Parks Recycling Program Resumes for the 2016 Season

May 12th, 2016

Due to its success and overwhelming positive community feedback, the city of Ann Arbor parks recycling program has returned with 23 park locations. Parks were chosen based on the frequency of park users and events, with special consideration for areas with team sports fields, such as baseball and soccer. The program has been in place since 2014 and each year grows to include a few additional locations. Many of the parks continue to have a 50-100% fill rate (weekly) with recyclable material and low contamination rates.

For the 2016 season (May - November), these parks will have recycling available:

Allmendinger Park • Argo Park • Bandemer Park • Burns Park • Buhr Park • Clinton Park • Forsythe Park* • Frisinger Park • Fuller Park • Furstenberg Nature Area • Gallup Park • Glacier Highlands* • Hunt Park • Island Park • Longshore Park • Mary Beth Doyle Nature Area • Olson Park • Sculpture Plaza* • Southeast Area Park • Swift Run Dog Park • Veterans Memorial Park and the Ann Arbor Skatepark • West Park • Wheeler Park

*Newly added parks for the 2016 season

Recycling in the parks is just like recycling at your own home in Ann Arbor- glass, metal, empty plastic bottles & tubs (#1, #2, #4-7), and paper can all go into the single-stream bins. As a reminder, no food waste, Styrofoam, plastic bags or dog waste should go into recycling bins.

For more information about the recycling program in the parks, please contact Christine Chessler-Stull at [email protected] or 734.662.6288 ext.119
To learn more about the City of Ann Arbor parks system, visit www.a2gov.org/parks; or for details on the recycling program in Ann Arbor, go to www.a2gov.org/recycle