Recycling Guide
Arcata Curbside Recycling Collection
Weekly curbside recycling collection now comes with all residential service levels of garbage and recycling service. For more information:
Eureka Recycling Center
Recycle glass, newspaper, aluminum and bimetal cans, cardboard, chip-board, white office paper, colored paper and junk mail, #1 through #7 plastic containers, magazines, used motor oil, used antifreeze, rechargeable batteries, and computers at the Eureka Recycling Center (Click this link to see a Google map of its location). It is located at 1059 W. Hawthorne Street in Eureka. It is open 7 days a week:
Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
For more information call 268-8020.
There currently is not a buy back center in Arcata. There are plans to have one open by the beginning of summer.
For more information consult the Humboldt County Recycling Guide in the local phone book or visit Humboldt County Recycling Guide.
Arcata Resident's, Getting Ready to Move?
Use our handy move out guide, Don't Dump and Run, to find ways to recycle, reuse, sell and donate items that you no longer want. Be kind to the earth as well as yourself when you move.
Contractors and "Do-It-Yourselfers" Be Earthfriendly, Pocketbook Friendly
Use the Construction and Demolition Recycling Guide to divert waste from your construction or demolition project and save money as well as help the environment.