Beginning Aug 2, 2010 All Star Waste/Advanced Disposal will take over the collection of all residential recyclable materials for the Town of Collierville. ALL collection routes and types of materials accepted WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

Any residence requiring a Replacement Recycling Bin because theirs is damaged or broken should call All Star Waste/Advanced Disposal (901) 854-8865 for a FREE replacement bin. The damaged or broken bin will be exchanged for a new replacement bin with a Collierville logo and it will remain the property of the Town of Collierville.

For a new residence, the first recycle bin will be provided FREE with a Collierville logo and it will remain the property of the Town of Collierville.

To order an ADDITIONAL recycle bin, contact All Star Waste/Advanced Disposal at (901) 854-8865.

To report a missed recycle collection or for more information about Collierville's Recycling Program contact Collierville Public Services at (901) 853-3215 or log into The Town of Collierville's Public Service Department.

       Collierville Recycles:

Metal Cans/Aluminum beverage cans 

Glass/Food and Beverage bottles/jars 

All Plastic Bottles with narrow or threaded necks. 

Newspapers, brown paper bags, magazines, office paper, phone books/junk mail and envelopes. 

Cardboard (15" X 20” or smaller). 

         You CANNOT recycle: 

Oil/paint cans/ Aerosol cans/pie plates or ovenware 

Mirrors/window glass/light bulbs 

Foam/Styrofoam/plastic bags/toys/pesticide/motor oil bottles 

Bound or plastic wrappers

For more information call Collierville Public Services at 853-3215.

Shelby County school leaders hope to secure funding this year to replace an out-of- date Collierville Middle, but an official site for the new school hasn't been decided.

The middle school campus, located near town square in the heart of the historic district, is a collection of five buildings from various eras, with the oldest built in the mid-1930s and for years the site of Collierville High.

The district's plan on paper is to tear down the buildings — with the exception of the old high school — in phases and build a new middle school on the 9-acre campus.  But school planning officials and Collierville leaders are discussing a possible land swap that would relocate the middle school less than a mile from its current location at 146 College St. and give the town control of the current site with the treasured old high school, which is on the National Historic Registry.

Collierville Town Administrator James Lewellen said the land swap deal is in the early phases of talks and that many feasibility questions are still unanswered.  The proposed location of the new school is Suggs Park, located on about 16 acres just off of Center Street.

"We're kind of in the what-if stages," Lewellen said this week. "There's a lot of things that could derail the idea."

Still being discussed is how much land the school district would need to build a new middle school and what the town would do with the old high school, which needs to be brought up to current building codes.

The deadline to make a decision is August or September, when the school district will find out if it won the $13 million in Qualified School Construction Bonds requested through the Shelby County Commission for the middle school replacement.

If there's no deal by the deadline, then the district will move forward with plans to replace the school on its current site, said Richard Holden, Shelby schools' chief of operations. The old high school building would not be used after the replacement.

"The school district doesn't want to see it torn down, but we just don't have a need for it," Holden said.

If there's a land swap, the new middle school would likely be ready by August 2012. It would take another year to get all the students under one roof if the school's replaced on the current site.

According to the district's annual capital needs improvement report, the replacement is needed to meet current building and safety codes and to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Longtime Shelby school board member Joe Clayton, who graduated from the old Collierville High in 1950, said it's important to preserve the old building, where he remembers paying 15 cents for a small pecan pie and bottle of chocolate milk at lunch on Fridays and watching movies in the auditorium for a dime.

Clayton said he's interested to know how the town would use the old school.

"It's just a beautiful building. I don't see it ever going away," Clayton said. " ... I do have faith in our city leaders and I do believe they'll work out a plan that will be acceptable to all."

— Sherri Drake Silence: 529-2510