TYLER, Texas — Curbside recycling collection in the city of Tyler has stopped until further notice due to a fire at Rivers Recycling in Kilgore earlier this week.
Rivers Recycling, located at 298 W. FM 1252, caught fire Wednesday evening and caused significant damage to the facility, which is closed for repairs. The city of Tyler uses Rivers Recycling as the current material recovery facility to accept and repurpose curbside recycled materials.
According to the city, any material collected by residential and commercial curbside recycling customers in their recycle cart will be taken to the landfill with the regular municipal waste. The recycling cart should be placed out on the regular pickup schedule.
Those wanting to cancel their curbside service should contact the Solid Waste Office at (903) 531-1388 or SolidWaste@TylerTexas.com.
The Recycle Center, located at 414 N. Bois D’Arc Ave., is open from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon for people to drop off recyclable materials.
According to the city of Tyler, accounts will not be charged for the duration of the service pause.
These items can be dropped at the Downtown Recycle Center for collection:
- Paper (newspapers, magazines, phonebooks, ads and office paper)
- Cardboard of any type (broken down)
- Plastic (rinsed and crushed #1 and #2 HDPE, lids removed; examples- water or soda bottles, milk jugs and detergent bottles)
- Glass (rinsed clear, green, blue and brown glass bottles and jars with lids removed) - No mirrors
- Ink Cartridges
- Electronics (computers, TVs, monitors, cell phones, chargers and other portable devices)
- Metal (copper, aluminum, brass and steel)
- Aluminum cans (rinsed and crushed, no aluminum pie plates or tin)
- Household appliances, including air conditioners and refrigerators, require a disposal fee
- Motor oil/hydraulic fluid (small quantities)
- Automotive batteries/anti-freeze (small quantities)