Regional Pod Grants for Special and Banned Item Collections

District B uses grant funds from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources each year to collect banned/special items in our region. For over 20 years, the North Missouri Solid Waste Management District-B, has been an important part of collecting and recyling household hazardous waste, and banned items. Grant funds pay for the disposal cost, while Plan Implementation funds pay for staff time. The efforts of the District have prevented these items from being placed in landfills or illegally disposed of throughout rural areas, where a lot of the banned items would be illegally dumped in ditches, creeks, or on their property, which is not very beneficial for our environment. The District collects most types of electronic equipment including: computers, monitors, television sets, printers, and copiers; appliances including: refrgerators, freezers, washers, dryers, hot water heaters, and air conditioners; scap metal including lawn mowers, swing sets , and bicycles; househod cleaners, furniture polish, floor wax, antifreeze, brake fluid, pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides, paint thinner, paint strippers, stains, varnish, ext.; and household, rechargeable, truck, tractor, and car batteries. The district charges patrons fees associated with the collections. 

The district holds banned and special collections throughout the region and is in the process of having semi-permanent containers to collect tires, electronic, scrap metal, appliances, rechargeable batteries, lead acid batteries, household batteries, and household hazardous waste. Grants have been awarded to have locations in the Town of Carrollton and Harrision County, with future sites in Sullivan, Caldwell, Daviess, and Linn Counties.