Town of Lincoln Recycling Center
(a.k.a. “The Dump”)
Town of Scott residents use the Town of Lincoln Recycling Center for disposal of trash and recyclables. The recycling center is located at 25505 Colorado Avenue.
Hours are 8 am to noon on Saturdays.
Town of Lincoln/Town of Scott garbage bags are $2.75 each and are available at The Warrens Mall and The Berry Vine.
There is no cost to dispose of recyclable materials. See below for information on acceptable items. To save space, residents are encouraged to crush recyclable items, such as plastic bottles, tin cans and cardboard boxes.
What Items Are Recycled and How Do I Prepare?
- All plastics with a number 1-7 are accepted. Remove caps and lids. Rinse to clean and flatten to save space. No Styrofoam, plastic film or bags. Look for the symbol on the bottom of the container like those pictured below.
- Newspaper, cardboard, brown grocery bags, magazines and mixed paper. Junk mail, cereal boxes, box board, glossy ads and envelopes. Tie in bundles, or place in boxes or brown paper bags. Do not include paper toweling, tissue paper or wax paper.
- Glass bottles and jars are recycled, but not window glass, dishes, incandescent bulbs, or ceramics. Remove lids and rinse out food residue from all containers. It is not necessary to remove labels.
- Tin/aluminum cans. Rinse food residue from cans. It is not necessary to remove labels. Be sure aerosol cans are completely empty before recycling.
The Recycling Center does not accept hazardous waste such as refrigerators, air conditioners, etc. The Monroe County Solid Waste Department will accept these items on the last Saturday in April or the first Saturday in October. For more information on recycling, see the county’s Solid Waste Department’s website.
