PLAIN Community Recycling Program

Cultivating a Greener Tomorrow in Pine Lake: Where Arts and Environment Flourish, Together we Recycle, Sustain, and Cherish!

Materials Currently Accepted
  1. Electronics (things that plug in)
    •  note: $25 dollar fee for TVs and Computer screens)
  2. Glass Bottles
  3. Metal items
  4. Milk Cartons/Tetra Packs
  5. Plastics
    • Cutlery (knives, forks, spoons, stirrers)
    • Non stretchy plastic food packaging
    • Stretchy plastic (baggies, saran wrap, amazon mailers, etc)
    • Straws
    • Yard signs
  6. Styrofoam
    • food grade
    • regular
Examples pictured below.
2nd Saturday every other month from 10am-12pm -Juy 12, 2025 
  • Juy 12, 2025 
  • Sept 20, 2025 (because Pride Lake falls on usual date)
  • Novemeber 8, 2025
  • January 10, 2026
  • March 14, 2026
Items CHARM Accepts
Our volunteers collect your materials and take it to CHARM so you don't have to!

Simply drop your clean and dry materials off with us on one of our drop-off days located at the Pine Lake Clubhouse. 

Come down Clubhouse from Poplar and turn left into the lot. If it is busy, wait for a volunteer to point you to a place to pause for drop-off.

Not available during our drop-off time? No worries!

Our volunteers are able to pick-up directly from your house the week leading up to the drop-off date. Click the button here to sign-up for a time that works for you!

Arrange an alternative pick up time

Styrofoam must be clean and dry (free from food residue)

Stretchy plastic (any plastic that when you put your thumb through it, it stretches)

Anything that plugs-in EXCEPT TVs, computers, and printers.  $25 dollar fee for TVs and Computer scree

Glass must be clean and dry (free from food residue)

Metal

Other Recycling Resources

Our working group is working diligently to list additional opportunities for you to participate in. More coming soon!