Recycle Ann Arbor recently announced that during summer 2014, the Drop-Off Station (DOS) will expand its operation days to also be open on Mondays, 8:30am-1:30pm. The Drop-Off Station is regularly open Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30am – 6:30pm, and Saturdays 9:00am to 6:00pm. With the additional hours, the Drop-Off Station will be open a total of 24 hours per week.
In order to use the Drop-Off Station, Ann Arbor residents must pay a $3 fee per car. There is a $12 Large Vehicle Recycling Entry Fee. An unlimited annual pass costs $75.00.
These fees are in addition to what Ann Arbor residents pay in solid waste millage fees and the cost of a more than $10 million contract to Recycle Ann Arbor.
This additional operation day will begin on Monday, June 9th and go through Monday, August 25th.
Christine Chessler-Stull, Outreach & Zero Waste Coordinator for Recycle Ann Arbor said the non-profit strives to increase customer satisfaction. During recent on-site surveys, customers specified that Monday was the preferred additional day they would like to see the DOS open. To provide customers with a requested service and an additional opportunity to recycle, we have chosen to open for half-a-day (8:30am-1:30pm) on Mondays this summer.
The Drop-Off Station, located at 2950 E. Ellsworth Road, targets recyclable materials originating from homes and small businesses. It is the largest public drop-off site in Michigan. Customers bring a range of waste types to the site, and Recycle Ann Arbor works to limit the amount of this material sent to landfill. Currently around 50% of the material brought to the DOS is sent for recycling.
These items are accepted at no additional charge after paying the entry fee:
Paper; sorted in the following way:
Glossy Magazines and Catalogues
Newsprint: Includes store ads, offers and inserts
Brown Grocery Bags and Boxboard: Includes brown paper bags, and cereal box board etc
Packing Paper: White packing paper sheets
White paper: White Copy/Printer paper with black ink only, no other materials
Sorted Office Paper: Includes white and colored office paper, and envelopes
Mixed paper: Everything not included in the other categories including phone books and junk mail
Books: All books, soft and hard back
Corrugated cardboard: All kinds of heavy-weight boxes, such as new appliance boxes, Priority Mail boxes, etc.
Containers
Glass and Plastic Containers: Includes all plastic bottles and tubs labeled #1, #2, #4, #5, #6, and #7
Metal Food and Drinks Containers: Boxes for steel and aluminum containers are provided
Plastic bags, #2 and #4 only: Clean, dry and free of debris, including receipts, #2 (high density polyethylene) and #4 (low density polyethylene) plastic bags. Meat, bread or food wrappers are not accepted. Ziploc storage bags or baggies, trash bags, bags with strings or hard plastic handles are not accepted.
Textiles
A textile collection bin is located at the entrance, opposite the gatehouse. The recycling of three garbage bags of textiles is included in the $3 entry fee. Additional bags are $2 per bag. All bags should be tied. For more information see the associated news article.
Materials Recycled for an Additional Fee
Electronic Waste
- Please call us about our hard drive shredding service.
- Fluorescent light tubes (up to 4’): $1 each, $10 per dozen if preboxed
- Fluorescent light tubes (over 4’): $2 each.
- Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs): $1 each.
- Freon appliances (refrigerators, air conditioners, dehumidifiers): $28 each
- Televisions: $0.85 per inch, corner to corner on screen size
- Desktop/laptop computers (CPUs): Free
- Computer monitors (up to 19”): $12
- Keyboards: $2
- Printers, fax machines: $5 ea.
- Office printers/copiers: $5 ea
Automotive Waste
- Car tires: $5 per tire up to 16 inches
- Truck tires: $15 per tire up to 25 inches
- Tractor Tires:$45 per tire
- Transmission fluid, antifreeze, brake fluid: $1 per gallon
- Car batteries: no fee
- Motor oil: under 5 gallons free, over 5 gallons $0.25 per gallon. Oil should be in a strong, securely sealed bottle, such as the original container.
- Oil filters: under 5 filters free, over five filters $0.25 per filter.