This month’s column is a “reader’s digest” of what to recycle and where to take it.
Curbside Pickup
For residents with curbside pickup, place your blue bags outside filled with plastic, steel cans and aluminum cans. Newspaper, placed in paper grocery bags, gets stacked next to the blue bags.
All plastic bottles marked on the bottom with a number one or two are accepted, including milk jugs, soda bottles and water jugs. Bottles for other items like hair-care products, condiments and detergents also are accepted if they are marked with a number one or two. Please don’t include plastic motor oil bottles, even if they are the right number.
Metal cans and screw-on jar lids that attract magnets are accepted (not the cut lids from cans). Aluminum soda cans are okay, but not aluminum cat food cans.
If you don’t have curbside pickup, metal can be recycled at many local scrap dealers. Just check the Yellow Pages under recycling or scrap metal. You also can recycle plastic at Kroger Food Stores and the FINA Building, off Greenville one light south of Northwest Highway.
If you know someone with curbside pickup, you can drop off your blue bags on their parkway. There is no limit to how many blue bags residents can recycle.
Igloos
The igloo program accepts glass and aluminum. The glass igloos are now marked Clear Glass and Color Glass or Brown Glass.
Only totally clear, colorless glass can go in the Clear Glass receptacles; if anything else is tossed in, it will contaminate the entire load.
Glass of any color can be placed in the igloos marked Color or Brown Glass, including brown, green, pale green (wine coolers, sparkling water) and dark blue.
Some igloo locations are located next to newspaper recycling bins.
Here is a list of igloo locations by zip code.
• 75206: Glencoe Park, 3700 Glencoe at Ellsworth; Greenland Hills United Methodist Church, 5835 Penrose at Kenwood; Tietze Park, 2900 Skillman at Vanderbilt.
• 75214: Lakehill Preparatory School, 2720 Hillside; Northridge Presbyterian Church, 6920 Bob-O-Link; St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 6306 Kenwood at Abrams; Trinity Lutheran Church, 7112 Gaston at Loving; William Lipscomb Elementary, 5801 Worth at Ridgeway; Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams; Woodrow Wilson High School, 100 S. Glasgow; Zion Lutheran School, 6121 E. Lovers.
• 75218: Forest Hills Homeowners Association, 8000 Garland; Norbucks Park, 200 N. Buckner.
Fair Oaks Transfer Station
The closest place for one-stop recycling is Fair Oaks Transfer Station (670-6126). Located at 7677 Fair Oaks Drive (one-half mile west of Abrams), this center accepts plastic, glass, aluminum, newspaper, mixed paper, grass clippings and leaves.
Mixed paper includes junk mail, magazines, telephone books, catalogs, sales brochures, computer paper, cardboard and chipboard (such as cracker and cereal boxes).
Yard waste is collected from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.
Paper Recycling
Hundreds of paper recycling bins have been placed throughout Dallas. Many are located at neighborhood schools and churches. Items collected include newspapers with slicks, catalogs, magazines and advertising inserts. You can also include cardboard boxes, junk mail and computer paper. The basic rule is “anything that tears.”
Here are a few local locations for paper recycling listed by zip code.
• 75206: Stonewall Jackson Elementary, 5828 E. Mockingbird.
• 75214: All Saints Episcopal Church, 3617 Abrams; Dan D. Rogers Elementary, 5314 Abrams; First Community Church, 6255 E. Mockingbird; First United Methodist Church, 6202 E. Mockingbird; J.L. Long Middle School, 6116 Reiger; Juliette Fowler Homes, 200 S. Fulton; Lakewood Elementary, 3000 Hillbrook; Lakewood Branch Library, 6121 Worth; Lakewood United Methodist Church, 2443 Abrams; Lipscomb Elementary, 5801 Worth; St. Paul Reform Church, 6464 E. Lovers Lane; St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, 3741 Abrams; Trinity Lutheran Church, 7112 Gaston; Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams; Woodrow Wilson High School, 100 S. Glasgow.
• 75218: Lakeside Baptist Church, 9150 Garland; St. Bernard Catholic School, 1420 Old Gate; St. John Episcopal School, 848 Harter.
• 75223: Mount Auburn Elementary, 6012 East Grand.
• 75228: Bishop Lynch High School, 9750 Ferguson; Casa View Baptist Church, 2626 Gus Thomasson; Casa View Elementary, 2100 N. Farola; Living Word Bible Church, 1720 Gus Thomasson.
Other Options
Car batteries can be recycled at Mr. Battery, 1470 Jupiter (321-2134), and Texas Battery Supply, 1136 S. Haskell (827-0305). Many area auto supply stores and service stations recycle motor oil and oil filters.
Dry cleaning bags and hangers can be recycled at many area dry cleaners, including Our Cleaner World, 6611 Abarms, and Fishburn’s Fabric Care Centers, located throughout Dallas.
