Drop-Off Sites and Guidelines
(Countywide Residential Recycling Program)

Drop-Off Sites

All residents living in Rock Island County can use any one of five regional drop-off recycling sites within Rock Island County. The sites are listed below. Recyclable materials will be collected from each site through a two-stream process - paper products and co-mingled containers.

• East Moline - 1200 13th Avenue (Engineering & Maintenance Services Facility)
• Milan - 451 West 4th Street
• Moline - 3635 4th Avenue at Public Works Department
• Rock Island - 16th Avenue and 24th Street at Water Treatment Plant

The communities of East Moline, Milan, Moline and Rock Island host the sites listed above. As part of a cooperative agreement, these cities work together with RICWMA to provide the countywide residential recycling program. City Carton Recycling is contracted to process the recyclable materials.

Recycling Guidelines

PAPER
NEWSPAPERS - Can be loose or tied with string.
Acceptable: Newspapers, ad supplements, brown paper bags.
Unacceptable: Anything with glue, plastic bags.

MAGAZINES/PHONE BOOKS - Deposit in containers at drop off center.
Acceptable: Any book.
Unacceptable: Waxed or plastic coated paper.

CARDBOARD - Corrugated cardboard only. Flatten, stack.
Acceptable: Boxes with staples; brown paper sacks; chipboard; sacks with string; cereal boxes; pop cartons.

CONTAINERS
Unacceptable: Wax or plastic coated paper; feed/seed sacks; anything with food scraps.
MIXED PLASTIC - Check bottom of container for numbered recycling logo. #1 through #7 are accepted. Rinse, clean & remove all lids.
Acceptable: Milk/water jugs; laundry detergent bottles; beverage containers; butter dishes; yogurt cups; medicine bottles; over the counter plastic.
Unacceptable: Plastic bags; laundry baskets; plastic buckets; used oil containers; rigid plastic storage containers; orange pharmacy bottles/containers; styrofoam; chemical/pesticide/herbicide containers; toys.

METAL, STEEL, TIN & ALUMINUM CANS - Rinse, clean & crush cans or stack smaller inside large cans. Labels may be left on.
Acceptable: Tin cans w/labels, lids folded inside can; aluminum beverage containers; clean aluminum foil; empty aerosol cans; clean aluminum/tin pie plates.
Unacceptable: Plastic lids; spray paint cans; metal containers containing/used for gas/oils/combustible liquids; wire; aluminum siding, gutters.

Glass is no longer accepted effective October 1st, 2009