The Web site allows users to search by item, locate nearby recycling centers, learn about curbside recycling and other solid waste services offered in their community and get detailed information geared to residents, businesses, schools, building designers and contractors. This fall, users will also be able to search by address, which will allow them to locate the nearest recycling entity that accepts the item(s) they want to recycle. This feature will include maps and other helpful information.

As landfill capacity declines and the effects of climate change become more apparent, recycling offers a measurable, attainable long-term strategy that creates jobs, extends natural resources and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The region's four municipal solid waste landfills will close in the next 20 years - likely much sooner if we continue to choose disposal over reuse or recycling.

RecycleSpot.org provides information for the eight-county area that MARC serves: Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri; and Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. RecycleSpot.org was developed by MARC for their Solid Waste Management District. It is funded partially by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.