Facility managers at Joint Base San Antonio locations can
arrange to have recycled materials picked up by contacting the JBSA Recycling
Operations Center Office at 671-4800.
Hours of operation for the recycling office, which is
operated by 502nd Civil Engineering Squadron at JBSA-Lackland, are from 7:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday.
David Crane, 502nd CES operations supervisor for recycling,
said 502nd CES personnel pick up recycled materials from containers and bins at
JBSA facilities.
Items that can be recycled and picked up include newspapers,
magazines, books, phone books, office paper, brochures, envelopes, tab cards,
junk mail, manila file folders, non-contaminated paper bags and bagged shredded
paper; plastics with the labels 1-7 including bottles, cups, jars, food trays
and bowls; glass, green, clear and amber bottles; metals, including tin, aluminum and steel
cans and large metal items; and cardboard, including shoe and cereal boxes.
All plastics and glass items and tin and aluminum cans
should be rinsed before they are put into collection containers.
Cardboard items should be flattened and placed next to
95-gallon recycling bins at JBSA facilities or in trailers located in
designated areas before they can be picked up.
Crane said JBSA members should place recycled items in
designated containers and bins, and to keep trash out of bins and containers.
Active-duty service members and Department of Defense ID
cardholders can bring their recyclable items, Monday through Friday, to all
three JBSA recycling center locations, including JBSA-Lackland, building 7390,
7 a.m. to 4 p.m.; JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, building 4203, 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.;
and JBSA-Randolph, building 1152, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. A 24-hour recycling drop-off
is located in front of the JBSA-Lackland Recycling Center.
Other recyclable items accepted by 502nd CES personnel
include ink and toner cartridges, shredded paper and wood pallets. Ink and
toner cartridges must be put in separate boxes and labeled and can be placed at
pick-up locations or taken to any of the recycling centers. All shredded paper
should be put in a plastic bag, with the bags tied tightly and can be left at
any pick-up location or recycling center.
Scrap wooden pallets can be taken to any of the recycling
centers. Pallets must be stacked neatly and the wood must be of good quality to
be recycled.
JBSA recycling centers accept stoves, refrigerators and
smaller appliances for scrap metal. All appliances must have their fluids
drained out before being brought to a recycling center.
JBSA members who plan to drop off any heavy recyclable items
at a recycling center should call the JBSA Recycling Operations Center Office
in advance to have a forklift available.
Crane said items that are not recyclable and not accepted by
502nd CES personnel include plastic foam, machine parts, lawn mowers, computers
and electronic equipment.