Earth Circle Recycling Center

Join the thousands of area businesses who recycle with us!
Commercial Recycling & Single Stream Recycling Pick-up Service in St. Louis

When it comes to recycling services in St. Louis and Union Missouri, Earth Circle Recycling provides dependable, professional & quality recycling services throughout the region. Check out our state of the art recycling facility that accepts the drop-off of many different materials including paper and cardboard, aluminum and much more. Plus our fleet of trucks provides pick-up services of single stream recyclables to many public buildings, offices, small businesses and larger facilities. When it comes to “keeping it green and keeping it clean”, customers RELY on Earth Circle Recycling.

Recycling is more than just a business to Earth Circle Recycling. For nearly 2 decades we’ve focused on the health of our global environment by providing an accessible, friendly staff that understands whether its 3 sheets of paper or a truck load of soda cans, every element of recycling will contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable planet. Earth Circle Recycling recycles almost 10 million pounds of recyclables per year. That’s a ton of stuff… well several tons!Call Earth Circle Recycling to set up your recycling program! We can help you get organized, provide containers and schedule convenient pick-up times of your recyclable materials including: Mixed Paper, Plastic Bottles, Steel Cans, Printer Paper, Glass bottles, Aluminum Cans, Office Paper and Cardboard.

We currently serve recycling customers in the following cities and communities: 

• St. Louis City
• St. Louis County: Affton, Brentwood, Bridgeton, Chesterfield, Clayton, Crestwood, Creve Coeur, Ellisville, Eureka, Fenton, Florissant, Glendale, Hazelwood,
• Kirkwood, Manchester, Maplewood, Maryland Heights, Richmond Heights, Town and Country, University City, Webster Groves, And More!
• St. Charles County: Foristell, Lake Saint Louis, New Melle, O’Fallon, St. Peters, Weldon Spring, Wentzville, And More!
• Franklin County: Gray Summit, New Haven, Pacific, Saint Clair, Sullivan, Union, Washington, And More!

Recycling Services

The goal of a high quality recycling company is to provide a host of services to consumer, commercial, institutional and municipal entities that allows them to participate and contribute to the quality of our environment, eliminating the over usage of landfills, illegal dumping and a Throw Away Attitude. Just as important Earth Circle Recycling services can be employed at minimal cost and in some instances actually contribute to your bottom line profitability through our purchase program. Earth Circle Recycling is a win-win! Plus there is no sorting, no special equipment because at Earth Circle we do it all!

Earth Circle provides several collection options including:

• Inside your building
• From one central collection point
• Your loading dock
• Outside your building
• From multiple collection points  

Additionally we buy large quantities of high grade paper and we will supply convenient container based service pick-up at your location. Nothing could be easier than having Earth Circle Recycling! To find out how easy, read more about our Buy-Back Recycling Program.Not only does Earth Circle work with office buildings, municipalities, schools and other high volume producers of recyclable materials, we also provide contract single stream recycling pick up to a variety of small business customers. From paper, magazines and cardboard to glass, aluminum cans and plastic bottles, Earth Circle helps everyone do their part to help maintain a cleaner environment by providing a better alternative to regular trash disposal.

No-Sort Recycling with Earth Circle

Single stream recycling allows our customers to combine all different types of recyclable materials into one container. There is no need for separation! The single stream process makes it easy to recycle.

Commingled Containers:

• Aluminum cans, trays, foil (trays and foil must be clean to be collected)
• Aseptic packaging & gable top containers (milk and juice containers)
• steel and tin cans (including aerosol)
• Glass Bottles and Jars (clear, green and brown only)—NO window glass, dinnerware, ceramics or lightbulbs
• #1 Plastic - soda, water and flavored beverage bottles
• #2 Plastic - milk & juice jugs, detergent bottles
• #3 Plastic - (narrow neck containers only) health & beauty aid products, household cleaners
• #4 Plastic - margarine tubs, frozen dessert cups, six and twelve pack rings
• #5 Plastic - yogurt cups, narrow neck syrup and ketchup bottles
• #7 Plastic - (narrow neck containers only) other plastics
• Plastic Buckets - kitty litter containers
  (5 gallon size maximum)
• NO #6 Polystyrene. Please refrain from placing #6 plastic in your bin

Residential Paper Fiber: 

• Newspaper, including inserts (remove plastic sleeves)
• Magazines, catalogs and telephone books
• Office paper, computer paper, notebook and gift wrap paper (no metal clips, spirals, binders or foil gift wrap)
• Mail, junk mail, envelopes, envelopes with windows (no plastic cards, stick on labels or unused stamps)
• Kraft (brown paper) bags
• Paper back books (no hard cover books)
• Cardboard (no waxed cardboard such as wax coated produce boxes) CARDBOARD MUST BE BROKEN DOWN
• Chipboard - cereal, cake and food mix boxes, gift boxes
• Carrier stock - soda and beer can carrying cases

Other Not Accepted Materials:

• No motor oil, insecticide, herbicide or hazardous chemical containers
• No plastic bags - materials that are placed in plastic bags will not be collected
• No plastic film - plastic sheets, tarps or wrap
• No expanded foam or clear polystyrene
• Appliances and electronics 

Electronics Recycling

Below is a list of electronics accepted at our St. Louis recycling center. Please note that a small fee applies to CRT Televisions and CRT Computer Monitors.

• Communication Equipment - Cell phones, cordless phones, landline phones, rotary phones, pagers, answering machines, network phone systems, satellite phones, two-way radios, wires and cables.

• Computer Equipment - CRT Monitors - Fee of $.35 per lb.Flat Screens - N/C -All-in-one computer/monitors, CPUs, flatscreen monitors, laptops/notebooks, CD/CDRW drives, hard drives, printers, scanners, speakers, DVD, ZIP and floppy drives, modems,routers, keyboards, mice, power supplies and cables.

• Office Equipment - Adding machines, copiers, fax machines, printers, scanners, projectors, shredding machines

• Miscellaneous Electronic Equipment - CRT Televisions - Fee of $.35 per lb Flat Screens - N/C .

Drop Off Recycling Service in St. Louis, MO

If you have a load of recyclable materials, drop them off at our Earth Circle Recycling Center, in St. Louis. Click the map to the right for easy directions.Our recycling center has recycling receptacles on location, ready to accept your paper, cardboard, aluminum and steel cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles/jars… No Charge!And, if you have Paper Shredding to do, bring it to Earth Circle! Minimum 100lbs for only $20 and it's just 20¢ per pound thereafter. The average residential of sall office recycling drop is about 200 lbs. COMPARE OUR PRICE TO ANY BIG BOX OFFICE STORE! SAVE BIG $$ AT EARTH CIRCLE

Perfect for Residential and Small Business Shredding and Recycling!

Shred on Demand up to 16 inches in width, up to 1/2 inch thick, any length. Plus, you watch the shredding process. Staples and paperclips, okay! Customers who take 200 lbs. of paper to an office supply chain can pay over $100! Save money, complete the loop and keep it green. Our 'You Watch it Shredding Center' is on Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm.

Commercial Pick-Up Recycling Services

Earth Circle welcomes commercial recycling customers. Because recycling services cost less than trash services, we encourage companies to contact us for a waste audit. An Earth Circle representative can meet with you to design a recycling program to fit your specific needs. Commercial recycling may be able to save your business money, while saving our natural resources.

Our commercial pick-up service is also single stream. You won't have to sort any of your recyclables with Earth Circle. We collect mixed paper, plastic and glass bottles, steel and aluminum cans, office paper, printers mix and cardboard. For a more specific list, please refer to the Single Stream Recycling Guide. We also offer buy-back recycling services.