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Business Recycling:
Businesses in Bartholomew County can save money by recycling their corrugated cardboard and office paper waste. Call the Bartholomew County Solid Waste Management District for information on waste audits and presentations. Listed below are the available options, material accepted and times the drop-off facility is open to businesses.
Columbus Commercial Cardboard/Office Paper Collection Program
Businesses in the Columbus City limits can sign up for this money saving program by calling the City of Columbus Sanitation Department @ 376-2509 or the Bartholomew County Solid Waste Management District @ 376-2614. An eight cubic yard or less, rear-loading dumpster with lids and lock down capability is required and is the only cost incurred by businesses. All pick-ups are free of charge so sign up soon!
Material Accepted
White bond and computer paper.
Mixed, colored office paper.
Junk mail and carbon-less office forms.
Corrugated cardboard and paperboard.
Shredded Paper.
Columbus/Bartholomew Recycling Center
Commercial entities can bring recyclables to the Columbus/Bartholomew Recycling Center, located at 720 S. Mapleton in Columbus, on Monday’s only, from 8:00am – 3:30pm.
Material Accepted Glass
Clear, green and brown bottles and jars only. Jars must be empty with lids removed and reasonably cleaned out. Please sort by color and do not break. No other glass accepted.
Metals
Bi-metal food cans (tin). Cans must be empty, reasonably clean and separated from beverage cans.
Aluminum beverage cans. Cans must be empty and separatedfrom bi-metal cans.
Aluminum foil. Must be clean and placed with bi-metal containers.
Scrap metal. Any scrap metal such as old faucets and hangers. Can be placed with bi-metal cans.
White goods (appliances). Stoves, washers, dryers, microwaves and other appliances. No air conditioners and refrigerators or other appliances containing CFC’s will be accepted.
Plastic
#1 PET. Accepting all colors and sizes of #1 plastic containers. Containers must be empty with lids removed.
#2 HDPE. Milk jugs, detergent containers, shampoo bottles or any other #2 marked container with a line or seam across the bottom. Must be empty with lids removed. No motor oil containers accepted.
Cardboard
Corrugated cardboard and Kraft sacks (brown paper bags). Break boxes down and make sure there are no inserts or packing left inside. Labels and tape do not have to be removed. No waxed or foiled cardboard accepted. Please keep dry.
Paperboard. Cereal boxes, gift boxes and like packaging. Flatten and remove all inserts. No waxed or foiled paperboard accepted. Please keep dry.
Paper
Newspaper. Includes all inserts. Keep separate from other paper products.
Junk mail, mixed colored paper, office forms and gift wrap. Includes envelopes with windows, post-it notes and mixed office paper waste. No carbon paper, foil wrapping paper, tissue paper or ribbons accepted. Gift wrap must be folded and flattened. Keep separate from other paper products.
Computer paper and white office bond. Includes tear-offs. Keep separate from other paper products.
Magazines. Keep separate from other paper products.
Paperback books. Includes telephone books and manuals. Keep separate from other paper products.
Hardback books. Keep separate from other paper products.
