Other Recycling & Waste Reduction Programs

Household Hazardous Waste | ABOP + C | Scrap Metal Recycling
Brush & Bulky | Beat the Heap Compost Bin Sales | Christmas TreeCycle

Recycling Miscellaneous Items
Many businesses, charities and other organizations in the Tucson area accept various materials for reuse, repair or recycling. For information about these options, call the Recycling Info Line at 791-5000.

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW):
Many common materials found in households and businesses should not be disposed of in landfills. The City of Tucson and Pima County jointly operate sites where residents and small businesses may bring household hazardous items for recycling, exchange or safe disposal. The service is free to the public.

Site Location Hours Open HHW Main Site 2440 W. Sweetwater Dr.  8 a.m. - 12 noon every Friday and Saturday Eastside City Hall 7575 E. Speedway Blvd 8 a.m. - noon first Saturday of every month Tucson Water Plant2 1102 W. Irvington Road 8 a.m. - noon first Saturday of every month

These materials are accepted:

paint | cleaners | acids | pool chemicals | lawn & garden chemicals
drain openers  | auto fluids | glues/adhesives | flammable products
anything marked toxic, poison, or danger

Information: Household Hazardous Waste Program (Pima County website) Household Hazardous Waste Program  888-6947   Small Business Waste Assistance Program  740-3340

 

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ABOPC: Antifreeze, Batteries, Oil, Paint & Computers
These items can be dropped off with no fee at a special household hazardous waste collection site across from the scale house at Los Reales Landfill:

Antifreeze,
Batteries (auto and dry)
Motor oil (5 gallon maximum size)
Paint (25 cans maximum)
Computers (One per household)

This site cannot accept business-generated waste.

The City's Los Reales Landfill

• Location: 5300 E. Los Reales Road (Craycroft Road exit south of I-10)
• Hours: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
• Landfill holiday schedule: call 791-5085.

This program is part of the City/County Household Hazardous Waste program

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Scrap Metal Recycling
Scrap metal can be recycled at Los Reales Landfill with no fee. See hours and location under ABOPC above.

Acceptable Items:

* refrigerators  * stoves  * other metal appliances
* aluminum siding  * swamp coolers    * water coolers  
* file cabinets  * chain link fencing    * bicycles 
* air conditioners *hot water heaters  * anything that's mostly metal

No automobiles

To comply with federal regulations and prevent pollution in the landfill, certified technicians remove freon before the metal appliances are baled for recycling.

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Brush & Bulky Collection
Crews visit every area of the city twice each year to collect residential brush and bulky items. Collected tires and scrap metal items like appliances, chain link fence and bicycles are recycled. To see items that can be set out for collection and to find the dates when crews will be in your area, see the Brush and Bulky map.

Tucson Greencycles Compost Bin Sales
In partnership with Tucson Organic Gardeners, Environmental Services offers composting workshops and compost bins for sale. For more information contact 791-5000 or Tucson Organic Gardeners at 670-9158.

Christmas TreeCycle
For several weeks following Christmas, the City of Tucson and cooperating sponsors provide many sites in the greater Tucson area for residents to drop off their Christmas trees. The trees are then taken to area landfills to be mulched and used for erosion control and other environmental projects.

Locations and information (pdf)

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City of Tucson Environmental Services
Customer Service 791-3171
Recycling Info 791-5000
Website: www.tucsonrecycles.org
E-mail: recycle@ci.tucson.az.us
Website: www.cityoftucson.org/esd/