Recycling

Announcing our partnership with Neighbors NWA on a rural, curbside recycling pilot project

This pilot project will help Boston Mountain Solid Waste District recognize what works well for rural areas in a bagged, curbside recycling program and what needs improvement.

This project will run from the end of January to June 30th.

The pilot project uses two different colors of recycling bags-

Blue bags hold 20 – 30 gallons and are for your mixed paper, shredded paper, paperboard, junk mail, newspaper, and magazines. Flatten cardbroad and place it underneath the bags.

Green bags hold 55 – 60 gallons and are for your #1 and #2 plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and steel cans.

Each household participating in the pilot project will receive five bags for each (2) quarter of the pilot project. If your household needs extra bags, contact Neighbors NWA to receive up to five additional bags for the remainder of the quarter. At the beginning of April, an additional five recycling bags will be dropped off at participating households to last until the end of June.

How the Curbside Recycling Pilot Will Work:

-Contact Neighbors NWA right away to request curbside recycling service, if you don’t have it already

-Call or text 479.879.5997 with your address to request recycling bags

-Once you have recycling service, Neighbors NWA will bring you five recycling bags to last until March.

-The bags are large. Put them by the curb on pickup day only once they are almost full.

-Five more recycling bags will be dropped off at your home to use from April to June

What Belongs in Your Recycling Bags:

Green Bags -

• #1 Plastic bottles (water bottles, soda bottles)

• #2 Plastic bottles (milk jugs, detergent bottles)

• Aluminum cans

• Steel cans

Blue Bags -

• Mixed paper

• Paperboard

• Junk mail

• Newspaper, magazines