Plastic Recycling Expands at
City of Kirkwood Francis Scheidegger Depository

Kirkwood, Missouri -- Monday, July 30, 2007 -- The City of Kirkwood Frances Scheidegger Recycling Depository at 350 South Taylor Avenue is now accepting plastic containers of the following types: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #7. 

Plastic containers for beverages, food, personal care, household products, and many other non-hazardous materials contain can now be recycled at the Kirkwood Depository.  The depository cannot accept #6 plastic containers or any Styrofoam products, plastic wrap, plastic bags, plastic grocery bags, foam, or polystyrene products.  Also to avoid pollution and for health reasons the depository cannot accept containers that contained antifreeze, motor oil; disposable diapers, frozen food bags, or hazardous materials. 

Residents are encouraged to check the recycling triangle on the bottom of their plastic containers to determine the type of plastic, and recycle these and other household items at the Kirkwood Depository.

To assist the Community’s recycling effort, please rinse out containers, remove caps and lids (it is not necessary to remove neck rings) and flatten.  This reduces storage space, transportation costs, and pollution.

The City of Kirkwood operates the Frances Scheidegger Recycling Depository.   The Depository is open 24/7, providing user-friendly drop-off for over 10,000 regional residences and businesses each week. Nearly 4,000 tons of a wide variety of recyclable materials are received and processed annually.  The facility has saved over 55,000 tons of material from the landfill during its years of operation.  Approximately 80% of Kirkwood households use the facility. 

The Depository accepts mixed paper, steel (tin) cans, aluminum cans, green glass, brown glass, clear glass, plastic containers (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #7), cardboard, office paper, newspaper, magazines, catalogs, phone books, textiles, cell phones, and plastic horticultural containers (in gardening season). 

The City of Kirkwood Depository, begun in 1971, is one of the longest running recycling drop-off programs in the State of Missouri.  The average daily usage at the depository is 1,470 vehicles with more than 1,900 vehicles on Saturdays.  The number of visitors has increased two and one-half times since 1994.  This reflects a weekly usage of over 10,290 individuals using the Depository.  The facility also serves multi-family, commercial and institutional users. 

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