St. Louis County's single-stream curbside recycling accepts boxboard, cardboard, milk/juice cartons, newspaper, office paper, plastics #1-5 and #7 (no #6 Styrofoam), glass containers, and aluminum/tin cans. Plastic bags, scrap metal, and hazardous waste are excluded.
Each curbside cart is assigned to a specific property and cannot leave the premises. Containers may only be used for recycling — not for trash or yard waste. Failure to comply allows the County to reclaim the cart. Yard waste is banned from landfills (§607.060/182) and must be set aside for the optional yard-waste collection service offered by all licensed haulers.
Contaminated loads may be rejected; cart reclamation; up to $1,000 for illegal dumping.
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