Recycling Centers in Arizona
394 recycling locations in 60 cities. Choose a city to see hours, what each center accepts, and who pays cash.
Arizona at a glance: 235 recycling centers, 71 scrap yards, 46 transfer stations, 32 electronics recyclers, 9 household hazardous waste facilities. Arizona has no statewide bottle deposit, so scrap yards are the main way to get paid for cans and metal.
Top cities for recycling in Arizona
- Phoenix153 locations
- Tucson39 locations
- Mesa33 locations
- Tempe20 locations
- Chandler16 locations
- Scottsdale8 locations
- Gilbert7 locations
- Glendale6 locations
- Flagstaff6 locations
- Apache Junction6 locations
- Peoria5 locations
- Kingman5 locations
- Buckeye4 locations
- Yuma4 locations
- Lake Havasu City4 locations
- Pima4 locations
- Surprise3 locations
- Goodyear3 locations
- Casa Grande3 locations
- Prescott Valley3 locations
- Nogales3 locations
- Camp Verde3 locations
- Safford3 locations
- Tolleson3 locations
All Arizona cities
- Agulia 1
- Apache Junction 6
- Arivaca 1
- Arlington 1
- Avondale 2
- Bisbee 2
- Buckeye 4
- Bullhead City 1
- Camp Verde 3
- Casa Grande 3
- Cave Creek 2
- Chandler 16
- Cottonwood 2
- Dewey 2
- Dewey-Humboldt 1
- Douglas 2
- Eagar 1
- El Mirage 1
- Flagstaff 6
- Fort Mohave 1
- Fountain Hills 2
- Gilbert 7
- Glendale 6
- Globe 1
- Goodyear 3
- Guadalupe 2
- Kingman 5
- Lake Havasu City 4
- Marana 2
- Maricopa 1
- Mesa 33
- Morristown 1
- Nogales 3
- Oro Valley 2
- Paradise Valley 2
- Peoria 5
- Phoenix 153
- Pima 4
- Pinetop-Lakeside 2
- Prescott Valley 3
- Quartzsite 1
- Queen Creek 2
- Safford 3
- Salome 1
- San Tan Valley 1
- Scottsdale 8
- Sedona 1
- Sierra Vista 1
- Snowflake 1
- Somerton 1
- Star Valley 1
- Surprise 3
- Tempe 20
- Thatcher 1
- Tolleson 3
- Tucson 39
- Wickenburg 2
- Willcox 1
- Youngtown 1
- Yuma 4
Arizona recycling questions
How many recycling centers are there in Arizona?
We list 394 recycling locations across 60 cities in Arizona, including drop-off centers, scrap yards and specialty recyclers. Phoenix has the most, with 153.
Does Arizona pay for cans and bottles?
Arizona does not have a statewide bottle deposit law, so there is no standard deposit refund. Scrap yards often pay by the pound for loose aluminum cans, and the price changes with the metals market. Call ahead to confirm the current rate.