Recycling is the third of the three R’s, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Recycling is basically taking a product or material at the end of its useful life and turning it into a raw material that will be used to make another product.

The Carroll County Recycling Center located in Eureka Springs is one of the most recognized, utilized and copied facilities in the entire state. Curb side recycling service is now provided to in excess of 5,500 customers and there are satellite recycling drop off centers located in both Berryville and Green Forest.

In 2010 4.9-million pounds of material was diverted from our NABORS land fill to our recycling center. The true economics of recycling however must be considered in terms of energy savings, resource preservation, pollution reduction, collection and safe disposal of hazardous waste and other related factors.

Most important however is the rapidly diminishing class-1 air space available at our land fill and the very high cost (in excess of $1 million) of developing a new cell. To keep costs to our customers as low as possible and to insure that we are able to meet future disposable needs it is essential that we divert as much material as possible from the land fill to the recycling enterprise.

The recycling center in Eureka Springs is staffed by five employees whose responsibilities include separating material, bailing or packaging and working with commodity brokers.

What Can I Recycle?

Batteries: household, power tools, backup batteries for computers, vehicles

#1 & #2 Plastics: If it’s not a bottle, we can’t accept it

Glass: Bottles, any color                            Antifreeze

Cooking Oil                                              Motor Oil

Household Hazardous Waste: see link (Residential only, please)

Electronics                                               Corrugated Cardboard

Steel: cans, scrap metal                            Aluminum: foil, cans

Newspaper: paper, magazines, books (without the hardback covers), envelopes

Appliances that contain Freon – fee

Items accepted with our curbside service:

Aluminum, glass bottles, steel cans, #1 & #2 plastic bottles, newspaper (put in plastic bag on top of recycle items)

When Can I Recycle?

For curbside customers, simply place bin at the curb on your designated day. For those residents utilizing one of our area drop-off centers, they are all open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. For Eureka Springs, the days and hours are Monday thru Friday, 8 AM until 4 PM