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Recycling Center
Rutherford County Recycling Center
3823 Shelbyville Hwy, Murfreesboro, TN 37127
Rutherford County Recycling Center is the county recycling site on Shelbyville Highway used by Murfreesboro residents and small-haul drivers. Locals bring household recyclables and larger clean loads that they don’t want ending up in the landfill.
A modest facility with an entrance booth and a scale-county centers in Tennessee commonly charge by weight, so plan to stop twice. There are walk-up or drive-up recycling containers for the usual stuff: paper, cardboard, glass, metals and many plastics. The site has the feel of a working yard with roll-off bins and concrete pads; weekends and spring cleanup times get noticeably busy. Signs and lanes direct traffic to the different containers, so pull through slowly and pay attention to where other vehicles are staging.
Facility Information
Before You Go
- Sort and bundle recyclables ahead of time-flatten cardboard and keep mixed paper together to move through faster.
- Secure loose items in the truck bed or use tarps; loose trash blows around in windy spots and creates extra cleanup.
- Avoid peak weekend mornings if possible; midweek or late afternoon visits are usually quicker and less crowded.
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