECYCLE!  (one person's trash is another's treasure....)

  • Lansing
  • Mid-Michigan ReUseIt Network 
  • Okemos

• Household Hazardous Waste  

• Junk Mail

• Light Bulbs  (fluorescent tubes and ballasts)

  • also see compact fluorescents

  • Cleanlites Recycling in Mason

• Medicines

• Mercury Thermometers

• Mercury

• Oil Recycling (used motor oil)

• Paint (also try Habitat's ReStore)
  5-point Program for Leftover Paint

• Plastic Shopping Bags   PDF 

• Polystyrene Foam (Styrofoam)

• Pharmaceutical Waste

• Phone Book Opt Out

• Rain Water

• Roofing

• Sharps

• Athletic Shoes  new

• Special Collections

• Televisions (see electronics)

• Tires

• Trees & Brush

• VHS Tapes

• Vinyl siding/PVC

• Yard "Waste"
   

• Additional Resources...

  • Cleaner Choices (less toxic cleaners)

  • Do Less...

  • Do More...

  • Do Not...

  • Ecological Footprint

  • Education Links

  • Home Toxics

  • Local Harvest

  • Lansing Area Localvores

  • Michigan Recycled Materials Market Directory

  • Non-Toxic Alternatives

  • Organizations & Municipal Recycling Options

  • Recycling Slide Show

  • Resources from Lansing

  • Waste Reduction
     

• News

• Organizations

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