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Recycle Center

Superintendent

1093 Eaglecrest
P.O. Box 395
Nixa, MO 65714

Phone: 417-725-7122
Fax: 417-725-7134

The City of Nixa Recycle Center is open to all residents of the City of Nixa and is not available for use by commercial businesses.

The Center is open from 8:00am to 4:30 pm Monday through Saturday, with no loads accepted after 4:15 PM. The center is closed on designated holidays and Sundays.

Those that live outside the City of Nixa boundaries but still have a Nixa telephone prefix of 724 or 725 may obtain a permit to use the facility at the Utility Office. Such a permit costs $36 a year and entitles the holder to limited use of the recycling facilities. Permit holders will not have access to the yard waste area.

Allied Waste is the recycling company the City uses.
The following are their requirements for recycleables:

• Yard Waste: Tree limbs, brush trimmings, leaves and grass clippings. There are marked bins for disposal of these items and they must be dumped, not left in plastic bags.
• #1 through #7 Plastic Bottles: Usually 2-liter soda bottles, milk jugs, laundry detergent bottles, butter tubs, etc. Must be cleaned and caps removed. Please do not leave plastic gardening pots or seed tubs.
• Glass: Green, brown, clear, etc. Bottles and jars only, such as pasta sauce jars, pickle jars, jelly jars, etc. Must be cleaned and lids removed. Please, no lead crystal or light bulbs of any kind. Ceramic coffee mugs will not be accepted.
• Metal Cans: Must be cleaned and labels removed. Please no dog or cat food cans as they have liners that are unacceptable.
• Aluminum Cans: Beverage cans such as juice or soda. Must be cleaned and can be flattened. Please, no aluminum foil, disposable foil baking pans, or pet food cans.
• Newspapers: Newspaper ONLY, as delivered. Do not bundle or tie. Do not mix with magazines or phonebooks.
• Mixed Paper: Includes magazines, phone books and office paper. Can be placed in brown paper bags but not plastic bags.
• Corrugated Cardboard. Clean and broken down only.
• Large Appliances: The recycle center will accept large household appliances including stoves, washers, dryers, and water heaters. Refrigerators, freezers and airconditioning units may be accepted only if they do not contain compressors and are accompanied by legal certification stating that a licensed tech has removed the CFCs.

Items Not Accepted:

• Carpet, finished wood products including building lumber or construction debris, toilets, sinks and other ceramics. No Styrofoam, plastic sheeting, tarps, plastic grocery bags, or animals, dead or alive. No Large trees or rootballs.
• No scrap metal, barbed wire or other wire fencing material will be accepted.
• Hazardous Materials: The recycle center will not accept any hazardous waste materials, including motor oil, anti-freeze, paint cans, dry or wet, acids, batteries, caustics such as household cleaners, pesticides, herbicides, needles or other pharmaceutical paraphernalia.
• Computer Equipment: The recycle center is unable to accept computer equipment such as monitors, screens, keyboards and towers. However, there are facilities in Springfield that do accept computer recyclables. Please contact the Springfield Computer Recycling Center at 417-866-2588 for further information.