Recycling in Fort Smith, AR

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Checked October 26, 2026

• Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab) · City of Fort Smith
  • Solid Waste Services is at 5900 Commerce Road, Fort Smith, AR 72916. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Household hazardous waste collection is for Sebastian County residents only, not businesses. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Landfill (opens in new tab) · City of Fort Smith
  • The landfill is open Monday-Friday 7:30 AM-4:00 PM and Saturday 7:30-11:30 AM; closed Sunday. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The regional landfill accepts debris from Sebastian, Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Scott and Washington counties in Arkansas and LeFlore and Sequoyah in Oklahoma. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Bulky Item Pickup (Dial-A-Truck) (opens in new tab) · City of Fort Smith
  • Dial-A-Truck is for residential customers with an active City of Fort Smith sanitation account. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Bulky items include appliances, couches, tables, chairs and mattresses. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Dial-A-Truck cannot pick up bagged or boxed items, glass, mirrors, loose trash, construction debris or tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The service is available once every 3 months for up to 5 items at no additional fee; more service costs extra. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Call 479-784-2262 or email solidwaste@fortsmithar.gov to schedule. Checked October 26, 2026.
• How Do I Recycle? (opens in new tab) · Sebastian County Solid Waste District (Eccopartners)
  • The district describes Dial A Truck as a free pickup of large bulky items once every three months for city sanitation customers. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Solid Waste Services FAQs (opens in new tab) · City of Fort Smith
  • The City FAQ sends refrigerators to the Dial-A-Truck bulky item pickup. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The City FAQ sends microwaves to the Dial-A-Truck bulky item pickup. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • For a TV or stereo, call 479-784-2350 to schedule curbside pickup by Dial-A-Truck. Checked October 26, 2026.
• 8 CAR pt. 64: Tire Accountability Program (Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) (opens in new tab) · Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission
  • 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. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • 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. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • 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. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • A used tire program may charge individuals who bring more than four used tires a month. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • A used tire program may charge for any tire still on its rim, however few are dropped off. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Used tire programs that take extra-large tires (such as farm, construction and industrial equipment tires) may set their own fees for them. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • 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. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Arkansas DFA: Waste Tire Fee (opens in new tab) · Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
  • 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. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Bicycle, forklift, golf cart and lawnmower tires are not subject to the rim removal fee. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Arkansas DEQ Tire Accountability Program fact sheet: Tire Generators (opens in new tab) · Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment, Division of Environmental Quality
  • Tire retailers must collect the rim removal fee even if the buyer chooses to keep the old tire. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Arkansas DEQ: Used Tire Program Districts & Inter-Districts (opens in new tab) · Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment, Division of Environmental Quality
  • Used tires are managed locally by Arkansas's regional solid waste management districts, alone or through inter-district programs. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • DEQ tells residents to contact their district about local tire disposal or recycling. Checked October 26, 2026.

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