Special waste collections for residential and farm electronics, appliances, metals, and tires for Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, and Washington counties

A special waste collection for residential and farm electronics, appliances, metals, and tires will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at Brewer Science, 2401 Brewer Drive in Rolla.
Brewer Science, the City of Rolla, and Meramec Regional Planning Commission, with funding through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District, are partnering on the April 30th collection. The collection is for residential items only – no materials from businesses will be accepted – and is open to residents from Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, and Washington counties. To minimize personal contact, those bringing items to the collection are asked to stay inside their vehicles and assistants will unload items.
Stoves, washers, dryers, hot water heaters, and other appliances will be collected free of charge. Free electronics also include computer components, laptop computers, keyboards, hairdryers, VCR/DVD players, cell phones, or anything that runs on a cord or battery. Oil and gas must be removed from tanks of any items such as push mowers, weed eaters, etc. Please note the following items will NOT be accepted: CDs, DVDs, VHS, and data tapes; floppy disks; transformers, capacitors, or ballasts not clearly marked “No PCBs”; smoke detectors; thermostats; medical waste; gas containers such as propane, oxygen, nitrous oxide; anything leaking oil or acid, such as batteries; broken ink or toner cartridges; alkaline batteries; light bulbs and fluorescent tubes; broken CRTs, TVs or monitors.
Fees on certain items will be collected as follows: $25 for CRT TVs over 27 inches and wood console TVs, $20 for CRT TVs under 26 inches, $15 for flat-screen TVs, $10 for all computer monitors, and refrigerated appliances with Freon. Fees for tires are as follows: $2 each for passenger tires, $7.50 each for semi-truck tires, and $35 each for tractor tires.
For more information on items accepted or the fee structure, please contact Tammy Snodgrass at MRPC at 573-265-2993 or at [email protected].
For those unable to participate in the Rolla collection, mark your calendars for collections on October 8th at the St. Robert Aquatic Center and November 12th in Belle.