The McDonald County Recycling Program currently has two drop-off locations. The primary collection center behind the courthouse in Pineville, in front of the Sheriffs Office parking lot; and a smaller drop-off location in Noel, in the parking lot in front of the old Harps store on Main Street.
These are available 7 days a week, 365 days a year, during daylight hours.
Please help us make this program more efficient by taking a minute to read how to properly recycle each type of item.
Improperly recycled & mis-sorted materials costs our program
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
every year.
Items that may be recycled at each location:
- Cardboard (Pineville & Noel)
- Mixed Paper (Pineville & Noel)
- Newspaper (Pineville & Noel)
- White Paper (Pineville & Noel)
- Shredded Paper (Pineville & Noel)
- Magazines (Pineville)
- Books (Pineville)
- Beverage (aluminum) cans (Pineville & Noel)
- Food (tin) cans (Pineville & Noel)
- Scrap Metal (Pineville)
- Electronics & Batteries (Pineville)
- #1 Clear Plastic BOTTLES & JUGS ONLY (Pineville & Noel)
- #2 Natural (“frosted”) Plastic BOTTLES & JUGS ONLY (Pineville & Noel)
- #2 Color Plastic BOTTLES & JUGS ONLY (Pineville & Noel)
- Glass (Pineville & Noel)
- Empty Bags (Pineville)
Cardboard
All packing materials that are not cardboard have to be removed. Especially plastic bags & expanded polystyrene (“Styrofoam”). Absolutely no blocks of wood or glued/pallet pieces. If they cannot be easily removed from the cardboard then do not recycle the cardboard.
Mixed Paper
These materials now go into the same bin as the corrugated cardboard.
Includes: Pasteboard (Cereal boxes, Soda/Beer Cases, etc…) – Cardstock – basically anything that is “thick paper” and tears brown or gray. (If it tears white, please put into the White Paper bin.) Flatten all boxes, and remove any non-paper-based packing materials.
No dirty/soiled/food items, bags, wrapping paper, used toilet or tissue paper/”Kleenex®”
Newspaper
(Including inserts.)
Remove newspaper from any bags before placing in bin, please. **
White Paper
White (office/copy) paper. Also white “cardstock/containers” that tear white on the inside.
Junk mail & envelopes are OK (as long as the material tears white inside).
No Beverage containers with a plastic spout/cap (like some milk and juice cartons have).
No bags or boxes of paper except for shredded.**
Shredded Paper
Place in the White Paper Bin – CONTAINED INSIDE TIED BAGS ONLY!
No loose shred!
Shredded paper is the exception to our no-bagged recyclables rule, because the time and trouble it takes to dump out the bags of shred is less than the time to track down all the thousands of loose bits of shredded paper.
Please don’t mix any other types of paper in the bag with the shredded office paper.
Magazines
Including glossy catalogs.
No bags or boxes of magazines please.**
Books
Any hardcover or paperback books.
Beverage Cans
Aluminum Soda, Beer, and other aluminum beverage cans.
Crushed is preferable, but not necessary.
ONLY BEVERAGE CANS IN THE ALUMINUM CANS BIN. Other types of aluminum (like Cat Food cans, foil, and trays) go into the “Scrap Metal or Tin” bins.
No bags please. Dump the individual cans into the bin.**
Food Cans
“Tin cans” – Please rinse food out of cans.
Labels are OK. Cat Food and Aluminum Foil/Trays can also go with the tin cans or small scrap metal.
No bags, dump the individual cans into the bin.**
Scrap Metal
For your large and bulky metal items, including appliances that are almost entirely made of metal, place them in the designated large metal trailer.
We also have a trailer of 4 green bins for small and medium pieces of miscellaneous metal scrap. Please separate the metal according to the signs on the bins.
These trailers are for metal drop-off ONLY. Taking metal out of the trailers without permission is theft, and the site is monitored by video 24/7. We need the small amount of income we gain from the scrap to help offset the cost of our countywide litter control program, therefore stealing our scrap metal reduces the ability to clean up the county roads, so please don’t do it.
Note: If you have a large quantity of metal or if our bins are full, it might be worthwhile taking your metal to a local scrap dealer who offers cash for heavy scrap metal.
(“Got Junk, LLC” on south Hwy. 59 in Noel, or “Rebel Recycling” on Hwy. 76 West of Cassville.)***
Electronics & Batteries
If it has a cord, battery, and/or circuit board – it is classified as “E-Waste” (Electronic Waste) and recycled separately from all the other items.
Batteries: There is a tub to place small batteries in, and larger batteries can be left on the pallets.
We can accept most types of electronics for recycling, except CRT “Tube” / “Box” / “Projection” type TVs and Monitors. DO NOT LEAVE THOSE TYPES OF TVs/MONITORS IN THE RECYCLING AREA. YOU WILL BE FINED FOR DUMPING. Area is now subject to surveillance. (Our county program simply can’t afford the substantial cost of disposing these items, which can cost us $10 or more per CRT TV/monitor.)
We hope to provide a special one-day drop-off event each year when you can bring in any electronics, including those big box TVs. This is dependent on if our local DNR Waste Management District is sponsoring the cost of such events. Click the “Follow” link at the bottom of the page to be notified of events and other announcements from this website.
