St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District
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The St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District is pleased to announce that our 2024 waste reduction and recycling grant program is closed. The 2025 grant program will open in the Fall 2024. Thank you.
The St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District provides technical and financial assistance with waste reduction and recycling services and activities throughout the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, Jefferson County, and St. Charles County.
A wide variety of projects are included, such as:
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- Electronics collection events
- Community recycling events and drop-off locations
- Education and public information
- Composting
- Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection sites
- Reuse activities and resources
- Municipal recycling initiatives
- Curbside recycling collection
- Managing organic/food waste
- Recovering and repurposing demolition materials
- Market development
These activities and projects are made possible through our annual grant program, the grant round opens every fall.
Events - September 2024
Electronics & Paper Recycling Events
Below is our agenda for our upcoming electronics recycling events. These events are all open to the public. We look forward to seeing you at the next big electronics recycling event in your area!
- Saturday, September 28th:
- Pattonville School Maryland Heights, MO Electronics Recycling Event (Event Host: Pattonville School Dist.)
- Saturday, October 5th:
- Hands On Kirkwood, MO Electronics Recycling Event (Event Host: Hand on Kirkwood)
- High Ridge, MO Electronics Recycling Event (Event Host: Jefferson County Storm Water Department)
- Saturday October 12th:
- Breckenridge Hills, MO Electronics Recycling Event (Event Host: City of Breckenridge Hills)
- Saturday, October 19th:
- St. Louis, MO Electronics Recycling Event (Event Host: Brightside STL)
- St. Charles, MO Electronics Recycling Event (Event Host: City of St. Charles / Republic Services - Joell Aguirre)
- Monday, October 21th:
- City of Olivette Electronics Recycling Event (Event Host: City of Olivette)
- Thursday, October 24th:
- Jefferson College - Hillsboro, MO Electronics Recycling & DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION Event (Event Host: Jefferson College)
- Saturday, October 26th:
- Ladue High School Electronics Recycling Event (Event Host: Ladue High School)
Grant Programs
Applications for the grant round open every fall. Announcements are published on our homepage and in local publications.
The District's waste reduction and recycling grant program receives approximately 80 – 90 applications annually. The District generally awards 50 – 60 grants.
What We Do
The St. Louis region, just like many other areas throughout Missouri, is dedicated to increase recycling and reduce waste.
The St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District (SWMD) is one of 20 districts throughout Missouri created to assist the public, private, individual, and not-for-profit sectors in making these goals possible.
This District includes all communities within the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, Jefferson County and St. Charles County. Throughout the region, areas vary from highly urban to extremely rural; requiring a variety of programs and services to meet local needs.
Mission
To incentivize and promote the diversion of solid waste from landfills through waste reduction, reuse, and recycling alternatives.
Serving the communities of:
City of St. Louis • Jefferson County • St. Louis County • St. Charles County