Nashua Recycling Center

The Nashua Recycling Center is located at the Four Hills Landfill and is available for use by residents and businesses of Nashua. 

The accepted household recyclables are paper and containers.  Please Note, NO SMOKING ALLOWED.  All papers and containers can be mixed in the same trays. Check the signs above the recycling drop-off areas and trays to determine where to put paper and containers

General Info:

• Hours: Mon - Fri: 8 am to 4 pm; Saturdays: 8 am to 1 pm
• Residential Permit required
• Recycling only permit – no charge
• Regular permit (all acceptable trash, brush, and construction and demolition) - $5 / yr / vehicle
• Fee waived for residents 65 years and older

• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Plain paper
• Junk mail - shred confidential papers; place shredded material in a paper bag to prevent blowing litter
• Cardboard - flatten all cardboard boxes, large boxes should be cut to 3 ft x 3 ft
  • corrugated
  • chipboard (cereal boxes without the liner, shoe boxes, etc.)

Commingled Containers:

• Glass bottles and jars (all colors) - NO: ceramics, drinking glasses, mirrors, plate glass
• Metal cans
  • aluminum beverage cans
  • tin cans (e.g., soup cans)
• Plastic bottles and jars
  • #1 – soda, juice, peanut butter, some cleaning products, etc. NO: yogurt cups, deli containers, bottles/jars with other numbers inside the recycling triangle on the bottom
  • #2 – milk, water jugs, laundry products, personal care products, etc.

Clean / rinse all containers; labels may remain

Other Accepted Materials

• Automotive batteries - lead acid batteries from cars, trucks, and motorcycles.
• Waste oil - oil should be in one-gallon containers, to avoid spillage; no more than 5 one-gallon containers may be recycled at one time.  Waste oil should be carefully poured into the tank; containers should be completely drained and then discarded in the trash.  Please take gasoline to the Household Hazardous Waste collections.
• Antifreeze
• Got Books - used books, video tapes, DVDs, etc., may be put into the Got Books container.
• Salvation Army - items must be in good condition and put inside the container. No items should be left outside on the ground.
• Tires - tires must be off the rim. No commercial tires will be accepted.
• Propane tanks - tanks must be empty.
• Scrap metal
• Freon appliances - air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, etc.
• Soft yard waste - leaves and grass clippings.
• Electronics - Computer monitors, computer towers, printers, televisions, VCRs, DVD players, microwaves, etc.

 Please bring the following items into the office at the Four Hills Landfill:

• Fluorescent light bulbs
• Household batteries
• Mercury thermostats and thermometers