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Uintah Basin Recycling Programs |
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Recycling Drop-off Locations in the Vernal Area
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Item(s) to Recycle
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Where
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Notes
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Aluminum cans and other metals
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Basin Industries
1294 E. 1000 S. (789-7111)
or CEPP blue recycling trailers
(aluminum only - see locations below)
or scrap metal bin at Vernal warehouse
248 S. 500 E. (white dumpster near the trash dumpster)
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Basin Industries will reimburse you per pound at a rate specific to the type of metal you bring in.
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Used oil
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USED OIL COLLECTION TANKS AT:
Uintah County Landfill
2801 E. 500 N.
or Checker Auto Parts
1025 W. Hwy. 40 (789-2066)
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No charge for drop-off at either location.
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Vehicle batteries
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Checker Auto Parts
1025 W Hwy 40 (789-2066) |
No charge for drop-off
Limit 3 per month and individual
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Rechargeable power tool batteries
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Lowe’s
2105 W. Hwy. 40 (781-9400)
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Drop off in return department area.
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Computers, monitors, printers,
and peripherals
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Staples Copy & Print Center
1149 W. Hwy. 40 (789-3870)
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No charge for drop-off at local store for Dell or HP. $10 for any other brand
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Inkjet and toner cartridges
for printers
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Staples Copy & Print Center
1149 W. Hwy. 40 (789-3870)
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Local store will reimburse you $3.00 per cartridge (on your Staples Rewards Card) for up 10 cartridges per month and premier members 20.
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Medications and drugs
(both licit and illicit) and hypodermic needles
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Uintah County Sheriff’s Office
152 E. 100 N. (789-2511)
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Anonymous drop-box available. No questions asked. Don’t need it? Don’t flush it. Pharmaceutical contamination of waterways and even drinking water has become a widespread phenomenon.
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Christmas trees
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Vernal City parking lot
at the intersection of 100 W. and 100 N.
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Drop off trees anytime from the weekend after Christmas through mid-January. Trees are also available for pick up if anyone wishes to use them for fish/wildlife projects, mulch, etc. Vernal City will mulch all remaining trees in mid-January.
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Plastic bags
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Smith’s Food & Drug Center
1080 W. Hwy. 40 (789-7135)
WalMart Supercenter
1851 W. Hwy. 40 (789-9784)
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Use reusable bags (for sale at both Smith’s and WalMart) as much as possible rather than using and recycling plastic bags!
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Plastic bottles
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WalMart Supercenter
1851 W. Hwy. 40 (789-9787)
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Use reusable beverage bottles as much as possible rather than using and recycling plastic bottles! Note that WalMart accepts #1 plastic only (i.e., soda and water bottles).
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Paper – all kinds (white paper, colored paper, phone books, magazines, newspapers, and even hard backed books)
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CEPP blue recycling trailers (3):
1) Between the old swimming pool and the Vernal Middle School (721 W. 100 S.)
2) Behind the Vernal Junior High School (161 N. 1000 W.)
3) IFA (1046 S. 1500 E. in Naples)
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Trailers may be gone from sites temporarily during CEPP Can Do Crew pick up.
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Office drop-off locations for workplace material recycling:
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At the Vernal Ranger District / Supervisor’s Office:
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Item(s) to Recycle
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Where
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Notes
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Paper – all kinds (white paper, colored paper, phone books, magazines, newspapers, and even hard backed books)
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Paper recycling boxes by the copy machines and printers
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Picked up by the CEPP Can Do Crew.
No need to separate items.
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Batteries
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Collection bin in SO break room
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SO (Admin. Asst.) will periodically mail off to Battery Solutions (information available at www.batteryrecycling.com).
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Aluminum cans
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Collection bins in SO break room
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Picked up by the CEPP Can Do Crew.
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Scrap metal
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White collection dumpster at the Vernal warehouse (248 S. 500 E.; near the trash dumpster)
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Periodically taken to the scrap yard.
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