where to Take other items: Contact Us:
U PS- Bubble Wrap & Packing Phone: Planning & Zoning- (417) 546-
Peanut 7226 or Road & Bridge- (417) 546-7268
Lowes- Compact Fluorescent Email: recycle@taneycountymo.gov
Lights (CFLs) Web: www. taneycounty .org
O'Reilly/ Auto Zone- Tires,
Motor Oil, Transmission Fluid & Hours of Operation:
Automotive Batteries Monday- Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Staples- Desktop Computers, Closed on Holidays
Laptops, Copiers/ Printers,
Webcams, Keyboards, Fax Locations:
Machines Etc. County Transfer Station-
W almart- Plastic bags & Hangers 274 Buchanan Rd, Branson- MO
Working Together to
Best Buy- Batteries, Cartridges, *Directions: Approximately 3 miles Better Serve You
Chargers, Cell Phones, CDs & north of Branson to State Hwy 465 west to
DVDs south on west Us Hwy 65 outer road to
County Transfer Station- Tires & Buchanan Rd west 300 feet to 274
Batteries (separate from recycle) Buchanan Rd on the north side of
County Sh eriff's Department- Buchanan. *
Prescription Pill Bottles County Maintenance Shop- Taney
20058 US Hwy 160, Forsyth- MO
informational websites:
www.epa.gov
County
www.mora.org
www.earth911 .com
Recycle
www.dnr.m o.gov
Taney County Recycle
Forsyth, M O , 65653
Accepted Items:
• Aluminum: Cans Only
• Cardboard: Flattened boxes, No wax
coated boxes
• Glass: Clear & Colored with no lids, No
Pyrex or Ceramic
• Paper: All Paper, Magazines, Newspaper
and Books. Please bag shredded paper
separate.
Why Should You Recycle? ( ■ il
Recycling prevents resource destruction. By
recycling you send discarded items back to
• Tin: All tin cans rinsed
• Plastic: Bottles & Jugs - # 1 & # 2 Only I
manufacturers to make new products.
Americans already produce 254 million tons l i i
REUSE •REDUCE* ,ra
of trash yearly and only about 34.3 % of that ^•ipcr r'0o*iri s a„ .. ii
is recycled. The percentage of air and water Not Accepted: ...*
pollution is decreased when you recycle and
-No plastic bags, bubble wrap or wrappers »**»
we also save energy and money. Overall you -No black plastics
will significantly reduce the amount of waste -No contaminated food containers
that goes into landfills and incinerators! -No pharmaceutical bottles/ vitamin bottles
-No aluminum foil or foil containers
How to Create Less waste -No furniture
1. Avoid foods in plastic -No Medical waste, needles, syringes or
2 . Bring your own shopping bags oxygen tubing
3. Avoid single use items/ foods -No plastic silverware or styrofoam
4. Get reusable utensils, water bottles, straws -No batteries or cell phones
& various food containers -No light bulbs "At its core, the issue o f a clean
5. Compost your food waste -No blueprints environment is a matter of
6 . Buy in bulk
public health."- Gina McCarthy
Things To Remember
No Lids, No Curb Side Pick-Up & All Items
Must Be Empty, Clean & Dry!
