Excess trash tag rates change June 1

Save money: recycle more! City offers unlimited recycling pickup.

The City of Kansas City, Missouri, Public Works Department advises residents that the cost for excess trash tags will increase from $2 to $2.50, effective June 1. Trash tags purchased prior to June 1 will still be valid, and only one is needed per excess trash tag.

Originally announced as part of the City's budget process in early spring, the rate change helps offset the cost of excess trash collection. The City currently spends between $3.50 and $5 to dispose of every excess bag it collects.

The City requires an excess trash tag be placed on each trash bag exceeding the City's two bag limit. The City will continue to provide unlimited free curbside recycling and encourages residents to recycle more frequently to reduce the amount of trash placed on their curb.

Items you can recycle curbside:

• Office paper, junk mail, newspapers (without plastic rain bag), phone books, catalogs and magazines
• Manila folders
• Advertising inserts
• Brochures
• Corrugated cardboard
• Carrier stock (cardboard soft drink and beer cartons)
• Chipboard (cereal and shoe boxes)
• Paper/hardback books
• Plastic bottles with a neck #1 and #2 (look for the number inside the chasing arrow symbol), such as water and soda bottles, milk jugs and detergent bottles. Lids may be recycled, too.
• Plastic containers #3 thru #7 (look for the number inside the chasing arrow symbol), such as yogurt and margarine/butter tub containers
• Cardboard egg cartons
• Pizza boxes (No food)
• Shredded paper (in paper bags)
• Drink cartons
• Aluminum cans and other metal cans
• Clamshells (Deli or salad bar containers)
• Aseptic containers (milk, juice and vegetable cartons)

Items you cannot recycle curbside:

• Glass
• Plastic bags
• Styrofoam, including Styrofoam egg cartons
• Motor oil bottles and other automotive product bottles
• Containers for household hazardous material
• Paper towels, tissues or napkins, plates or cups
• Gift wrap
• Photographs, blueprints and hanging file folders
• Bags that contained pet food, fertilizer, charcoal or kitty litter
• Metal pots

Residents may recycle glass at the City's recycling drop-off centers or at Ripple Glass locations. Learn more at http://kcmo.gov/publicworks/recycling-drop-off-centers/ and www.rippleglass.com.

Household hazardous waste may be disposed of at the City's Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 4707 Deramus Ave. Learn more athttps://www.kcwaterservices.org/household-hazardous-waste/.


Many grocery stores provide recycling bins that residents may use to recycle plastic bags.


Excess trash tags are available at participating Westlake Ace Hardware and Price Chopper stores.


For more information about excess trash tags, or the City's trash and recycling services, visit http://kcmo.gov/publicworks/trash or call the 311 Call Center at 311 or 816-513-1313.