The Qualified Recycling Program (QRP) recycles many common items such as scrap metal, paper, cardboard and plastic. Our mission is to reduce the impact that our on-post community has on the environment through recycling material that would otherwise end up in a landfill. With your help, we can have a positive impact on our community.
For bulk trash pick-up information, visit Villages at Fort Benning website or their Facebook page.
How to Recycle
Recyclable items can be dropped at one of our convenient locations. We have a primary collection point behind the MWR carwash at the Commissary with multiple blue dumpsters for your convenience. Boxes must be broken down to conserve space. We also receive this material at our Material Recovery Facility (MRF) on Jamestown Road at BLDG M0298. You can also use our recycling collection trailers around the installation. The location of these trailers can be found below and are used for general collection of material.
Why Recycle
One of the best things about our program is the fact that we sell recyclable material and maintain that money right here on Fort Benning. The funds are used for projects such as the bike & walking paths, currently being expanded, as well as distributions to MWR for programs that help our soldiers and their families right here. In FY22, The QRP was able to fund $2.1 million to the Fort Benning MWR and $1 million to various projects on the installation.
What We Do and How We Do It
Single Stream - We use a single stream recycling process to collect SOME material around the installation. This type of process is designed to collect paper, cardboard, aluminum and tin cans as well as plastic bottles (liquid holding bottles such as milk, laundry detergent and drinks).
Scrap Metal – We recycle scrap metal from various buildings on the installation and also will receive this type of material at our MRF on Jamestown Road.
Cardboard – Our program receives large quantities of cardboard from significant generating activities around the installation. We bale this cardboard and sell it onsite at our MRF.
Brass – One of the largest contributors to our QRP is expended brass from Fort Benning's ranges. Each time you hear the sound of Soldiers training to defend our freedom, just know that they pick up the brass casings when they get done shooting on the range and we turn them back into dollars for Fort Benning.
Dangers of Contaminates
Unacceptable items like animal carcasses, needles/sharps, ammunition, large plastics, metal (other than food and drink cans), food and liquid waste, diapers, urine samples, and hazardous materials like lithium batteries, gasoline, and oil regularly contaminate loads of quality recyclables, resulting in it being rejected and redirected to be disposed of as trash. Tanglers, such as plastic bags, textiles, rope, hoses, wires, and cords will interfere with sorting equipment and can also result in an entire load being sent to the landfill.
Many of these contaminates can injure our team members, who are connected to the military community as a Family member, veteran and/or spouse.
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Office Paper Brown Bags Aluminium Cans Magazines Manuals Colored Paper Junk Mail Steel Cans Cardboard Shredded Paper Manila Folders Plastic (1-7 Containers) Newspapers Phone books |
Styrofoam Chip Bags Food Items Garden Hoses Hygiene Products Napkins Candy Wrappers Cigarette Butts Cartridges Glass Textiles Paper Towels Snack Wrappers Plants/Dirt Wood Diapers Used Toner Plastic Bags/Film |