Also, many manufacturers have recycling programs for the end user/consumer to bring in one or two of their old CRT TVs at little or no cost. Please search online for your TV brand name and “TV recycling” (Example search: “Sony TV recycling“)
#1 Plastic BOTTLES & JUGS
This is most usually clear or translucent color water or other beverage bottles.
No bags of bottles please. Dump the individual bottles into the bin.**
#2 Frosted Plastic BOTTLES & JUGS
This is most usually Milk or Tea jugs, occasionally vinegar bottles also.
No bags of jugs please. Dump the individual jugs/bottles into the bin.**
#2 Color Plastic BOTTLES & JUGS
This is most usually laundry detergent jugs, occasionally other bottles.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LEAVE ANY MISC. PLASTIC JUST BECAUSE IT HAS THE SAME SYMBOL ON IT! Our vendors won’t accept the other types so we must take the time & effort to sort them out and dispose of them.
PLEASE DON’T JUST “HOPE” THAT WE CAN RECYCLE ANY ODD ITEM. If it’s not specifically listed, we CAN’T recycle it here.
NO TOYS can be recycled.
NO FOOD CONTAINERS (except the bottles & jugs mentioned)
NO “clamshells” or takeout containers.
Glass
Please remove any metal or plastic lids before recycling your glass.
All different colors can go in the same bin, no need to separate by color! Food & Beverage Containers, Drinkware, Cosmetic Jars, and more.
However, there are certain types of glass we aren’t able to accept, including: Mirrors, Automotive Glass, Pyrex, Milk Glass/Ceramic, Dishware, or Light Bulbs.
We encourage you to look at the full details about what is and isn’t accepted.
No bags of glass please. Carefully place the individual glass items into the bin.**
Empty Bags
We now have a separate small bin just for your bags. If you bring recyclables in bags, please empty the recycling into the proper bins, and place any unwanted empty bags into the separate plastic bags bin.
(Or better yet, REUSE your bags!)
No ziplock bags please.
**Why don’t we want bagged recyclables? (Except for shredded paper.)
Because the bags slow the recycling process, requiring workers to stop, rip open the bags, and frequently sort out the misplaced recyclables (and all too often, non-recyclables). The bags/ties can also get caught in the processing machinery, or otherwise tangled. For more information about the problems with “tanglers” see these articles and videos.
PLEASE PLACE EMPTY BAGS IN THE DESIGNATED PLASTIC BAG BIN, OR REUSE THEM.
***”Got Junk LLC” and “Rebel Recycling” are private businesses, not affiliated with the McDonald County Recycling program.
The types of recyclables we can accept vary somewhat, depending on what our regional Material Recycling Facilities are accepting at the time. However, the materials listed above are usually accepted.
ITEMS CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTED:
NO TIRES of any size.
We are working on a way to process tires, and expect to have occasional one-day events where we can accept a limited amount of tires from McDonald county residents.
These events will be posted at the county courthouse, city halls, and other bulletin board locations. You can also follow the various local government Facebook pages for updates.
NO Expanded Polystyrene (“Styrofoam”)
(We have, in the past, been able to accept foam, and hope to be able to do it again soon.)
NO MEDICAL WASTE of any sort.
NO GARAGE WASTE is accepted here.
(But waste oil is accepted at many local auto parts stores.)
No Older CRT TVs or CRT Computer Monitors
This applies to the large heavy “Tube” or “Box” type, and large projection TVs.
(Newer Flat Panel types of TVs and Monitors are accepted. Place them on the palettes under the carport.)
Attention:
Effective 2/21/23 we are unable to process many types of plastic that we previously accepted:
Due to circumstances beyond our control, our vendors no longer accept many types of plastic:
#3, #4, #5, #6, & #7 PLASTICS of any type or color.
Please DO NOT bring us any of these plastics, we have no where to take or store them!
Thank you for your understanding and patience.
We are constantly looking for ways to accept more types of recyclables, but are limited by several factors. If we find a reasonable way to process new materials, we’ll gladly do so.
We occasionally host special collection events for recyclables in the above list that we’re not normally able to accept, whenever we get the opportunity.
These events (such as tire collection days) will be posted at the county courthouse, city halls, and other bulletin board locations. You can also follow the various local government Facebook pages for updates. To be sure to get notified, click the “Follow” link at the bottom of this page.
The McDonald County Litter Control and Recycling program operates almost entirely from grant money, funded primarily by the Region M Waste Management District.
Region M aims to reduce solid waste in landfills through source reduction, recycling, and programs designed to educate the public about the importance of conserving and recycling.
It is our goal to operate our programs as efficiently as reasonably possible.
We work hard to find funding sources from outside the county, so your county sales tax money can be used for more urgent needs.
Please help us achieve our goals by:
- Not Littering, and discouraging others from littering or dumping.
- Recycling properly, by sorting materials carefully and not mixing in non-recyclables.
- Encouraging your friends and family to read this information (share this webpage) and recycle with us.
If your business, civic organization, club, or school would like to schedule a presentation about any aspect of recycling – or to discuss ways we can help you with the recyclable materials you collect – we would welcome the opportunity to speak with you.
Contact:
Dane Paulson, Program Manager
Office landline: 417-223-5459
Mobile/text: 417-454-4807
(Be prepared to leave a message, as the manager is frequently working in the county and out of signal range.)
McDonald County Recycling & Litter Control 
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