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ADVERTISING
KZMU Community Radio - 259-5968
Dial to 90.1 or 106.7 on your radio.
Recycler of the airwaves!  "The Trading Post" is on every Friday, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.
Call in and broadcast your stuff for sale, trade, or give-away. No commercial items, please!
Visit www.kzmu.org to view Trading Post listings at your convenience.
 
 
AUTOMOTIVE *
Chips Grand Tire & Auto - 259-7909
312 Main Street
Tires - Fee of $1 to $2, depending on size
Car Batteries - No fee
Lube-It Express - 259-6435
655 South Main
Motor Oil - No fee (Motor oil never wears out! It just needs to be cleaned.)

* There are several auto parts stores in Moab - they also take car batteries. Check the yellow pages.
 
 
BATTERIES
Radio Shack - 259-6630
611 South Main
Rechargeable batteries only. The collection box is inside the store.
 
 
BAGS - grocery
City Market - 259-5181
425 South Main
Paper and plastic bags, of the type they dispense in the store. The collection bin is outside the front of the store. (Take your own bag and save 5 cents per bag!)
 
 
CELL PHONES
Planet Green - www.planetgreenrecycle.com
This company recycles cell phones and printer cartridges. And they pay you for them!
 
 
CLOTHING & HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Gently used clothing, books, jewelry, sporting equipment, hardware, housewares, and furniture are accepted for donation and resale.
WabiSabi Thriftique - 259-9114
350 South 400 East (across from Milt's)
 
WabiSabi Warehouse - 259-3313
145 West 200 South #6 (across from Gonzo Inn)
 
Memory Lane Thrift Store - 259-4725
350 North 500 West
Call Memory Lane for free pick-ups.
 
 
CURBSIDE RECYCLING
Green Solutions - 259-1088
Save gas and time by using this inexpensive service to get your recyclables to the Center. They take everything that Canyonlands Community Recycling accepts!
 
 
FILM CANISTERS
Walker Drug - 259-5959
290 South Main
 
 
METAL
Bob's Sanitation (transfer station) - 259-7585
2295 South Highway 191
All metals and appliances are recycled. A fee of $4.50 to $20.00 applies, depending on the item. Examples of items that can be recycled: Wire, bikes, appliances (like lawnmowers, microwaves, refrigerators, ranges).
Many items accepted at no charge. Call for details.
 
 
PACKING MATERIALS
Canyonlands Copy Center - 259-8431
59 South Main
Bring in your bagged shipping peanuts. Call for details about other packing materials they will accept.
Sore-No-More - 259-5931
1101 S. Murphy Lane
Call for a pick-up or bring in shipping peanuts only.
 
 
PRINTER CARTRIDGES
Desert West Office Supply - 259-5735
53 West 100 South (next to Zak's)
They recycle certain printer cartridges. Call to see if yours is one of them!
 
 
RECYCLING CENTER
Canyonlands Community Recycling Center - 259-8640
1000 East Sand Flats Road
(P. O. Box 97, Moab)
8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Saturday

Get your own colorful recycling poster. Click here to open the poster as a PDF file (about 1MB in size).

The following items are accepted at the recycle center:

Aluminum: Cans only! No foil or pie plates. Some cat food and other containers are aluminum. Test with a magnet - won't stick to aluminum.
Cardboard: Corrugated cardboard only! No cereal box material or waxed/plastic coated corrugated boxes. Remove packing material.
Glass: Separate by color - Brown, Green or Clear. Blue can go with green. No caps or lids, please!
Newspaper: Newsprint and inserts. (If it came with the newspaper, it can be recycled with it). Catalogs and magazines are not accepted.
Paper, White: Copy, computer, laser computer, notebook papers, business forms, bills and stationary are all acceptable. Remove staples if possible and all other metal. No stickers, adhesives, envelopes, file folders, binders, carbons, construction or colored paper, newspaper, junk mail or paper with more than 30% colored ink.
Paper, Mixed: Colored ledger paper, envelopes (white or colored), carbonless paper, pamphlets and brochures, opened and sorted direct mailings. No glossy material.
Plastic containers: Plastic marked #1 PET only (like Pepsi & Gatorade & Aquafina bottles). Please rinse container; as always, no caps. No plastic bags, milk jugs, or gallon containers.
Steel (Tin cans): Rinse cans, remove one end, put inside can and flatten. Avoid loose ends if possible.
Have a spare hour or two?
Volunteer at the Recycle Center in Moab!
Canyonlands Community Recycling Center
Recycling Moab since 1990
 
 
 
RECYCLING BINS AROUND UTAH & OTHER RECYCLING OPTIONS
GreenFiber Insulation - 801-972-6551
3061 South 3600 West
West Valley City, Utah

Click here to open a PDF file containing information about places around the State of Utah where you can recycle phonebooks, catalogs, and a wide assortment of paper products.
Waste Management 970-243-4345
1227 Winters Ave.
Grand Junction, Colorado

Click here to open a map to this recycling center, where you can recycle #2 plastic, phonebooks and catalogs.

 

 
Not leaving the Moab area?
See the Underground Recycling Railroad section on the Solutions Projects page.
 
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