Recycling Center

Spring '12 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Schedule!

The collection schedule for 2012 is now available. Please review it to see what the dates are for collection.

Ad-Hoc Solid Waste Committee Final Results

This is the information on the ad-hoc solid waste committee. If you are interested in finding out more about changes to the waste infrastructure in Keene, please look through the document here.

Click below for more information.

The City of Keene Recycling Center DOES NOT accept cash or credit/debit cards.
Payment is by check or with a punch card or an account only. 

Hours:

Monday - Friday  7:00 AM - 3:00 PM 
Saturday  8:00 AM - 1:00 PM 

Closed: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

Address:

Route 12 North
Keene, New Hampshire 03431
Telephone: 352-5739
Fax: 357-0106

 


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Congratulations to the City of Keene for being such active recyclers!

Below you will find information on the positive impact this recycling has on on your environment!
The recyclable materials listed below were sent to market to be remanufactured into new products through your nonprofit recycling cooperative, the Northeast Resource Recovery Association.

Recyclable Material

Amount recycled in 2010

Environmental Impact

Amount recycled in 2011

Environmental Impact

Aluminum Cans

45,560 lbs.

Conserved enough energy to run a television for 4,636,186 hours!

61,200 lbs.

Conserved enough energy to run a television for 6,227,712 hours!

Mixed Paper/Cardboard

3,923.25 tons

Saved 66,695 trees!

3,243.81 tons

Saved 55,145 trees!

Plastics

192.47 tons

Conserved 288,705  gallons of gasoline!

207.70 tons

Conserved 311,545 gallons of gasoline!

Scrap metal

142 tons

Conserved 142,366 pounds of coal!

146 tons

Conserved 145,795 pounds of coal!

Steel cans

220,820 lbs.

Conserved enough energy to run a 60 watt light bulb for 5,741,320 hours!

216,820 lbs.

Conserved enough energy to run a 60 watt light bulb for 5,637,320 hours!