Tri-County Recycling Center

A small-town recycling center in Ash Flat that locals use to keep usable materials out of the landfill. Plenty of neighbors bring single loads from the house, and it’s the kind of place seen more on a spring-cleanup weekend than midweek.

The site feels like a modest, drive-up operation typical of rural Arkansas convenience centers-a paved entrance, a small booth or scale area near the drive, and clusters of receptacles or containers a short walk or pull-up away. Expect to pull up, stop at the booth/scale area if one is staffed, then be directed toward the appropriate bins for metal, cardboard, glass, plastics, or mixed paper. The layout is practical rather than flashy: open yard, a few signs, and separate containers for different materials; larger drop-offs get moved into roll-off trailers or compactors. Weekends and spring cleanup periods tend to be busier, so there can be a line of pickups and trailers waiting to unload.