**********If the Courthouse is closed due to weather, recycling will be closed also. Please see the county website at www.putnamcountyohio.gov if they are closed or see our facebook page. ********* The Ottawa Recycle Center hours are Mon. thru Fri. 9-5, open the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month, but closed on holidays and for Road Level 3. Upcoming Saturday dates are November 2nd, November 16th, December 7th and December 21st from 8AM to 11AM. Check out our Facebook page for updated information. Recycling will be closed on Monday, November 11, 2024 all day in observance of Veterans Day, they will be back open normal hours Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Recycling will also be closed on Thursday, November 28, 2024 all day in observance of Thanksgiving Day and will be back open Friday, November 29, 2024. Recycling has started up the DRIVE THRU recycling since Monday, July 17, 2023. The hours will remain the same, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and the 1st & 3rd Saturdays 8-11am. You will continue to use the drive closest to the railroad tracks, across from Car-e-its back parking lot. Stay to the right and drive all the way to the last building. You will be using the very last big overhead door in the last building to pull into. Please wait for an attendant to direct you and help you. You will then exit to the right. Please be patient and bear with us for this new work in process. Thank you from the Putnam County Solid Waste District, Putnam County Commissioners Office and especially from the Recycling Employees out there!

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The Earth is a closed system. Everything that we don’t recycle, remains here for future generations.

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