Recycling in Arkansas
Where to recycle, donate or get rid of things in 22 cities and towns across Arkansas. Pick your city, or search for your item. We also pick up anywhere in the state.
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Arkansas rules
- Arkansas charges a state rim removal fee of $3.00 for each new tire, and $1.00 for each used tire, that replaces a tire taken off a rim. Source: 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- Department of Finance and Administration: the rim removal fee is charged when a tire retailer takes a tire off a rim in connection with selling a replacement tire. Source: Arkansas DFA: Waste Tire Fee (opens in new tab)
- Bicycle, forklift, golf cart and lawnmower tires are not subject to the rim removal fee. Source: Arkansas DFA: Waste Tire Fee (opens in new tab)
More Arkansas rules (35)
- Tire retailers must collect the rim removal fee even if the buyer chooses to keep the old tire. Source: Arkansas DEQ Tire Accountability Program fact sheet: Tire Generators (opens in new tab)
- A tire retailer must accept, at no additional cost beyond the state fees, any or all used tires for which the buyer paid the rim removal fee. Source: 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- Only one state fee (rim removal or commercial generator) is charged per tire; a customer who can show proof of having paid it should not be charged again for that tire. Source: Arkansas DEQ Tire Accountability Program fact sheet: Rim Removal Fees (opens in new tab)
- It is illegal to dispose of tires in Arkansas except by taking them for processing to a permitted tire processing facility, a tire collection center or a permitted solid waste disposal facility. Source: 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- A resident may drop off up to four used tires of any size a month at their regional used tire program without an additional fee; agricultural businesses count as individuals. Source: 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- A used tire program may charge individuals who bring more than four used tires a month. Source: 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- A used tire program may charge for any tire still on its rim, however few are dropped off. Source: 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- Used tire programs that take extra-large tires (such as farm, construction and industrial equipment tires) may set their own fees for them. Source: 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- Used tire programs may waive fees on more than four tires a month when the tires come from a cleanup by a government, nonprofit or volunteer group. Source: 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- Each used tire program must run at least one tire collection center in every county it serves; centers may be at a landfill, a tire processing facility or a tire retailer. Source: 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- Used tires are managed locally by Arkansas's regional solid waste management districts, alone or through inter-district programs. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Used Tire Program Districts & Inter-Districts (opens in new tab)
- DEQ tells residents to contact their district about local tire disposal or recycling. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Used Tire Program Districts & Inter-Districts (opens in new tab)
- Waste tire collection and disposal is managed by regional tire districts, which DEQ funds. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Solid Waste Programs (opens in new tab)
- A DEQ historical timeline says Act 749 of 1991 set a state policy for lead-acid batteries, including a recycling fee program and a landfill ban. Source: Arkansas DEQ: 1991-2011 Historical Timeline of Solid Waste Management (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says household hazardous waste collection centers across Arkansas take household quantities of auto and household batteries; check the local center first. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says spent rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries can be recycled through many retail stores. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Electronics Reuse and Recycling (opens in new tab)
- Accepted items vary by household hazardous waste center; DEQ tells residents to check with their local center. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers (opens in new tab)
- Some collection centers run chemical exchange programs where reusable products are available at no charge. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says household hazardous waste collection centers across Arkansas take household quantities of paint and solvents. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers (opens in new tab)
- PaintCare runs paint recycling programs only in states with paint stewardship laws; Arkansas is not on its list of states. Source: PaintCare: Paint recycling (state list) (opens in new tab)
- The Mattress Recycling Council runs statewide mattress recycling only in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island; Arkansas has no state mattress program. Source: Mattress Recycling Council (opens in new tab)
- DEQ has authority to ban electronic waste from municipal landfills but has not done so; residents may put e-waste out with other household trash unless the local landfill restricts it. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Electronics Reuse and Recycling (opens in new tab)
- The Legislature gave DEQ authority to ban electronic waste from municipal solid waste landfills beginning in January 2010. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Electronics Reuse and Recycling (opens in new tab)
- DEQ lists televisions and computer monitors first among consumer electronics that become e-waste and encourages recycling them. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Electronics Reuse and Recycling (opens in new tab)
- DEQ notes that cathode-ray-tube televisions and computer monitors contain an average of four pounds of lead. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Electronics Reuse and Recycling (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says computers and other old electronics are accepted at some household hazardous waste collection centers and some recycling centers; call the nearest one first. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Electronics Reuse and Recycling (opens in new tab)
- DEQ tells residents to ask their regional solid waste management district, local officials or sanitation department about an electronics recycling center or one-day collection event. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Electronics Reuse and Recycling (opens in new tab)
- Many Arkansas communities offer e-waste collection centers or events; DEQ keeps a searchable list by county and district. Source: Arkansas DEQ: E-waste Collection Centers (opens in new tab)
- The state E-waste Grants Program is funded by selling state-owned computers that agencies no longer need; it funds local e-waste projects rather than a household program. Source: Arkansas DEQ: E-waste Grants (opens in new tab)
- A DEQ timeline says Act 970 of 2005 aimed to get the most benefit from state-agency-owned computers and electronics through sales and donations to schools and local governments. Source: Arkansas DEQ: 1991-2011 Historical Timeline of Solid Waste Management (opens in new tab)
- Act 839 of 2021 created the Electronic Waste Collection, Recycling, and Reuse Act: state-supported entities must take part, while households and small businesses may take part through a fee-for-service collection program. Source: Act 839 of 2021 (SB 585): Electronic Waste Collection, Recycling, and Reuse Act (opens in new tab)
- Arkansas solid waste rules class appliances, furniture and other bulky wastes not normally collected with household trash as Class 4 wastes, which may go to a permitted Class 4 landfill. Source: 8 CAR pt. 60: Solid Waste Management Rules (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- Arkansas solid waste rules class furniture as a Class 4 bulky waste that is not normally collected with household trash. Source: 8 CAR pt. 60: Solid Waste Management Rules (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)
- DEQ lists 19 regional solid waste management districts; DEQ tells residents to contact their district about local garbage disposal or recycling. Source: Arkansas DEQ: Regional Solid Waste Management Districts (opens in new tab)
- State rules set minimum requirements for convenient recyclable materials collection centers or systems so that Arkansas residents have the opportunity to recycle. Source: 8 CAR pt. 63: Rules for County Recycling Programs (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab)