Commercial/Business Recycling

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Commercial/Business Recycling

Where to Find Us:

Grissum Building
1313 Lakeview Ave.

Columbia, MO 65201

Tel: 573-874-6291
Fax: 573-449-9641
TTY: 573-874-6278

Layli Terrill

Waste Minimization Supervisor

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

E-mail:

LKTerril@GoColumbiaMo.com.

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The City of Columbia offers a commercial (non-residential) recycling service. The City will provide roll carts or dumpsters based on the volume of recyclable materials of participating businesses. Recyclables will be collected and delivered to the City's Material Recovery Facility for processing. See rates and available sizes below.

What do we Collect?

#1 and #2 plastic and containers (no motor oil containers)
Steel- food and beverage cans
Aluminum- food and beverage cans
Glass- brown, green and clear colors
Office paper
Corrugated cardboard
Boxboard/chipboard
Newspapers and inserts
Catalogs and magazines
Phone books
Brown paper bags

Rates and Containers Available:

Click here to print the Commercial Recycling Program brochure, which includes dimensions of containers listed below.

Small Volume Generator Business:

Recyclables collected	Size	Number of collections per week	Collection rate
clean fiber or containers or mixed	roll cart (90 gal)	1	$15.00/month

Recyclables collected

Size

Number of collections per week

Collection rate

clean fiber or containers or mixed

roll cart

(90 gal)

$15.00/month

Medium Volume Generator Business:

Clean segregated corrugated cardboard only (rate per month)

Cubic Yards	1x per week	2x per week	3x per week	4x per week	5 x per week	6x per week
2	$33.21	$47.22	$60.67	$72.08	$87.06	$101.26
4	$49.86	$69.70	$89.56	$109.56	$129.40	$149.41
6	$67.48	$75.40	$90.00	$119.42	$141.03	$163.40
8	$80.28	$95.34	$123.56	$150.98	$179.23	$206.67

Aluminum, metal or plastic containers: sorted or mixed fibers (rate per month)

Cubic Yards	1x per week	2x per week	3x per week	4x per week	5 x per week	6x per week
2	$35.28	$50.17	$64.46	$76.59	$92.50	$107.58
4	$52.97	$74.05	$95.16	$116.41	$137.49	$158.75
6	$71.70	$80.11	$95.63	$126.88	$149.85	$173.61
8	$85.30	$101.30	$131.28	$160.42	$190.43	$219.59

Glass or mixed fibers with containers in same container (rate per month)

Cubic Yards	1x per week	2x per week	3x per week	4x per week	5 x per week	6x per week
2	$41.51	$59.02	$75.84	$90.10	$108.82	$126.57
4	$62.32	$87.12	$111.95	$136.95	$161.75	$186.76
6	$84.35	$94.25	$112.50	$149.27	$176.29	$204.25
8	$100.35	$119.18	$154.45	$188.73	$224.04	$258.34

Large Volume Generator Business:

Recyclables	Description	Rate
clean cardboard, ONP, or aluminum	compactor or roll off	no charge
mixed fiber only, clean aluminum, metal, plastic mixed	compactor or roll off	$4.00 per yard, per collection
glass or mixed fiber with containers	compactor or roll off	$8.00 per yard, per collection

The city will pay for large volumes of clean, segregated recyclable material. Call for rebate information.