Driven to recycle? Here are the spots

ST. PETERSBURG -- The recycling bins for newspapers, magazines and aluminum cans have vanished from the parking lot at St. Raphael's Catholic Church, 1376 Snell Isle Blvd. NE.

The city codes compliance assistance division cited the church in April, requesting that it submit a site plan that would obey setback requirements. The containers sat near some condominiums whose residents had complained of increased traffic and noise. Proper setbacks would establish a buffer zone, division director Sally Eichler said.

"My understanding was that they could have them; they just couldn't have them where they were," she said.

Residents can take recyclable materials to any of the city's full-service sites, which accept yard waste, newspapers, glass, plastic, cardboard and aluminum, said Bill Sundstrom, administrative coordinator for sanitation. By July 1, they will accept magazines as well. All are open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The addresses are 1000 62nd Ave. NE; 2453 20th Ave. N; 7750 26th Ave. N; 2500 26th Ave. S; 4015 Dr. M.L. King (Ninth) St. S; and 3802 54th Ave. S.

Public recycling sites that accept newspaper, glass, plastic and aluminum are at these addresses: Kash n' Karry, 6095 Ninth Ave. N; Grace Lutheran Church, 4301 16th St. N; Crescent Lake, 1320 Fifth St. N; and Clearview United Methodist Church, 4515 38th Ave. N.

The Municipal Marina, 300 Second Ave. SE, takes newspaper, plastic and aluminum. The St. Petersburg Times substation at 3131 13th Ave. N takes newspaper, glass and plastics.

St. Petersburg Times substations at these sites accept only newspaper: 4551 Fourth St. N.; 7030 Burlington Ave. N; and 3300 39th Ave. S.

For magazines, look to these sites: Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, 1600 54th Ave. S; St. Jude Cathedral, 5815 Fifth Ave. N; Clearview United Methodist, 4515 38th Ave., N; Cornerstone Community Church, 6745 38th Ave. N; Mobel Americana, 7201 First St. NE; Pasadena Community Church, 112 70th St. S; Congregation B'nai Israel, 300 58th St. N; and Boyd Hill Nature Park, 1101 Country Club Way S.

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