Recycling

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Drop-off Recycling Sites
The City's drop-off recycling program provides Olathe residents with a simple, FREE way to recycle certain household items. 

Downtown Recycling Drop-off (Kansas Ave. & Poplar St., in the Farmers’ Market parking lot)
Materials Accepted:	How to Prepare:
Cardboard and chipboard (cereal boxes, etc.)	Flatten boxes
PET #1 & HDPE #2 plastic containers	Rinse, remove caps and rings
Aluminum cans	Rinse
Tin (steel) cans	Rinse, place lid in bottom and pinch closed
Mixed paper (newspaper/office paper, junk mail, magazines/catalogs)

 

East Olathe Recycling Drop-off (13600 S. Alden St.; near 135th St. & Black Bob Rd., in the NE corner of the Wal-Mart parking lot)
Materials Accepted:	How to Prepare:
Cardboard and chipboard (cereal boxes, etc.)	Flatten boxes
PET #1 & HDPE #2 plastic containers	Rinse, remove caps and rings
Aluminum cans	Rinse
Tin (steel) cans	Rinse, place lid in bottom and pinch closed
Mixed paper (newspaper/office paper, junk mail, magazines/catalogs)