Commercial/Business Recycling

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.

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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:

 

Small Volume Generator Business:

Recyclables collected	Size	Number of collections per week	Collection rate
clean fiber or containers	roll cart (90 gal)	1	$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, office paper, 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.