City of Fayetteville, AR

11/12/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/12/2024 10:54

City of Fayetteville curbside recycling interruption

Nov. 12, 2024

Contact: Peter Nierengarten

Environmental Director

Sustainability and Resilience

479-575-8272

City of Fayetteville curbside recycling interruption

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The City of Fayetteville's Recycling and Trash Collection Department is experiencing a recycling driver shortage, which may affect curbside recycling routes starting Tuesday, Nov. 12.

No residential trash, commercial trash or commercial recycling routes, nor yard-waste collection routes, will be affected and will run on normal schedule.

Residential and commercial customers placing the 18-gallon green recycling curbside bins out on their normal collection days should expect that not all recycling routes will be serviced due to the lack of commercial drivers license (CDL) drivers needed for the collections.

The driver shortage is expected to affect curbside recycling routes until new drivers can be hired. All efforts will be made to service as many routes as possible.

If their recycling bins are not serviced, residents and businesses are encouraged to use the City's two recycling drop-off facilities, which are available 24 hours a day:

  • Happy Hollow Recycling Dropoff, 1420 S. Happy Hollow Road
  • Marion Orton Recycling Center, 735 W. North St.

Recycling Reminders

Please help our remaining recycling drivers collect materials more efficiently by only placing these recyclable items accepted in our program:

  • Cardboard - please flatten and place in a recycling bin
  • Mixed paper - Must be clean and dry; includes newspapers and inserts, white office paper, magazines and catalogs, junk mail, cereal and other paperboard boxes and telephone books
  • Steel cans - labels are acceptable; place metal lids inside steel cans
  • Aluminum cans - cans ONLY
  • Plastic #1 bottles - caps accepted; focus on water and soda bottles
  • Plastic #2 bottles - caps accepted; focus on milk and detergent bottles
  • Glass bottles and jars - All colors, no ceramics or plate glass

The following items cannot be recycled though the City's program:

  • No foil pans
  • No plastic containers (yogurt, Tupperware, takeout)
  • No plastic bags
  • No polystyrene (#6) or Styrofoam
  • No paper cartons (half-gallons of milk, almond, soy milk cartons or boxes)

Important tips

  • Please rinse out bins to avoid excess grime and maggots.
  • No tobacco products.
  • Focus only on the items listed above for target recyclables. Non-recyclable materials in the bins increases sorting time and difficulty, or cause them not to be collected.
  • Please place recycling bins within 6 feet of the curb and at least 3 feet from your trash cart the night before your scheduled trash day.

For more information about how to properly sort materials for the City's curbside recycling program go to: https://www.fayetteville-ar.gov/746/Curbside-Recycling.

If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a recycling route driver for the City, go here to learn more about the position: https://www.fayetteville-ar.gov/routedriver.

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