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Little Rock, AR

Arkansas’ Legacy Recycler

Our Little Rock Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) meets your wildest industrial recycling needs.

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Est. in
1997
Processes
23 K+
Tons Yearly
Workers
15

Our Little Rock Materials Recovery Facility

The Little Rock Material Recovery Facility (MRF) has been around since 1921, making it one of the first MRFs in Arkansas. Balcones has operated the facility since 1997 and conducted business as Natural State Recycling since 2015. Now operating as Balcones Recycling, the recycling facility processes industrial and commercial paper and plastic, and provides drop off kiosks for cardboard, paper, aluminum cans, steel cans and glass. Services provided include document and media destruction, the products of which are also recycled.  

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Our Services

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Cart

Toter carts (96-gallon) delivered to your door, regularly serviced for a monthly fee. Ideal for apartments and businesses with limited space or access.

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Dumpster

Containers ranging from 2 to 8 yards, regularly serviced for a monthly fee. Ideal for office complexes, strip malls, warehouses and apartment buildings.

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Bale

Available for purchase or lease. Serviced with flexible frequency. Ideal for manufacturing facilities, warehouses, transfer stations, recyclers and high-volume production businesses.

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Compactor

Compactor

Available for purchase or lease. Janitorial training included. Competitive rebates offered. Ideal for larger apartment buildings, manufacturing facilities, warehouses and campuses.

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Shredding

NAID AAA certified, secured document and media shredding services.

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Recycling Right

Accepted Materials

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Paper (includes office paper, newspaper, and card stock)
cardboard
Cardboard
plastic bottle
Plastic Bottles and Containers
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Aluminum Cans (Drop-Off Only)
tin can
Tin Containers (Drop-Off Only)
bottle jars
Glass Bottles and Jars (Drop-Off Only)

Learn more about what to recycle in Little Rock below

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How to Recycle

The decisions we make when placing items in the recycling bin have a big impact. Recycling right helps processors recover more resources from the waste stream, and depositing the wrong items has the opposite effect. We have compiled resources, from how-tos to useful links, to help navigate all the information about recycling right.

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Buy Recycled Materials

Recovering the material. Giving it a new life. Putting it back into circulation. Starting again.

Recycled materials play an important role in the circular economy, enabling manufacturers to use recycled plastic, glass and metal in lieu of virgin materials. Separated recyclables available for sale include:

  • Cardboard (OCC)
  • Paper (various grades including MXP, SOP, CBS and SWL)
  • Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET #1)
  • High Density Polyethylene-Natural (HDPE #2)
  • High Density Polyethylene-Color (HDPE #2)
  • Polypropylene (PP #5)
  • Aluminum (UBC, including Class III)
  • Tin
  • Glass

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