City of Ypsilanti Recycling Drop-Off Center

Love the Depot Town Recycling Center. Can’t stand how Ann Arbor charges a nominal fee to allow you the privilege of unloading your recyclables so they can sell them. Win Win for them — but not for us. I love being able to take my recyclables to the Depot Town Drop-​off Center. I especially love that they take most Styrofoam. Only draw back is they want you to take the caps off the plastic items and throw them away. I don’t understand why they aren’t recyclable. But the pros completely outweigh the cons.

I can’t do curbside where I live, so this is a heaven-​sent.
Plus, compared to other places I have lived, they have a very extensive list of items that they accept. (Which is available online!)
They are open from 9am — 3pm, Thursday — Saturday.

Hey. It’s free. And open almost half the week.

I love the fact that Ypsilanti has a recycling drop-​off center! But am still upset that I can’t be apart of the curbside recycling program. I guess if you live in the City of Ypsilanti, in a building with more than 3 units, then the city will not allow you to be apart of the curbside recycling program.
I am giving the drop-​off center 2 stars because they are currently only open 3 days out of the week, which is really inconvenient. I end up just going to Ypsilanti’s Township recycling drop-​off center to drop my stuff off, since it’s open everyday. And I can never remember which days/​times that the City of Ypsilanti’s recycling drop-​off center is open.

This drop-​off center takes all the same paper, plastic and paper goods that you can recycle curbside. However, if you miss your recycling day or have a bunch of paper you’ve collected at your office and want to drop it off, this is a really convenient location.
It’s in the parking lot near Frog Island and the Ypsilanti Farmer’s Market. Parking is always easy there unless there’s a major festival. However, they tend to be closed during major festivals (like Heritage Fest this weekend).
The other nice thing about this drop-​off location is that it’s one of the few recycling centers in the area that accepts styrofoam. My husband and I had accumulated a couple big bags of the the stuff over a few years and just had never gotten around to figuring out what we could do with it. Once we discovered this location accepted the material, it took us just a few minutes to park and unload it. The employees there are friendly and will direct you where you need to go. On a Saturday morning, we had no wait at all, since we were the only ones there.