Southeast Kansas Recycling Inc.

A small-town recycling center that people from Pittsburg and nearby rural areas use to keep stuff out of the landfill. Quiet most weekdays, it mainly handles household and small-business drop-offs rather than large commercial accounts.

Drive up to a working yard with a few large containers and piles for different materials; pull in, drop off and move on. Materials commonly accepted at places like this include paper and cardboard, glass, metals and many types of plastics, and some centers handle electronics or scrap metal as special programs. Containers are usually labeled or grouped by material, and trucks or trailers may be on site moving loads around. Weekends and spring cleanup times tend to be busier, so lines can form at the entrance and at popular bins.