Listed hours: Mon-Sat 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Sun Closed
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Axmen Recycling has bought scrap metal in Missoula since 2010. The family-owned yard on Summit Drive pays cash for copper, aluminum, batteries, and most other scrap metal, and it tows scrap cars from the local area for free. Axmen asks sellers not to drain fluids from vehicles bound for the yard, so the yard drains and disposes of them itself. It does not take plastic, glass, or newspaper. It is open six days a week, Monday through Saturday.
Listed hours: Mon Closed · Tue-Fri 9:00 AM – 4:45 PM · Sat 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Sun Closed
Accepts: Copper, Aluminum, Batteries, Junk cars, Scrap metal
Services: Free local towing of scrap cars · Cash for scrap metal · Cash for junk cars · Current price list online
Does Axmen Recycling tow junk cars?
Yes. The yard offers free local towing pickup for scrap cars.
Should I drain the fluids from a car before selling it to Axmen Recycling?
No. Axmen asks sellers to leave the fluids in so the yard drains and disposes of them itself.
Garden City Compost operates as a compost site in Missoula, MT. The site processes organic waste into high-quality compost products for community use. They also focus on resource recovery and improving composting practices.
Listed hours: Mon-Sat 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Sun Closed
Accepts: Organic waste, Food waste, Yard waste, Clean wood
Services: Composting services · Facility tours · Stump grinding
What types of materials are accepted?
Garden City Compost accepts organic waste, food waste, yard waste, and clean wood.
Are there any restrictions on stumps?
Yes, stumps must be clean of dirt and rock. Otherwise, they will not be accepted.
Grizzly Disposal Recycling is a trusted local disposal and recycling company in Missoula, MT, offering affordable garbage and recycling services for residential and commercial properties. They provide weekly cardboard recycling services for businesses, curbside garbage pick-up for homes and apartment buildings with 65 or 95-gallon carts available. Grizzly Disposal also offers commercial services to help maintain the efficiency of commercial properties. Additionally, they have initiatives like partnering with Grizzly Athletics to support student-athletes through garbage can switches and raising money for individuals impacted by breast cancer through the sale of pink carts. Visitors can contact them for competitive quotes on garbage and recycling services, as well as demolition services based on volume and frequency. The company's address is 9730 Derby Drive, Missoula, MT 59808, and they can be reached at tel 406-541-7171 during their opening hours from Mon-Fri 8am-5pm.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Sat-Sun Closed
Two University of Montana graduates founded Home ReSource in 2003 as a volunteer-run building materials reuse center on Kent Street, and it now operates as a community sustainability center on Wyoming Street in Missoula. The store takes donated cabinets, doors, bathtubs, brick and pavers, carpet, and countertops in good condition during business hours. It turns away automobile fluids, unlabeled containers, pesticides, and other hazardous products. Fluorescent tubes, CFLs, U-bends, and circle lights are recycled through the front counter for a fee. Heavy donations such as cast iron tubs come off the truck by forklift, and the store loans a free pallet for loads of brick or pavers.
Listed hours: Mon-Tue 9am - 6pm · Wed 10am - 6pm · Thu-Sat 9am - 6pm · Sun 10am - 4pm
Accepts: Cabinets, Doors, Bathtubs, Brick and pavers, Carpet, Countertops, Fluorescent tubes and CFLs
Services: Building materials donation drop-off · Forklift unloading for heavy donations · Free pallet loan for brick and pavers · Fluorescent tube and CFL recycling for a fee · Deconstruction · Woodshop workshops and Fixit Clinics
Does Home ReSource accept donated cabinets and doors?
Yes, in good condition. Cabinets must be free of water damage, and real wood doors, vintage panel doors, and solid core commercial doors are on the accepted list.
Can I recycle fluorescent tubes at Home ReSource?
Yes. The store takes 2-foot to 4-foot tubes (T5, T8, T12), CFLs, U-bends, and circle lights at the front counter for a fee.
Modern Recycling in Missoula is western Montana's largest scrap facility, veteran-owned and paying cash for ferrous and nonferrous metals, junk cars, appliances, and e-scrap. Free junk car tow-away is available statewide along with bin, roll-off, and mobile baling services for commercial clients. Call 406-369-5711 for pricing.
Listed hours: Mon Closed · Tue-Fri 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Sun Closed
Accepts: Steel, Iron, Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Insulated wire, Electric motors, Radiators, Junk vehicles, Appliances, E-scrap
Services: Scrap metal buying · Free junk car removal · Bin and roll-off container service · Mobile baling crews · Appliance disposal · E-scrap recycling
Does Modern Recycling pick up junk cars?
Yes. Free tow-away removal is available for junk vehicles with cash payment.
What is Modern Recycling Missoula phone number?
Call 406-369-5711 for pricing or 406-540-1122 for the Missoula facility.
Pacific Steel & Recycling in Missoula offers metal recycling and steel services. The site is focused on sustainability and reducing environmental impact by selling scrap metal to U.S. steel mills.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Sat-Sun Closed
Accepts: scrap metal, vehicles, catalytic converters, aluminum, brass, copper, steel, ferrous materials, non-ferrous materials
Services: Recycling · Railcar Recycling · Steel services
What are the hours of operation?
Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:45 PM.
What is the contact phone number?
The local phone number is (406) 543-7280.
Republic’s Missoula Recycling Center provides free drop-off 24/7 at 3207 W Broadway. Staffed hours are Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m.–noon. Glass, batteries, e-waste, plastic bags/film, Styrofoam, food, and other listed contaminants are excluded.
