See Recycling businesses on the Navigation Bar to your left.

See PDF attachments at the bottom of this page for printable recycling information.

South Side Landfill (serving greater Indianapolis), located at 2561 Kentucky Avenue in Indianapolis makes the most of its waste!
Methane gas produced at the site is collected and used to heat the vehicle maintenance shop and power the liquids pumping system, the 6 1/2 acre glass greenhouse, and nearby industrial and manufacturing facilities. The greenhouse is used to grow more than 400,000 poinsettias, bedding plants, and hanging baskets, as well as 80 million starter "plugs" that are shipped to other commercial greenhouses. Tours of the landfill are fascinating. Call 317-247-6808 for more information.

Notes: Plastic bags can be recycled at WalMart and Kroger stores. Dry cleaning bags can also be recycled at Kroger. All plastics and cardboard can be recycled at Rock-Tenn Recycled Fiber, 1775 S. West Street, Indianapolis. (317) 634-7571 Cardboard drop-off locations: (and this also includes paperboard such as cereal boxes) Sam's Club 86th and Michigan Broad Ripple Park, Evanston Street Entrance Eastgate Mall, north of the Gold's Gym at Washington and Shortridge. If you or your organization would like to recycle aluminum cans, have the cans go to a good cause! Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis is recycling aluminum cans! All proceeds from the cans go directly to building more homes in the Indianapolis area. Contact Jennifer Coffey at 317-921-2121x122 or email jcoffey@indyhabitat.org. Habitat will provide you with a recycling box, trash bag liners, and marketing materials (posters, magnets and stickers) for your organization to get the word out! Home Depot (Eco Options) kicks off nationwide CFL recycling program. Home Depot announced it will offer free CFL recycling at each of its 1,973 locations. Customers can drop off expired, unbroken bulbs at the returns counter of any Home Depot store.The home improvement retailer is beginning the program in response to customers´ concerns about improper disposal of the bulbs, which contain small amounts of mercury.The national recycling program is the most widespread of its kind and offers an alternative to some existing options -- community hazardous waste programs and select retail stores, according to the retailer. "With more than 75 percent of households located within 10 miles of a Home Depot store, this program is the first national solution to providing Americans with a convenient way to recycle CFLs," said Ron Jarvis, Home Depot´s senior vice president for environmental innovation. In Indianapolis, the Lawrence Sunrise Kiwanis Club has cell phone collection boxes at National City Bank (E. Washington St. & Mitthoeffer), Credit Union Service Center (near Washington Square Mall), Forum Credit Union (5760 Sunnyside Road), and the Ivy Tech Building (59th St. at Fort Harrison; box located on 1st floor near bookstore). Any money received from the sale of the phones goes to Riley Children's Hospital. Phones that are no longer of value get properly recycled. Or, recycle your phone through Keep Indianapolis Beautiful by picking up a special envelope at KIB or downloading a postage-paid shipping label. Recycling Styrofoam or EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) - See this article. See list of recyclers in Indiana by downloading PDF at the bottom of this page. Note: Createc recycles in their Whitestown location. Call for hours.

Other Links

Indiana Recycling Coalition
- other links on recycling

Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
(Recycling Page)

Recycle Indianapolis
(Recycling Page)

CraigsList for Indiana - Online Classified Ads

FreeCycle for Indiana - Advertise to give away things you can't use anymore.

Catalog Choice - Opt out of unwanted catalogs.

Yellow Pages Go Green - Opt out of receiving phone books.

e-Scrap Indiana - Recycling information for electronics.

Disposal Alternatives - For Indianapolis. Our primary purpose is to promote recycling of appliances to protect the Earth. Our second purpose is provide persons and families affordable, reliable appliances at very discounted prices.

Soles United - is the first-of-its-kind recycled footwear donation program. Give back your worn-out crocs to be recycled into new shoes and they will be donated to people in need around the world.

Re-Use a Shoe - Nike's program to recycle athletic shoes.

To learn more about Compact Fluorescent bulbs, go to this link through the Indianapolis Department of Public Works.
Change a Light, Dispose it Right

To recycle your wireless phone, batteries, or accessories through Sprint, click here. Cell phones, pagers, PDA's & chargers can also be recycled at your nearest Staples store.