Recycling: Locations
What to Bring
Throughout the county there are locations that collect recyclable materials. Shawnee County recycles the following materials:
- Plastics
- Newspaper
- Mixed Office Paper: Different colors, weights and types of office paper
- Metals: Steel and Aluminum.
- Glass: Clear, Brown and Green Glass Containers Separated by Color.
- Cardboard: Corrugated Cardboard, Cereal Boxes and Brown Grocery Bags
- Magazine Stock: Old Magazines
If you zoom in using hybrid map mode, you can get a very good idea where these points are located, within roughly a meter (yard/3 feet).
By clicking on the below links to Google Maps, you will effectively leave the County site and access information to help you locate our recycling locations. Shawnee County does not endorse or control the content of that site and your access to their service is by choice and you agree to accept the results and any liability related to the same.
Please contact the webmaster if the map does not display properly.
Colored markers show about how many types of materials a location will accept for recycling. Green - almost if not all types. Yellow - most types. Orange - many types. Red - some types.
Where to Bring It
The following locations will collect all types of recyclables:
Plastics, Office Paper, Newspaper, Metals, Glass, Cardboard, Magazines
- Wal-Mart Super Center – 1501 SW Wanamaker Road, Topeka, KS 66604
- First Christian Church – 1880 SW Gage Blvd, Topeka, KS 66604
- Dillon’s – 801 NW 25th St, Topeka, KS 66618
- Topeka Correctional Facility – 815 SE Rice Rd, Topeka, KS 66607
- Dultmeier Homes – 4900 SW Vorse Rd, Topeka, KS 66610
- St. Francis Hospital – 634 SW Mulvane, Topeka, KS 66606
- Joyland Flea Market and Recycling Center – 2901 SE Adams St, Topeka, KS 66605
- Iwig Dairy – 3320 SE Tecumseh Rd, Tecumseh, KS 66542
- Brewster Place – 1205 SW 29th St, Topeka, KS 66611
- Topeka Quarter Midget Association – 1121 SW University Blvd, Topeka, KS 66619
- Wehner’s Thriftway – 551 E US Hwy 24 Traffic Way, Rossville, KS 66533
- Oakland Billard Ball Diamond Parking – Oakland-Billard Park, Topeka, KS 66616
Plastics, Newspaper, Metals, Glass, Cardboard, Magazines
- Household Hazardous Waste Facility – 131 NE 46th St, Topeka, KS 66617 • 7am - 3pm M-F
- Brookwood Covenant Church – 3601 SW 33rd St, Topeka, KS 66614
- Hy-Vee – 2951 SW Wanamaker Rd, Topeka, KS 66614
- Topeka Parks and Recreation – SW 10th Ave and SW Civitan Ln, Topeka, KS 66604
- Learning for Life Center – 2701 SW 17th St, Topeka, KS 66604
- Dover Fire Station – Valencia Rd and Frontage Rd (W), Topeka, KS 66615
Plastics, Newspapers, Metals, Cardboard, and Magazines
- First Lutheran Church – 1234 SW Fairlawn Rd, Topeka, KS 66604
Plastics, Newspapers, Metals, and Cardboard
- Washburn Rural High School – 5900 SW 61st St, Topeka, KS 66619
- Albert Neese Masonic Lodge – 5947 SE 45th St, Tecumseh, KS 66542-9538
Plastics, Newspapers, Metals and Magazines
- First Baptist Church – 3003 SW MacVicar, Topeka, KS 66611
Plastics, Metals, Glass and Cardboard
- Kansas Neurology Institute – 3107 SW 21st St., Topeka, KS 66604
Plastics, Newspapers, and Metals
- Auburn Apple Market – 1431 N Washington St, Auburn, KS 66402
