More Recycle Info on Plastic Bags and Glass

Plastic Bag Recycle

Look for the bin near the front door. Accepted: plastic bags, packing pillows, bubble wrap, saran wrap, and the plastic wrap from toilet paper and paper towels.  See this web site for more detail - https://how2recycle.info/sdo

Flagstaff - Plastic Bags - drop off

Whole Foods Market

Fry's Food And Drug

Safeway - all three stores

Sprouts Farmers Market

Target

Walmart

Bashas'  - both stores

Walmart Supercenter

JCPenney

Residential Glass Collection 

Overview

In addition to City-provided Glass Recycling Drop-Off Locations, the City of Flagstaff Solid Waste Section offers glass recycling to residential customers on a subscription basis of $3.55 per month

Since its inception, the City of Flagstaff's Glass Recycling Program has tripled in participants. The following is the schedule of glass pickups by Section and Date:

Section	Date (Monthly)
Section 1	1st Wednesday
Section 2	2nd Wednesday
Section 3	3rd Wednesday
Sections 4 & 5	4th Wednesday

The Glass schedule for 2019 will begin with Section 1 on January 2nd.

We appreciate your business and we look forward to a new year recycling.

For more information visit https://flagstaff.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries or contact Customer Service at (928) 213-2110.

Glass Collection Guidelines

• All colors of glass are accepted.
• Don’t place the bag or container used to transport the glass into the glass recycling bin. The glass bins are for glass only.
• Don’t leave other recyclable materials or household trash next to the glass bins. Items on the ground next to the bins are in violation of the City Litter Code.
• Glass should not be placed in the 90 gallon curb-side recycle container. Not only is it a safety hazard but it also contaminates other recycle items.

Is My Glass Actually Being Recycled?
Prior to December 2012, glass collected by Norton Environmental Material Recovery Facility (MRF) was ground into sand and re-purposed as alternative daily cover (ADC) at the Cinder Lake Landfill in combination with wood waste and paper waste from SCA Tissue. This re-purposed glass was also made available to the public, free of charge, for a wide range of uses including landscaping, drive-way cover, and cement filler. This re-purposing was necessary due to the lack of glass recycling facilities in close enough proximity to Flagstaff to make transporting glass cost effective.

However, with the opening of the Strategic Materials glass recycling plant in Phoenix, transporting glass has finally become logistically possible. Now, glass collected by Norton Environmental is transported to the Strategic Materials plant where it is cleaned and sorted, shipped to Fevisa in Mexicali, Mexico, and then recycled into new Corona, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser bottles.

This change will not affect City glass collection services or standards. Glass may still be disposed of at Norton Environmental, any of the in-town drop-off locations, or in a separate official City of Flagstaff glass recycling curbside bin.

Drop-Off Locations

Coconino County residents can drop off glass at the Cinder Lake Landfill. The following glass drop-off locations are available for City of Flagstaff Residents:

Location	Address	Details
Continental Little League Field Parking Lot	Turn east off of Country Club Drive onto Old Walnut Canyon Road. The field will be on the left.	The bin is located on the east side of the parking lot.
West Phoenix	116 West Phoenix Avenue., South Beaver Street. Turn right on Phoenix Avenue.	From South Beaver Street, turn right on Phoenix Avenue. The bin is located behind the bus transfer station in the north west corner of the public parking lot.
Northern Arizona University	Pine Knoll Drive	The bin is located in parking lot P62B, in the southwest corner, near the disc golf course.
Coconino Community College	3000 North Fourth Street	The bin is in southeast corner of parking lot.

Additional Location

Glass as well as other recyclables (but not trash) are accepted at the following location:

Location	Address	Details
Materials Recovery Facility	1800 East Butler (Across from SAMS Club and Taco Bell)	Drop off available during regular hours Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Saturday 8:00 am - noon