St. Louis will pause home recycling to save resources in the aftermath of the May 16 tornado.

Until June 30, the city recycling service said it will be throwing away recycling and green waste with trash. This change will help the city concentrate on storm cleanup.

St. Louisans can instead drop off their recyclable items at more than two dozen residential sites around the city.

In May, soon after being appointed by Mayor Cara Spencer, interim Director of Streets Jim Suelmann called for an end to alley recycling.

“I’m working on a program in refuse that will save the city about a million dollars a year, and I promise if this gets implemented you will see no trash in alleys. None,” Suelmann said at a city Budget and Public Employees Committee meeting .

Already, about 60% of what the

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