Earthbound Recycling

Earthbound Recycling is located in Eureka, Mo and serves the West St. Louis County area, with people routinely coming from Ballwin, Ellisville and Creve Coeur. The St. Louis area has various companies that accept metals, appliances, electronics, clothing and paper & cardboard, but Earthbound Recycling is the only one that accepts all of these things at one location.Earthbound Recycling is one of the few recycling centers in the region to accept unwanted paint six days a week. There is a small charge per pound for interior & exterior paint. The center gives away all partial cans of usable paint to anyone that needs it.

Earthbound Recycling purchases metals to be recycled. 'We buy from 1 to 2,000 pounds of almost any metal a magnet won't stick to.' Recycled metals start getting dismantled in St. Louis, then go to other states. Click for photos of types of metal Earthbound Recycling is purchasing.

The center is a free drop-off for computer towers, flat-panel TVs, large metal items, computers, water heaters, cast iron or galvanized pipe, lawn mowers, old cell phones, rechargeable batteries, corrugated cardboard, vinyl siding and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe.

There is a small fee for old refrigerators, microwave ovens, old computer CRT monitors and TVs (no charge for flat panel monitors or TVs).

Bob Moore, the owner, started Earthbound Recycling after remodeling homes and seeing the enormous amount of construction waste. 'I thought, somebody needs to help out,' Moore said. 'Then I decided that could be me.'

Do your part to help the planet! The center is closed only on Sundays; however paper & cardboard drop-off is available 24 hours a day, year-round.

EARTHBOUND RECYCLING is purchasing the following metals:

• All Types of Copper: Bare wire, insulated copper wire, copper pipe, copper gutters, sheet copper, telephone wire, and all things copper.

• All Types of Aluminum: Cans & aluminum bottles (please keep foil & pie pans separate), aluminum/copper radiators, aluminum storm doors, tubing, wire, aluminum food cans, flexible aluminum conduit, insulated service wire, BBQ pits, pots, cast aluminum, aluminum running boards, aluminum radiators from vehicles or A/C units, car wheels, gutters & siding, and all things aluminum.

• All Types of Steel: Any small or large steel items (even with foreign materials). If market allows.

• All Types of Brass: Hard brass, red brass, yellow brass, brass radiators, brass faucets, brass bullet shells (must be kept separate), and all things brass.

• All Types of Stainless Steel (A magnet does not stick, or only slightly sticks to stainless steel), sinks, pots & pans, utensils and all things stainless steel.

• Electric Motors: All sizes

• Appliances: Old stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers will be purchased by us by the pound (if market allows).
• We buy non-fiction books (except encyclopedias)  Buying usable, sellable, clean, smoke free NON-FICTION books at the rate of 10¢ a pound.  Specialty type encyclopedias like science, children's, etc. are OK. FICTION can be dropped off for free.  If you don't want to separate them before you bring them to us, you have the option of dropping them all off for free.

Electronics Disposal

'Since there is a fee associated with electronics disposal, you may be tempted to just put these items into the trash. But consider this! It is estimated that Americans throw out enough electronics each year to fill an area one acre in size, to a depth of 3.5 miles! These items contain heavy metals which can leach out when disposed of in landfills, and may eventually contaminate our groundwater supply. Earthbound Recycling accepts all electronic devices for safe disposal.'

Free Drop-Off For The Following During Business Hours:

• Cell phones, rechargeable batteries, ink jet & laser cartridges, corrugated cardboard, vinyl siding and PVC pipe.

• Paper and Cardboard Can Be Dropped Off For Free 24/7:

• CLEAN: Newspaper, corrugated cardboard, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, office and school papers, envelopes (with and without windows), hard cover and paperback books, phone books, chipboard (cereal, soda and beer boxes).

• No cartons that had liquid in them. No paper towels or tissue. No wax coated boxes.

• Books: We buy non-fiction books (no encyclopedias)