BGGreen Directory - Recycling & Waste Management

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Recycling At Your Fingertips
1-800-CLEANUP
Web: www.Earth911.org
 
Locate the nearest recycling and reuse center for paper, plastic, metals, computers, electronics/cell phones, household products, paint, much more.

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Bowling Green Warren County Leaf Pickup
Contact: Warren County Public Works Leaf Pick-Up
Hotline, (270) 393-3333
Web: www.bgky.org/publicworks/leafpickup/index.php

Leaf pickup at the street begins in late Oct. and ends in Dec. In January it is on a call-in basis. All leaves are taken to the WKU Agriculture Farm and ground into mulch (bagged leaves go to the dump).

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City-County Curbside Recycling Program
Contact: Bryan Hale, Operations Manager
620 Clay Street, BG, 42101
(270) 781-3265
Email: Bryan.Hale@simsmm.com
Web: www.metalmanagement.com
 
Southern Recycling provides weekly subscription curbside recycling to all City residents. #1 and #2 plastic bottles, newspaper/cardboard/office paper, tin, aluminum, and clear/green/brown glass are collected. Bins are provided (or $9 for extra bin.) Materials are not separated, boxes should be broken down, labels may be left on bottles. Monthly fee appears on BGMU or Warren County Water bill.

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Honshell Recycling
Contact: David and Sherrie Honshell
1542 Collegeview Drive, BG 42101
(270) 791-0284
 
Picks up any recyclable, e.g. cardboard, shredded paper, metal including shelving and chairs, etc. for businesses or individuals. Arrange for 1x/week or 1x/month; fee varies but average is $10/pickup.

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Mid State Recycling
109 Springdale Dr., Glasgow 42141
(270) 651-5107 or (800) 467-5107
 
Serving Glasgow and surrounding areas.  A full service scrap metal processor.

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PSC Metals, Inc.
125 Kelly Court, BG 42101
(270) 842-3765
Web: www.pscmetals.com
 
Scrap metals, cars, radiators, etc.

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RE Harp and Sons Inc Recycling Center
Contact: Raymond Harp, Owner
657 Power Street, BG 42101
(270) 842-3526
 
Aluminum, brass, copper, batteries, etc.

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Southern Recycling
620 Clay Street, BG 42101
(270) 781-3265
Web: www.southernrecycling.com
 
Scrap iron, metal, paper, aluminum, etc. Runs City-Co. Curbside Recycling (see above.)

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Trashmaster’s Classic
Contact: Army Corps of Engineers
(270) 646-2055
 
Annual clean up of the shores of the lake and the lake itself at Barren River Lake State Resort Park

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Wallace Enterprises
Contact: Ken Wallace, President/Owner
1412 Memphis Junction Rd., BG 42101
(270) 393-8829  Fax: (270) 721-8900
Email: wallace1412@bellsouth.net
Hours of operation: M-F 8 am to 4:30 pm.

Wallace Enterprises, Inc. is a plastics recycling company that purchases or otherwise acquires plastic scrap from industrial plants and post consumer sources. It recycles all types of plastics for which there is a market. It receives plastic in many forms, such as, bottles, pallets, bins, films, purge, floor sweep regrind, pellets, parts, spurs and runners. It granulates this plastic into a 3/8" granule (regrind) that we package for sale to manufacturers of plastic products.

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Warren Co Environmental Planning and Assistance Hazardous Materials Amnesty Day
Contact: Warren Co. Environmental Planning and Assistance
(270) 843-5353
Web: www.bgky.org/faq/search.php?search=garbage
 
You can take hazardous waste materials, old tires, old appliances, etc. to a recycling center free of charge on this day.  The date changes, but it’s in spring.

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Western Kentucky University Leaf Recycling
Charles L. Taylor Agriculture Center
4660 Nashville Rd., BG, 42101
(270) 843-4783
 
All leaves from the City-County Leaf Pickup Program are taken to the WKU Agriculture Farm and ground into mulch (if you bag your leaves, they go to the dump). Leaf mulch is available for purchase at $15 per small pickup truck load.