Accepts: Basic recyclable materials, Certain non-ferrous metals for buyback
Services: Free recycling drop-off, 24/7 · Staffed recycling and buyback service
When is the drop-off open?
Free drop-off 24/7; staffed Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m.–noon.
Are electronics or glass accepted?
No. The operator lists e-waste and glass as excluded.
Listed hours: Mon-Sat 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM · Sun Closed
What company-level annual revenue has this listing’s brand reported?
For company-level context, Republic Services, Inc. reported $16,591,000,000 in consolidated revenue for 2025, in its release dated 2026-02-17. This listing names the Republic Services brand and links to the company's domain. The figure is the company's overall revenue, not this location's sales, valuation or a claim about who owns its land. It is an actual reported annual figure, not 2026 guidance.
Republic Services Missoula Recycling Center
3207 W Broadway St Missoula MT 59808 USA
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Republic Services’ Missoula Recycling Center is at 3207 W. Broadway Street in Missoula and provides a free 24-hour drop-off for basic recyclables. The company says the facility processes more than 13 million pounds of material annually and lists a buy-back program for selected non-ferrous metals.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM · Sat 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Sun Closed
Accepts: Aluminum beverage cans, Scrap aluminum, Copper #1 and #2, Red brass, Yellow brass, Lead, Automotive radiators, Automotive batteries, Starters and alternators
Services: 24-hour recycling drop-off · Buy-back program for selected metals
Where is the Missoula Recycling Center?
Republic Services lists it at 3207 W. Broadway St., Missoula, MT 59808.
What materials are listed for the buy-back program?
The page names aluminum beverage cans, scrap aluminum, starters and alternators, copper, brass, lead, automotive radiators and automotive batteries.
Waste Less Works is a locally owned deconstruction and selective demolition business dedicated to reducing waste in the built environment. Salvaged building materials are sold at their storage yard at 2604 Industry Street.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 9AM–5PM · Sat-Sun Closed
Accepts: Salvaged building materials
Services: Full Deconstruction · Selective Demolition · Salvaged Material Sales
Materials Accepted in Missoula
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Missoula include sustainability, Drop-off, scrap metal, auto salvage, Scrap Metal. Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Recycling in Missoula, Montana
Missoula sits in a mountain valley where the Clark Fork, Bitterroot, and Blackfoot rivers meet, and there is no city-run curbside recycling program: pickup comes from private haulers like Republic Services, Garden City Recycling, and the nonprofit Recycling Works. Montana has no bottle deposit law, so cans and bottles go in with regular recycling rather than to a redemption center. Home ReSource, the local building-materials reuse center, has become the go-to spot for hard-to-recycle items and household chemical disposal that the haulers will not take.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Missoula have city-run curbside recycling?
No. Missoula does not operate a municipal curbside recycling program, so residents sign up directly with a private hauler. Republic Services, Garden City Recycling, and the nonprofit Recycling Works all offer subscription pickup in the city, and pricing and accepted materials vary by company. Recycling Works lets you build a plan from glass, multi-stream (paper, cardboard, cans, plastic), and compost, while Garden City Recycling and Republic Services focus on standard multi-stream recycling.
Where does glass recycling go in Missoula?
Glass is handled separately from most curbside recycling in Missoula. Recycling Works, a local nonprofit, runs a dedicated glass subscription service and also hosts quarterly glass drop-off events at Big Sky High School's north parking lot, with a suggested $1-per-gallon donation. Glass gets processed locally, then shipped to a glass recycler in Salt Lake City that turns it into new bottles and fiberglass insulation.
Can I take recycling straight to the Missoula landfill?
Yes. The Missoula landfill, operated by Republic Services at 3737 Coal Mine Road, accepts drop-off recycling and household trash and is open Monday through Saturday. It functions as the county's main disposal and transfer point, so haulers and residents doing their own runs both end up there for anything that is not handled curbside.
How do I get rid of household hazardous waste or electronics in Missoula?
Missoula does not have year-round curbside hazardous waste pickup, but Home ReSource runs a Household Chemical Disposal facility (by appointment, fee-based) for paint, solvents, and similar chemicals, and the Missoula Valley Water Quality District has historically hosted an annual Hazardous Waste Days event each September. For electronics, options include Pacific Steel and Recycling, Best Buy, Staples, and a handful of local repair and e-waste shops; Montana has no state law requiring e-waste recycling, so always call ahead to confirm what a location takes and whether there is a fee.
Does Montana have a bottle deposit or can-return program?
No. Montana is one of the states without a bottle bill, so there is no deposit added to cans or bottles at purchase and no redemption center to return them to for cash. Aluminum cans, glass, and plastic bottles in Missoula simply go into your curbside recycling or a glass drop-off, not a deposit machine.
Recycling tips for Missoula
- •Sign up with a hauler before you assume you have recycling: Missoula has no city bin program, so service only starts once you subscribe to Republic Services, Garden City Recycling, or Recycling Works.
- •Keep glass separate. Most multi-stream haulers in Missoula do not take glass in the regular bin, so use Recycling Works' glass subscription or one of its quarterly drop-off events at Big Sky High School.
- •Rinse containers and remove caps and lids before glass drop-off; Pyrex, windows, and lightbulbs are not accepted even though they are glass.
- •For paint, solvents, and other household chemicals, book an appointment at Home ReSource's Household Chemical Disposal facility rather than putting them in the trash or pouring them out.
- •Winter temperature inversions settle over the valley and trap air pollution for days at a time, so burning yard waste or trash is discouraged locally; bag yard debris for pickup or haul it to the landfill instead.
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