Recycling Drop-off Locations in the Vernal Area
Item(s) to Recycle	Where	Notes	
Aluminum cans and other metals	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) 	Basin Industries will reimburse you per pound at a rate specific to the type of metal you bring in.	
Used oil	USED OIL COLLECTION TANKS AT:
Uintah County Landfill
2801 E. 500 N.
or Checker Auto Parts
1025 W. Hwy. 40 (789-2066)	No charge for drop-off at either location.	
Vehicle batteries	Checker Auto Parts
1025 W. Hwy. 40 (789-2066)	No charge for drop-off 
3 per month per person	
Rechargeable power tool batteries	Lowe’s
2105 W. Hwy. 40 (781-9400)	Drop off in return department area.	
Computers, monitors, printers,
and peripherals	Staples Copy & Print Center
1149 W. Hwy. 40 (789-3870)	No charge for drop-off at local.
Dell or HP Computers free drop off. $10 for all other brands	
Inkjet and toner cartridges
for printers	Staples Copy & Print Center
1149 W. Hwy. 40 (789-3870)	Local store will reimburse you $3.00 per cartridge (on your Staples Rewards Card) for up 10 cartridges per month or 20 per month for premier members	
Medications and drugs
(both licit and illicit) and hypodermic needles	Uintah County Sheriff’s Office
New Public Safety Complex Main Entrance
641 E 300 S in Vernal (789-2511)	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.  	
Christmas trees	Vernal City parking lot
at the intersection of 100 W. and 100 N.	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.	

                                                                                                                                                                                           

Plastic bags	Smith’s Food & Drug Center
1080 W. Hwy. 40 (789-7135)
Wal-Mart Supercenter
1851 W. Hwy. 40 (789-9784)	Use reusable bags (for sale at both Smith’s and Wal-Mart) as much as possible rather than using and recycling plastic bags!	
Plastic bottles
	Wal-Mart Supercenter
1851 W. Hwy. 40 (789-9787)	Use reusable beverage bottles as much as possible rather than using and recycling plastic bottles!  Note that Wal-Mart accepts #1 plastic only (i.e., soda and water bottles).	
Paper – all kinds (white paper, colored paper, phone books, magazines, newspapers, and even hard backed books)	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)	Trailers may be gone from sites temporarily during CEPP Can Do Crew pick up.	

And the office drop-off locations for workplace material recycling:

At the Vernal Ranger District / Supervisor’s Office:	
Item(s) to Recycle	Where	Notes	
Paper – all kinds (white paper, colored paper, phone books, magazines, newspapers, and even hard backed books)	Paper recycling boxes by the copy machines and printers	Picked up by the CEPP Can Do Crew.
No need to separate items.	
Batteries	Collection bin in SO break room	SO (Admin. Asst.) will periodically mail off to Battery Solutions (information available at www.batteryrecycling.com).	
Aluminum cans	Collection bins in SO break room	Picked up by the CEPP Can Do Crew.	
Scrap metal	White collection dumpster at the Vernal warehouse (248 S. 500 E.; near the trash dumpster)	Periodically taken to the scrap yard.