Local Recycling

We believe there is great value in offering recycling services to our community. The "Three R's" -- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, help in saving resources and the environment. Recycling means taking a product or material at the end of its useful life and turning it into a usable raw material to make another product. Item donations to our thrift store that are not suitable for resale are sold to third-world countries (mostly Africa & South America).

We currently have 10 drop-off locations

• Handi-Shop, Inc.
  508 E. Liberty St.
• Vandiver Village
  2120 E. Liberty
• Eugene Field School
  704 W. Boulevard
• Mexico Middle School
  1200 W. Boulevard
• Hawthorne Elementary School
  1250 Curtis
• McMillan Elementary School
  1101 E. Anderson
• Teal Lake
  Highway 54 South
• Martinsburg Library
  Martinsburg, MO
• Mexico High School
  639 N Wade St.
• Auxvasse Elementary School
  Auxvasse, MO

Items Accepted

• Cans, plastic bottles, plastic containers, newspaper, magazines, paper and cardboard.
• The Handi-Shop, Inc. location also accepts "garage sale" type items, such as clothing, shoes, hats, coats, toys, purses, belts, blankets, books, tables, chairs, lamps, bicycles, etc.  NO LARGE APPLIANCES are accepted (washer, dryer, refrigerators, stoves, box springs or mattresses).

Item Definitions

• Cans: All aluminum & tin food and beverage cans, disposable aluminum foil & foil product containers. Please empty and rinse when possible. NO PAINT CANS.
• Plastic Bottles: Clear and colored bottles with a recycle #1 or #2 recycle symbol on the container. NO STYROFOAM, NO PESTICIDE OR CHEMICAL CONTAINERS. Please empty and rinse when possible.
• Newspapers, Office Waste, Paper & Magazines: Newsprint, magazine, paper, shredded paper, envelopes, and post-it notes. PLEASE keep all items dry and away from sunlight.
• Cardboard: Remove all contents. Please flatten. NO STYROFOAM PACKING MATERIAL