Recycling in Peoria

History

In April of 2010, PDC officially takes over the Peoria’s curbside recycling program from Waste Management.  Approved by the Peoria City Council last fall, the new program is free for residents who only need to pay the $50 refundable deposit for a 95 gallon tote.

Recycling Drive Sign-Up Contest for Local Organizations

The Global Warming Solutions Group is co-sponsoring a recycling drive sign-up contest with the City of Peoria and Peoria County.  $1500 in cash prizes will be supplied by Peoria County’s Department of Recycling and Resource Conservation, Midwest Fiber Recycling, and Rehrig Pacific to the organizations that sign up the most households.  For more information, visit our contest page.

Recycling Facts

Recycling is a way of reducing the amount of waste sent to the landfill by separating out nutrients that can be used in the production of new materials.  Items like paper, glass, plastic, and aluminum can all be made into thousands of new products.  Peoria’s new curbside recycling pickup will include metal cans, glass, plastic and paper.

Metals

Aluminum can recycling really works.  In just 60 days, an old soda or soup container can be collected, melted down, made into a new can, and be found on a grocery store shelf.

Making steel from new materials is expensive. Making steel from recycled materials uses 75% less energy than making it from raw materials. Across the United States, the amount of electricity saved could power 18 million homes.

Glass

Glass never wears out. It can be recycled over and over again, forever.  Recycling one glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a bright reading lamp for four hours.

Plastic

Recycled soda bottles can be made into new soda bottles and even items like carpeting and fleece clothing.  There is one type of plastic that cannot be  recycled – polystyrene (Styrofoam™) and should be avoided whenever possible.

Paper

Recycling a stack of newspapers three feet high can eliminate the use of a single tree as raw material.  The production of new paper out of recycled materials uses 50% less water than making it out of raw materials.

Peoria’s New Recycling Program Details

  • Starts April 2, 2010.
  • Free to all city of Peoria residents.
  • Register for a 95-gallon recycling toter with a lid.
  • Pay a one-time, fully refundable $50 deposit on a toter, good for as long you live in the city of Peoria.
  • Recycle aluminum and metal cans, any color of glass, plastics (except type 6, Styrofoam), and newspaper, junk mail, office paper,  magazines, phone books, cereal boxes and other types of paper.
  • No need to sort, all recyclables can be thrown together in your toter.
  • Pickups once a month on Fridays with the option of signing up for an email reminder.
  • Complete details on what recyclables are accepted as well as the  schedule will be distributed with your toter.

For more information on recycling visit the following links:

2 Responses

  1. William J Bryan, on February 26, 2010 at 2:17 PM Said:

    All I want to do is register for the recycling pickup. No interest in a contest.

    Thanks

  2. Todd Abercrombie, on March 1, 2010 at 8:40 PM Said:

    You may register with PDC at their web site at http://www.pdcarea.com/peoria or by phone at 674-5176. Thanks for contacting us and happy recycling!

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