The Town of Merrillville offers recycling to Merrillville residents. Our recycling bin is located at 13 W. 73rd Avenue in the parking lot in front of the fence in the green dumpster.

Listed Below are the Only Items that are Accepted

Metal
Tin (steel) food cans
Aluminum beverage cans
*Please rinse and remove all labels and if possible crush all cans.

Glass
Juice, pop and soda bottles
Beer and wine bottles
*Please remove lids, rinse and separate by color.

Plastic
Milk and Juice jugs
Any other plastic containers that are numbered 1 or 2
*Please rinse containers, crush and replace lids.

Newspapers
Newspaper, ant inserts, tabloids or sales papers that originally came with the paper.
*Please bundle in brown paper grocery bags.

Absolutely no other materials will be accepted.