Waste Stream Reduction

GPS-Recycle Now Recycling in Paducah and McCracken County

Private Recycling Companies

Waste Stream Reduction

Through composting, the City of Paducah is reducing the waste stream by more than 23%.  This diversion occurs from the yard waste as well as the biosolids from the wastewater treatment process.  Click Compost Facility for more information about the facility located on North 8th Street and the composting process. 

The City of Paducah also offers a corrugated cardboard recycling program for local businesses.  The cardboard is collected and recycled at the local Easter Seal Center.  This amounts to approximately a 3% reduction in our waste stream.

The combination of these recycling programs amounts to more than a 26% reduction in our waste stream. This surpasses the State's goals for reduction and recycling set in 1997 of 25%.

GPS-Recycle Now (Greater Paducah Sustainability Project)

GPS-Recycle Now also provides recycling opportunities.  The GPS project is a local nonprofit organization focused on developing and implementing long term environmentally focused sustainable programs for the greater Paducah/McCracken County area through partnerships between communities, organizations, business, and government.  RecycleNow is the GPS initiative focused on the development and implementation of a long term sustainable recycling program within the City of Paducah and McCracken County with the ultimate goal of leading the Purchase Area’s commitment to the responsible and proper handling of all recyclable materials.  To find out more about this volunteer organization, visit the website www.recyclenowpaducah.com

GPS-Recycle Now holds its collection events at its building at 1830 North 8th Street. The facility is open Thursdays, noon-6:00 p.m.; Fridays 7:00 a.m.-noon; and Saturdays 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.   

GPS-Recycle Now accepts

• Aluminum cans
• Steel/Tin cans:  Steel or tin food cans, pet food cans, metal jar lids 
• Plastic #1 & #2
• Glass:  Clean bottles and jars, no lids.  No Pyrex, window glass, ceramics or Corningware. 
• Mixed Paper & Cardboard:  must be tied, boxed, bagged, or bundled.  Will accept newspapers, magazines, junk mail, cardboard, printer paper, books, shredded paper  

Please rinse cans and bottles.  Paper must be clean, dry, and bundled.

Private Recycling Companies

To find the recycling centers in any Kentucky county (including centers in McCracken County), click Kentucky Division of Waste Management.  Another website that provides information about recycling centers is www.recyclingcenters.org.  This website will allow you to enter your zip code to find recycling centers in your region.  It also provides driving directions.  However, the list of local recycling centers is not as complete as what you will find on the Kentucky Division of Waste Management website.  Below is a summary of the information on the Kentucky Division of Waste Management website.  Please check with the facility for its hours and details of what it accepts.