Where the reusable
stuff actually goes.
Before anything we haul reaches a landfill, it is offered to the people who can use it. These are some of the Mid Missouri partners we work with to keep usable items in the community and out of the trash.
$80,000 of working freezers,
donated instead of dumped.
When a national retail chain remodeled and replaced their entire commercial refrigeration system with new equipment, the original units were fully functional — just no longer needed. Instead of scrapping them, we stepped in and delivered them to The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri.
Eight fully functional commercial refrigerators and freezers — valued at over $30,000 used and $80,000+ new — donated instead of going to a landfill. It is the clearest example of how we think about disposal: the landfill is the last resort, not the first. If something works, someone can use it.
Meet the partners ↓Free Christmas tree pickup.
We collect real Christmas trees across Columbia every January at no charge and deliver them to the Missouri Department of Conservation, where they become fish habitat in local lakes. Your tree keeps giving for years.
Schedule a tree pickup
Some of who we work with.
Six organizations across Mid Missouri. Donations, recycling, and volunteer work all run through these relationships.
Love Columbia
A Columbia nonprofit that helps neighbors move toward stability. Reusable furniture and household goods we collect are offered here first.
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City of Refuge
Serving refugee and immigrant families in Columbia. Usable items we pick up often find a second home through them.
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ForColumbia
A coalition that mobilizes volunteers to serve Columbia. We pitch in where hauling and cleanup help most.
Learn more →The Hogan House
A Mid Missouri community partner we are proud to support.
Learn more →The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri
Distributes food across central and northeast Missouri. In 2024 we donated eight commercial refrigerators and freezers to support their work.
Learn more →Missouri Department of Conservation
Every January, the real Christmas trees we collect are delivered to the Missouri Department of Conservation — where they are sunk in local lakes to create fish habitat, providing shelter and feeding grounds for years to come.
Learn why it works →Got something that
still has life in it?
Call us, text a photo, or fill out the form. We are open Mon–Sat, 6 AM to 9 PM, with Sunday by special request. We will route what we can to the partners above before anything reaches the landfill.
Our disposal order
- Donate to the partners on this page.
- Recycle metals and electronics.
- Landfill only what is truly left.