Recycling
The following items are accepted:
• Cans – aluminum, steel, aerosol
• Corrugated cardboard
• Glass – all colors
• Paper – newspaper, magazines, junk mail, mixed paper
• Books – soft back & hardback
• Paperboard
• Plastic bottles only
• Motor Oil
• Batteries
• Electronics
• Clothing (dry & clean)
• Towels, sheets, blankets
• Curtains & all other fabric items
• Purses, belts, wallets
• Backpacks, gym bags
• Shoes & toys (Working, up to 2’)
• Car seats
• Rubbermaid and Sterilite bulk storage bins
• We also take non-freon appliances and scrap metal for FREE (please no barbed wire or chain link fence at this time in scrap metal, it can be disposed of in the transfer station for a fee)
You can now bring FOOD WASTE to the Boston Mountain recycling center in Prairie Grove!
Food waste drop-off at Boston Mountain Solid Waste District
in Prairie Grove
Bring us your plate scraps, prep waste, uneaten leftovers, banana peels, coffee grounds (+filters) and more!
Bring us your food waste
Empty your food waste into the red cart at the front of our building
Close the lid!
The food waste will be picked up by Food Recycling Solutions and taken to the Fayetteville Compost Facility. There, it will be mixed with yard waste and turned into compost that residents can purchase for use at their homes!
We are giving away free 3.5-gallon food waste buckets and lids to make it easy as ever to collect your food waste and bring it to our food waste drop-off!
The food waste drop-off program is a great option if you want to recycle your food waste but cannot do so in your backyard, or for composting the items you cannot compost in your backyard (meat, dairy, and gluten).
Questions? Email recycle@bmswd.com
Food waste bucket
Food waste creates methane in the landfill- a greenhouse gas 28x more potent than carbon dioxide.
When food waste is diverted from the landfill and turned into compost to be used in gardens and on lawns, it becomes a soil amendment that balances soil pH, helps soil retain water, and sequesters more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere- helping to reduce the effects of climate change.
Recycling Program for Car Seats and Bulk Storage Bins*
*Storage bins and lids from Rubbermaid and Sterilite only
Old car seats and bulk storage bins are bulky, plastic products that many people have, but there hasn’t been a way to recycle them. Until now!
We’ve partnered with Ecotech Consumer Products in Fayetteville to turn these old, bulky plastics into new products. Our partnership supports the circular economy for recycling in Northwest Arkansas, which keeps materials in production and recycled locally.
All Car Seat & Bulk Bin Drop-off Locations:
Boston Mountain Solid Waste District- 11398 Bond Road, Prairie Grove Madison County Solid Waste and Recycling Center, 173 Madison 6553, Huntsville Springdale Recycling Center, SpringdaleIndividuals can bring car seats and bulk storage bins to Boston Mountain Solid Waste District in Prairie Grove, the Madison County Solid Waste and Recycling Center in Huntsville, and the Springdale Recycling Center. All locations have designated totes for these items.
At Boston Mountain, you can bring these items at our household hazardous waste building. To get to this area of our facility, drive behind our offices to the green building in front of the scale. You do not have to cross the scale.
Please remove the fabric and straps from the car seats if possible.
Please reach out to our Sustainability Coordinator, Taylor Osburn, if you have any questions! - tosburn@bmswd.com
