Kansas mandates no household recycling, and Shawnee County's curbside recycling is a voluntary add-on of about $3.50 a month collected biweekly. Glass isn't taken curbside — use a county drop-off container instead.
No Kansas statute requires households to recycle, and neither Topeka nor Shawnee County penalizes putting recyclables in the trash. County curbside recycling is optional — roughly $3.50 a month per container, collected every other week alongside refuse. Accepted materials include paper, cardboard, cans and rigid plastics; a contaminated cart may be tagged and skipped. Glass is deliberately kept out of curbside carts because it fouls the sort line, so the county runs separate purple glass-only drop-off containers around the area, including a 24-hour site at 801 NW 25th Street in Topeka. Household hazardous waste has its own county facility.
There's no penalty for not recycling — it's voluntary. A cart contaminated with the wrong materials, or with glass, may be tagged and left uncollected until you remove the problem items.
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