The Wood County Solid Waste Management District contracts with the Bowling Green Recycling Center to ensure compliance with the recycling related portions of the Solid Waste Management District Plan. The Bowling Green Recycling Center is owned, managed, and operated by Bowling Green Recycling Inc., a non-profit community recycling organization.

Items accepted at the Recycling Center's 24-Hour Drop Off are listed below.

Preparing Your Recyclables is a brochure available for viewing and printing.

How to Separate Junk Mail

• EMPTY ENVELOPES.
• Glossy sheets go with magazines.
• Non-glossy sheets go with mixed office paper.
• Throw away any plastic or metal objects.

Mixed Office Paper

• White and colored paper.
• Plastic windows in envelopes are ok.
• Labels, stamps, sticky notes, and staples are ok.
• No paper ream wrappers or construction paper.

Magazines/Catalogs

• ONLY include magazines printed on smooth, glossy paper.
• Remove plastic wrapper

Newspaper/Phone Books/ Green-Bar Computer Paper

• Remove from bags or untie.
• Inserts and circulars are ok.
• Dry newspaper only.
• Tear phone books into 1" sections or smaller.

Cardboard/Brown Bags

• Boxes should be flattened.
• No packing material such as Styrofoam, peanuts, or bubble wrap.
• Remove plastic outer wrap.
• No milk or juice boxes.

Steel Cans & Aluminum Cans

• Separate metals - a magnet will stick to steel but not to aluminum.
• Aluminum cans usually hold beverages; steel cans usually hold food or aerosols.
• Remove paper labels.
• Drain and rinse cans.

Plastic Bottles

• Bottles only.
• Please remove and discard bottle caps.
• No plastic bags.

Glass

• Remove lids.
• No ceramic, china, light bulbs, mirrors, or windows

Books

• Hard and soft cover books accepted.
• No Wire or spiral bound books
• Paper pages of spiral or wire books may be recycled with office paper if the paper is removed from the spirals or wires.

Aluminum Foil

• No items with food waste.
• Pie trays are acceptable.

The Wood County Solid Waste District can help your group with recycling efforts. Clear Stream Recycling Containers are available for loan.

Please contact us at 419-354-9297 for more information.

In order to secure your date and arrange for pickup, arrangements must be made with our office no later than one week prior to your event.

Interested in purchasing your own clear stream recycling containers? Go to http://www.clearstreamrecycler.com

Wood County has many recycling opportunities.

Listed below are links to local curbside recycling programs, contact information for those without websites, and a link to more information about the Bowling Green Recycling Center.

City of Bowling Green Public Works Department
419-354-6227 or visit www.bgohio.org
Bowling Green City Curbside Brochure
Bowling Green City Curbside Regulations FAQ

City of Northwood City Administrator
419-693-9320

City of Perrysburg Office of Litter Prevention & Recycling
419-872-8034 or visit www.ci.perrysburg.oh.us

City of Rossford City Administrator
419-666-0210

Townships OF Lake & Perrysburg
Melissa Wolfe Waste Management, Inc.
800-458-3849

VILLAGES OF Bradner, Wayne, & Risingsun
Mick Torok NAT Transportation
419-288-2082

Village of Haskins Utilities Department
419-823-1911

Village of Luckey Village Administrator
419-833-8721

Village of Millbury Village Administrator

Village of Walbridge Village Administrator
419-666-1830

Ohio's Recycling Industry is a $22.5 billion success!*

• The recycling industry supports 4.3% of the jobs in Ohio.
• 3.7% of Ohio's gross state product is attributable to the recycling industry.
• The average wage paid by the recycling industry is $36,000 - which is $8,000 more than the State of Ohio's average wage.

For more detailed information, you can also download the Household Recycling Brochure.

* Information from The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Recycling Means Business, 2003

The Bowling Green Recycling Center does not offer an aluminum can buyback program at this time. Aluminum, steel, and other scrap metal are accepted at the 24-Hour Drop Off, but no money will be given for materials brought.

For a listing of area scrap dealers, please refer to this brochure - BUY BACK LIST.