Recycling centers in East Lansing

The City of East Lansing runs this drop-off site at the Department of Public Works, 1800 E. State Road, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week under camera surveillance. High-capacity compactors replaced the old open roll-offs. A commingled compactor takes plastics, glass in all colors, paper, boxboard, cartons, paper cups, and metal cans and foil, while a separate cardboard compactor takes flattened, dry cardboard and pizza boxes. A metal roll-off takes clean aluminum and steel cans, foil, and foil trays, and a foam area takes rigid polystyrene blocks and coolers but no packing peanuts. Plastic bags and film, bulky plastics, wood, garbage, household hazardous waste, electronics, and batteries stay out. A stream shuts without notice when its compactor is full or being serviced.

MSU Recycling lists a Public Drop-Off Center Recycling Guide and gives its East Lansing contact address as 468 Green Way. Consult the center’s recycling guide for current materials and drop-off instructions.

The MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center is a Michigan State University program that diverts university surplus and waste from the landfill, serving the East Lansing campus community. Reusable items, including computers, lab equipment, furniture, vehicles, and clothing, are sold through their surplus store (in-person and online) or made available back to MSU departments. Non-reusable collected materials pass through an on-site Materials Recycling Facility where they are sorted and shipped to regional manufacturers. The program diverted 13 million pounds of material in one year and also operates a public drop-off center.