Local Recycling Organizations
(Please note that the information contained on this page is currently out-of-date as of October 2023. CSWA personnel are aware and are working to provide accurate and expanded information. We appreciate your patience!)
Moab Solutions
Moab Solutions is a volunteer group that promotes the benefits of the respect, rethink, reduce, reuse and recycle lifestyle through projects anyone can help with. The mission is to reduce and eliminate the waste of materials and human potential while nurturing the well-being of the natural world. Moab Solutions works to protect and restore natural areas, help the homeless help themselves, and promote the benefits of Respect, Rethink, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle practices.
Moab Solutions’ website has many helpful tips for living more sustainably. Moab Solutions also maintains the moabrecycles.org site which contains information on recycling options specific to the Moab area.
Resiliency Hub (Formerly Canyonlands Community Recycling)
The mission of Resiliency Hub is to enhance well-being on the Colorado plateau by integrating infrastructure, ecosystems, and the economy. They provide education and practical opportunities to rethink, retrofit, and regenerate our community.
Resiliency Hub is the new name for Canyonlands Community Recycling which was the organization that started the recycling center in Moab in 1991. They now work towards creative reuse of resources in our community, helping minimize the impact the load on the recycling center and landfill, and working towards a more sustainable community.
Their current programming includes the development and management of the CommuniTea Garden, hosting the Upcycled Art Party and Trashion Show, collaborating with various groups to promote waste reduction and creative reuse in our community.
Contact: resiliencyhub@gmail.com
Additional Resources
If you would like to have your information or link posted on this page please contact us. The following is a list of recycling resources in Moab, Utah.
BATTERIES
Car Batteries:
Carquest Auto Parts -356 S. Main, 435-259-6101
http://www.CARQUEST.com
Chip’s Grand Tire – 312 N. Main, 435-259-7909
Napa Auto Parts – 65 W 200 S, 435-259-7195
Rechargeable Batteries:
Royce’s Electronics – 611 S. Main, 435-259-6630
Royce’s accepts NiCad and nickel-metal hydride batteries.
They will also accept up to 10lbs of lead acid batteries.
Royce’s recycles old cell phones and ink cartridges and the
revenue generated is donated to the Club Red Teen Center.
CELL PHONES
WabiSabi – 160 E 100 S, 435-259-3313
(phones are passed on to nonprofit organizations
and U.S. soldiers and also sold at the thrift store).
FOOD
Grand County Food Bank – 435-259-6456
The Grand County Food Bank accepts food donations
and welcomes volunteer help.
MISC REUSABLE ITEMS (NON-FOOD)
WabiSabi – 160 E 100 S, 435-259-3313
MOTOR OIL
Lube It Express – 655 S Main, 435-259-6435
PACKING MATERIALS (bubble wrap, & packing peanuts)
Canyonlands Copy Center – 375 S Main, 435-259-8432
Sore No More – 1101 S Murphy Lane, 435-259-5931
PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS
City Market – 425 S Main, 435-259-5181
(bin is out front between the propane and pay phones).
PRINTER CARTRIDGES
Desert West Office Supply – 53 W 100 S, 435-259-5735
TIRES
Tires are accepted for waste diversion at the Moab Landfill on Sand Flats Road (fees apply)
PAPER DRIVE MATERIAL NOW ACCEPTED AT THE COMMUNITY RECYCLE CENTER
The following items can be dropped off at the Community Recycle Center: magazines, catalogs, phone books, paperboard (cereal boxes etc),
brown paper bags, egg cartons, books (including hardbacks and textbooks), toilet paper and paper towel rolls, and wrapping/other packaging paper. Items are trucked to Salt Lake City, where INTERWEST PAPER INC distributes the materials to areas that process each material type.
OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES
Moab Area Travel Council Facility & Event Coordinator – 435-259-1340 – For ideas on minimizing waste at your event
Moab Solutions – 435-259-0910: Volunteer clean-up & recycling projects. www.moab-solutions.org
Resiliency Hub – 435-210-4996 – Education and Ideas
Triassic Industries – 435-259-4912 located at 2480 South Highway 191 in Moab or visit at www.triassicindustries.com – Takes tree branches and limbs