Mount Vernon, Ohio
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Industrial plastics brokerage, reprocessing and recycling in Mt. Vernon, with shredding, grinding, separation, baling and storage. Aluminum, brass and paper recycling are listed for industrial customers; public drop-off is not confirmed.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM · Sat-Sun Closed
17604 Coshocton Road
Opportunity Knox on Coshocton Road in Mount Vernon takes clean packaging styrofoam on weekdays and handles appliances with freon removal.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 am-11:00 am and 2:00 pm-4:00 pm (styrofoam drop-off)
Accepts: Clean packaging styrofoam, Appliances
Services: Freon removal
106 Tilden Avenue
Ross Brothers at 106 Tilden Avenue in Mount Vernon accepts scrap metal, appliances, and automotive batteries. The Delaware-Knox-Marion-Morrow Solid Waste District lists it among Knox County's metal recyclers.
Accepts: Scrap metal, Appliances, Automotive batteries
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Mount Vernon include appliances, Industrial recycling, Plastics, Plastic regrind, Toll grinding. Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Mount Vernon recycling runs through the Delaware, Knox, Marion, Morrow (DKMM) Solid Waste District, which lists the city among the few Knox County communities with curbside collection. The city's district drop-off bins sit at Opportunity Knox, 17604 Coshocton Road, and are emptied every Monday and Friday. Appliances with Freon go to Ross Brothers on Tilden Avenue or Opportunity Knox, and the district's household hazardous waste days run by appointment only.
Yes. DKMM lists the City of Mount Vernon as a curbside recycling community, one of only two in Knox County along with the Village of Gambier.
The DKMM drop-off for the City of Mount Vernon is at Opportunity Knox, 17604 Coshocton Road. DKMM empties the city's containers every Monday and Friday, and the bins are open to residents 24 hours a day.
Yes, but only food-grade glass bottles and jars. For plastic, DKMM accepts bottles, tubs, and jugs only, and every other plastic container belongs in the trash. The drop-off bins also take paper, flattened cardboard, metal food and beverage cans, and cartons.
Take it to Ross Brothers at 106 Tilden Avenue (740-397-9334) or Opportunity Knox at 17604 Coshocton Road (740-501-2135). DKMM marks both as certified to remove Freon, which a certified technician must do before any appliance with a refrigerant is recycled.
DKMM holds household hazardous waste collection days by appointment only. Between those days, DKMM sends residents to Environmental Enterprises, Inc. at 645 East 8th Street in Columbus, (614) 294-1300. Used motor oil and antifreeze go to Capital City Oil at 375 Columbus Road in Mount Vernon, 740-397-4483.
Household alkaline batteries go to the front foyer of the Knox County Building at 117 E. High Street, and lithium-ion, nickel cadmium, and nickel metal hydride batteries go to Batteries Unlimited at 200 W. High Street. Unused medications go in the 24-hour drop box at the Knox County Sheriff's Department, 11540 Upper Gilchrist Road. Tape the terminals on all batteries before you drop them off.
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