Trash & Recycling in Arkansas (2026)

Faulkner County licenses every private trash hauler working the unincorporated county under its 1985 Solid Waste…

Fayetteville runs weekly municipal curbside collection with household trash, recycling, and yard waste all picked up on…

Unincorporated Garland County residents cannot opt out of trash service: Code § 54-34 has the county judge contract…

Little Rock requires solid waste and recycling containers to be set at the curb no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before…

Fort Smith residents can't roll garbage and recycling carts to the curb before noon the day before pickup, and empty…

Garland County restricts what may go into its county-issued disposal carts: under Code § 54-37, only waste described…

Jonesboro requires residential solid waste containers to sit within five feet of the street edge, banned from the curb…

Little Rock requires city-issued supercarts to sit within five feet of the curb, bars setting them out before 4 p.m…

Pulaski County requires unincorporated-area households to set solid waste within five feet of the public road or curb…

Springdale requires trash and garbage containers to be hidden from view of the street when not out for collection, kept…

Fayetteville gives each single-family, duplex, and townhome household one free bulky waste pickup per year. Call RTC at…

Fort Smith residential customers get one free dial-a-truck pickup of up to five bulky items every three months, plus a…

Jonesboro will not curbside-collect bulk items like furniture, mattresses or appliances; residents must haul them to…

Little Rock gives residential customers four free bulky-item pickups a year; extra collections cost a $25 minimum for…

Pulaski County's sanitation department hauls away bulky items like old appliances, furniture, tires and metal auto…

Springdale Public Works collects up to 8 cubic yards of bulky waste twice a year, or 16 cubic yards once a year, per…

Unincorporated Garland County residents get two free bulky-waste pickups a year for unmixed loads of large metal items…

Arkansas Code § 8-9-403 bans open burning of tires, forbids maintaining a waste tire site, and requires used or waste…

Fayetteville uses a single-stream blue recycling cart for most materials, but glass must be separated into its own bin…

Jonesboro provides curbside recycling to every dwelling collecting solid waste, using city-owned blue recycling bags…

Little Rock automatically provides curbside recycling to every dwelling unit that gets city solid waste collection, and…

Every Fort Smith residential customer can get a free city recycle cart for curbside pickup, with cardboard, paper…

Garland County's recycling program, adopted under Code § 54-49, Exhibit A, accepts metal, aluminum and steel cans…

Dumping solid waste or animal carcasses anywhere in Fort Smith without the city administrator's advance written…

Jonesboro bars anyone from burying, dumping or depositing solid waste on any street, alley or property without an…

Illegally storing, handling, or dumping waste in unincorporated Craighead County violates § 360.02, which defines…

Faulkner County treats illegal storage, handling or dumping of solid, liquid, household, automotive, commercial or…

It is unlawful to dump solid waste anywhere in unincorporated Garland County outside the approved disposal system under…

Sec. 28-5 makes it a violation of Little Rock's solid waste chapter to dump waste on any road or right-of-way, on…

Dumping rubbish, appliances or abandoned vehicles in a county road right-of-way is a misdemeanor in unincorporated…

Benton County bans dumping litter, junk vehicles, tires, and old appliances on public or private property, with fines…

Springdale bans throwing or dumping garbage, debris or trash on public property or another person's private property…

Fort Smith picks up yard waste every other week and offers a paid brush service for bulkier limbs and trimmings.

Jonesboro runs a separate weekly curbside pickup for bagged grass clippings and leaves starting at 7:00 a.m., and chips…

Little Rock collects yard waste separately by hand: grass, leaves and trimmed brush must be bagged or containerized…

Pulaski County picks up grass clippings, leaves, brush, hedge trimmings and Christmas trees on a separate route from…

Springdale requires yard waste be bagged or bundled, bundles capped at four feet long and 50 pounds, and set at the…

Garland County's curbside recycling schedule does not accept lawn clippings, brush or wood under four inches at the…

Placing a dumpster or roll-off container in a downtown Jonesboro parking space or lot requires a permit from the city…

New commercial and multifamily development in Fort Smith must show dumpster location and a screening plan on its…

In unincorporated Garland County, front-loading commercial dumpsters run $28 to $44 per tip for 4-, 6- and 8-yard…

Every commercial, industrial, and institutional site in Little Rock must contract with a licensed hauler and keep…

The City of Fort Smith collects residential garbage once a week and picks up recyclables and yard waste every other…

Jonesboro's sanitation department provides mandatory house-to-house curbside collection to every occupied residence in…

The City of Little Rock provides curbside solid waste collection to single dwellings and small apartment buildings…

Pulaski County's sanitation department collects household solid waste once a week from unincorporated areas, with…

Springdale's exclusive residential trash contractor must collect solid waste weekly from every unit generating under…

Faulkner County's 1985 Solid Waste Management Ordinance sets no fixed countywide pickup schedule; collection is handled…

Benton County sets no residential collection schedule or mandatory trash service; unincorporated residents arrange…

Little Rock's curbside recycling program accepts glass, metal, paper, and plastic bottles in city-issued containers…