Valley Recycling

Valley Recycling has been working for over 20 years to help keep the Flathead beautiful by diverting as much material as possible from going into the County Landfill.

In the last 7 years alone we have diverted close to 30,000 tons of recycled material.

In 2005, Valley Recycling, with the help of Evergreen Disposal and the Flathead Valley, reduced the amount of refuse going into the Flathead County Solid Waste Facility (County Landfill) by a total of 5.8 million pounds of recycled goods. In 2006 that number increased to 7.5 million pounds of material. In 2007 we were up again; 8.1 million total pounds of material was recycled. In 2008 we climbed to 8.7 million pounds of material. In 2009 the total tons shipped dropped to 7.5 million pounds, probably due to the economy. In 2010 we dropped again to 6.7 million pounds of material diverted from the landfill. In 2011 we increased and diverted 7.3 million pounds, and in 2012 we diverted 7.7 million pounds from the landfill.

Our baler runs 5 days a week, 11 hours a day, compressing cardboard, paper, and plastics into compact shipping units. Valley Recycling, with the help of the people of the Flathead Valley and Evergreen Disposal, has exceeded it's projections every year from 2005 through 2010.

Mission

Providing the Flathead Valley with the most recycing opportunities and the best service possible.

SERVICES

ITEMS WE ACCEPT

Cardboard - Corrugated and cereal box type cardboard as well as brown paper bags.
Paper - Newspaper, office paper, magazines
Paper - Shredded paper
Plastic #1 - We take all plastic that is labeled as #1 PETE (Polyethylene terephthalate). You can tell if it is #1 by looking closely at the bottom of the container for the triangular recycling arrows with a #1 in the middle of the triangle. Most water and pop bottles are #1. The #1 plastics can be any color, including clear, as long as it is marked with a #1. Most caps are not #1 so please remove the caps when recycling.
Plastic #2 - HDPE: Milk and water bottles use a natural-colored HDPE resin. Bottles used for detergents, shampoos, and other products often have colorants added to the resin. Valley Recycling will accept both.
Aluminum Cans - Most soda cans and some cat food cans are made from aluminum.
Aluminum Foil and pie dishes are also okay.
Tin - Soup cans and other similar canned food containers.
- Accepted in bins.

ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED

Nonferrous Metals - Metals that do not contain iron/are non-magnetic such as brass, copper, and scrap aluminum.
Glass - We do no recycle glass, to learn where you can recycling your glass, contact us.
Bags - No bags, no exceptions, you can recycle your plastic bags at your grocery store.
Plastics #3-7 - Not all plastics are created equal, we can only recycle #1 & #2 plastics.
Waxed Cardboard - Any waxed cardboard such as milk or juice cardboard containers.
Steel
Pallets