Curbside Recycling Program
The City of Paducah offers voluntary, single-stream, curbside recycling for its residential customers. For more information and to sign up for this voluntary service, visit Curbside Recycling.
Recycling Drop-Off Facility
Through a contract with Republic Services, Paducah offers a recycling drop point location next to Republic's transfer station at 829 Burnett Street in Paducah. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. until noon. There is no charge for the general public to drop off recyclables.
Note: This facility is closed to the public on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
Customers can drive across the scales with an attendant checkpoint and then unload recyclables by placing them in the designated containers.
Accepted recyclables:
- Pasteboard (which includes cereal and other similar-type boxes).
- Newspapers, magazines, junk mail, phone books, hardback and paperback books, office paper.
- Tin, steel, and aluminum cans.
- Plastic containers. Please rinse containers before bringing them to the facility.
Republic Services will NOT accept electronics, batteries, household hazardous waste, refrigerators, freezers, tires, or glass.
Commercial Recycling Collection
Commercial solid waste haulers are allowed to collect recyclables from commercial entities in the City of Paducah. An annual permit is required at a cost of $50 per year. Call the Public Works Department at 270-444-8511 for more information.
Waste Stream Reduction through Composting and Cardboard Recycling
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. The City of Paducah also offers a corrugated cardboard recycling program for local businesses. 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.
Christmas Tree Recycling
Residents wishing to dispose of live Christmas trees may place trees curbside (not in the alleys) with all lights, garland, ornaments, and the tree stand/base removed for collection by Public Works crews during their routine brush and yard waste collection. Trees may also be dropped off at the Compost Facility located at 1560 North 8th Street during regular operating hours.
Private Recycling Companies
To find recycling centers in any Kentucky county (including McCracken County), visit Kentucky Division of Waste Management. Also, visit Recycling Centers for a website that allows you to enter your zip code to find recycling centers in your region.
