The City of Fayetteville operates recycling sites offering drop-off services for various recyclables including aluminum cans, cardboard, and glass. The Happy Hollow Recycling Drop-Off is accessible 24 hours a day for the community to dispose of accepted materials responsibly.
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Free Geek Arkansas is a nonprofit organization that focuses on reducing electronic waste and providing affordable electronics to the community. The site offers repair services, educational programs, and a thrift store specializing in used electronics.
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Listed hours: Mon-Tue Closed · Wed-Fri 12:00 – 6:00 PM · Sat 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM · Sun Closed
Accepts: Unwanted electronics, Working e-waste, Non-working electronics
Services: E-waste donation · Computer repair and refurbishing · Internet Cafe access · Tech support · Educational programs
What are your hours of operation?
We are open Wednesday to Friday from noon to 6 PM and Saturday from 11 AM to 6 PM.
Greenland Recycling at 170 N Letitia Ave next to the community center accepts aluminum cans, plastics #1 and #2, glass, cardboard, chipboard, steel cans, and paper Monday through Friday 8 AM to 3:30 PM and Saturday 8 AM to 3:30 PM.
Marion Orton Recycling Drop-Off is in Fayetteville, AR. It is a 24-hour site where residents can drop off recyclable materials safely. The site focuses on environmental sustainability by promoting recycling practices.
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Listed hours: Mon-Sun Open 24 hours
Accepts: Aluminum cans, Corrugated cardboard, Glass bottles and jars, Mixed paper, Newspaper, Paperboard or chipboard, Plastic #2, Plastic bottles #1, Steel or tin cans, Alkaline and lithium batteries, Aerosol cans, Holiday light strands
Services: Recycling Drop-Off
What are the hours for the Marion Orton Recycling Drop-Off?
The Marion Orton Recycling Drop-Off is open 24 hours a day.
What materials are accepted at the drop-off?
Accepted materials include aluminum cans, glass bottles, mixed paper, and certain plastics.
Total Environmental is a commercial recycling company in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with offices at 1421 East 15th St and 500 W Van Asche Dr. It helps businesses find waste-reduction and recycling opportunities, offering recycling equipment rental and leasing, waste audits, staff training, and sustainability reporting. Accepted materials include cardboard, plastic, electronics, paper, wood, and concrete.
Equipment on offer includes open-top containers, cardboard and plastic balers, and flatbed trailers, and the company runs bale routes, secure destruction of branded materials, and live-load service. Contact Total Environmental to set up a recycling program or audit.
TRG Fayetteville, an Alter Company, is a scrap metal recycling facility at 1400 S. Warford Rd in Fayetteville, Arkansas, serving businesses and individuals across Northwest Arkansas. It recycles ferrous and non-ferrous metals and handles walk-in peddler customers, industrial accounts, and brokerage. The facility also provides container and roll-off services for industrial accounts and takes on demolition jobs. It is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and can be reached at 479-966-4994.
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Accepts: Ferrous metals, Non-ferrous metals, Scrap metal
Services: Scrap metal buying for individuals (peddler) · Industrial scrap metal accounts · Metal brokerage · Container and roll-off services for industrial accounts · Demolition jobs · Fast payment
What does TRG Fayetteville accept?
The facility recycles scrap metals, including ferrous and non-ferrous metals, from both businesses and individuals.
Vaughn Recycling is a third-generation, family-owned scrap metal yard at 1246 South School Ave in Fayetteville, AR, buying and selling both ferrous and non-ferrous metals such as copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, iron, insulated wire, carbide, titanium, and electronic scrap. Customers pull in at the south entrance to the certified scales, where staff sort and weigh the material, write a ticket, and pay in the front office. Beyond walk-in buying, the yard offers crane unloading, yard access for buying reusable metals, HVAC and scrap pickup with refrigerant recovery, no-rent roll-off containers for metal, and demolition service across Northwest Arkansas. Separate pricing is available for commercial and industrial customers, and current commodity prices can be checked online with SMS/email alerts when prices change.
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Listed hours: Mon-Sat 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Sun Closed
Services: Scale operators who unload and sort scrap metal · Crane/excavator unloading for heavy material · Yard access for customers to buy reusable metals and items · HVAC and scrap metal pickup service with refrigerant recovery · Roll-off containers for metal (no rental fee) · Demolition service for houses, barns, chicken houses, and garages across NWA (free bid) · Buying and selling ferrous and non-ferrous metals · Separate commercial/industrial pricing · Online commodity price checking with SMS/email price-change alerts
What metals does Vaughn Recycling buy?
They buy ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, iron, insulated wire, carbide, titanium, and electronic scrap. Commercial and industrial customers have separate pricing.
What are the hours?
Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Saturday 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Closed Sunday.
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Fayetteville include recycling, Aluminum cans, Corrugated cardboard, Glass bottles and jars, Mixed paper. Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Fayetteville moved to weekly cart-based recycling on June 1, 2026, so residents no longer sort at the curb, with one holdout: glass still needs a separate bin. The city runs a Pay-As-You-Throw landfill trash program, which means recycling well shows up directly on the monthly utility bill. Its household hazardous waste trailer is free but deliberately narrow about what it will take.
Frequently Asked Questions
What changed with Fayetteville recycling in 2026?
Weekly cart-based recycling collection launched June 1, 2026. The accepted recyclables stayed the same, but residents no longer have to separate them before taking them to the curb, and drivers no longer sort at the curb. Everything accepted goes into a single larger blue cart, except glass.
Where does glass go in Fayetteville?
Glass must still be recycled in a separate bin at this time rather than in the blue cart.
Does recycling save money in Fayetteville?
It can. The city runs a Pay-As-You-Throw landfill trash program, so reducing what you send to the landfill helps reduce your monthly utility bill. The city's stated goal is diverting at least 40 percent of all waste from the landfill.
What does the household hazardous waste trailer accept?
The trailer at the corner of S. Happy Hollow and 15th St. takes batteries, cleaners, oil-based paints, aerosols, fluorescent light bulbs at a limit of ten per person, sharps, pesticides and fertilizers, automotive and cooking oil, and mercury items. All containers must be labeled and closed. Since December 3, 2025 it has been open Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., excluding city holidays, at no cost. See our household hazardous waste guide.
What will the hazardous waste trailer not take?
No tires, electronics, or latex paints. Electronics go to Free Geek or Boston Mountain Solid Waste. Latex paint is not considered household hazardous waste and can go in household trash once completely solid; the city suggests adding an absorbent such as cat litter or sawdust and letting it dry for about an hour first.
Recycling tips for Fayetteville
•Keep glass out of the new blue cart and use the separate glass bin.
•Label and close every container before taking it to the hazardous waste trailer.
•Stay under the ten-bulb-per-person limit on fluorescent lights.
•Solidify latex paint with cat litter or sawdust and put it in the trash rather than the trailer.
•Use the Boston Mountain Solid Waste HHW Collection Center at 11398 Bond Road in Prairie Grove for what the trailer refuses.
Recycling centers near Fayetteville
The closest recycling centers in neighboring areas: