What We Take

The Midland Recyclers Recycling and Reuse Center

Where you are the Recycler.

The Recycling Center is a do-it-yourself drop-off, open to residents, schools, organizations and businesses in the Great Lakes Bay region. To ensure and quick and easy drop-off experience please bring only acceptable materials and prepare them as indicated below.

Hours of Operation

Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

What items can I bring to the Recycling Center?

Keep the following types of paper separate from each other.

Midland Recyclers sends them off to different processors and therefore has a dedicated collection container for each type of paper at the Recycling Center.

Recyclable Paper

Corrugated cardboard, flattened and paper bags
Cereal and boxboard, flattened
Office paper and mail
Shredded paper (Shred your paper at the recycling center!)*
Magazines and catalogs, glossy
Newspapers and everything that comes in them
Phone books

All items must be clean, rinsed out, with lids removed. Most plastic bottles and containers are marked with a number surrounded by the recycling symbol.

Keep the following types of plastic separate from each other.

Recyclable Plastic

#1 bottles, clear or translucent
#2 bottles, must have seam across bottom
#2 all other shapes and sizes
#2 milk jugs
#3-#6 plastic
Plastic bags, all types accepted, including shrink wrap
Bubble Wrap and Air Pillows (keep separate from plastic bags)
Vinyl siding
Foam sheets
Polystyrene foam (PS6) – often used to pack electronics and large appliances.
Loop carriers – 6 and 8 pack beverage rings

Keep the following types of metal separate from each other.

Midland Recyclers sends them off to different processors and therefore has a dedicated collection container for each material at the Recycling Center. Remember . . . All items must be clean, rinsed out, with lids removed.

Recyclable Metal

Steel cans, including aerosol
Aluminum, all sizes and types accepted

All items must be clean, rinsed out, with lids removed.

Clear container glass

NI-CAD and rechargeable batteries, auto and marine
Ink jet cartridges $
Returnable cans and bottles $
corks
altoid type tins

$ These items help support Midland Recyclers operation.

*Did you know about the paper shredder at the recycling center? It is a light duty industrial shredder that can shred 100 sheets at a time. It is a self serve shredder that you can come in and use anytime. (Donations appreciated!)

Midland Recyclers Reuse Area

The Reuse Center has unbelievable low prices on items that can be used in the classroom, by art students, crafters, and anyone looking for creative ways to save money through reuse. Come check out the Reuse Center for yourself!

Call ahead to confirm what you’re looking for is available. Special orders are welcome.

Manufacturer’s scraps are also welcome. Please call ahead to verify that we have a need and room for your scraps.

Here’s sampling of what you might find at the Reuse Center

Misc. Items		Packing Materials
	3 ring binders – 50¢ ea.		Bubble wrap – $5 bag
	5 gallon buckets – $1 ea.		Dish pack boxes – $2 ea.
	Baby food jars - 10¢ ea.		Wardrobe boxes - $2 ea.
	CD ROMS		Moving boxes – $1-$2
	Canning jars – 25¢ ea.		Blue Wine Bottles – $1
	Coffee cans		Packing paper – $2 bag
	Decorative tins – 50¢ ea.		Packing p-nuts – $5 bag
	Egg cartons 2¢ ea.		Foam sheets – $1 bag
	Film canisters
	Corks – 5¢ - 10¢ ea.
	Hanging file folders – 10/$1
	Kitty litter pails - 50¢ ea.
	Magazines

How is the recycling center different from the curbside program?

Midland Recyclers is a non-profit organization dedicated to recycling all materials possible, even those that are marginally profitable . Midland Recyclers offers volunteer opportunities and free educational programs to people of all ages and abilities.