Temple Recycling & Disposal Facility

The operating hours for Temple Recycling Disposal Facility are as follows: Monday: Open 24 hours · Tuesday: Open 24 hours · Wednesday: Open 24 hours · Thursday: Open 24 hours · Friday: Open 24 hours · Saturday: Open 24 hours · Sunday: Open 24 hours. These hours are subject to change on holidays or due to weather conditions. We recommend contacting the facility directly at (254) 298-5725 before your visit to confirm current hours, especially if you are planning to drop off waste outside of typical business hours.

Temple Recycling Disposal Facility is located at 602 Jack Baskin St, Temple, TX 76504, USA, 76501. The facility is situated in Bell County. Use the map on this page or enter the address into Google Maps or Apple Maps for turn-by-turn navigation. Call ahead at (254) 298-5725 for access instructions or gate codes if required.

As of 2022, Temple Recycling Disposal Facility has approximately 10,048,307 tons of waste in place. The total design capacity of the facility is 44,407,601 tons, and it is currently at approximately 23% of its design capacity. The facility accepts approximately 606,515 tons of waste per year. The facility is projected to reach capacity and close around 2071.

Temple Recycling Disposal Facility currently covers approximately 86.9 acres. The facility opened in 1979 and has been in continuous operation since then. The design specifications call for a total area of 239 acres. The size of a landfill reflects both its operational history and the volume of waste it has processed over its lifetime of service to the surrounding community.

Temple Recycling Disposal Facility has an active landfill gas (LFG) collection system in place. The facility generates approximately 3.5 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of landfill gas. Of that, approximately 2.9 mmscfd is collected by the system. The gas contains approximately 49.8% methane, which can be captured for energy generation. The facility operates 93 gas collection wells. Flares are in place at this facility. LFG collection reduces greenhouse gas emissions and, in some cases, generates renewable energy for the grid.

To contact Temple Recycling Disposal Facility, call (254) 298-5725. The facility website is https://www.templetx.gov/departments/city_departments/public_works/garbage___recycling/recycling_centers.php. The mailing address is 602 Jack Baskin St, Temple, TX 76504, USA. The directory information shown on this page is sourced from the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) and the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, last verified as of data year 2022. Data freshness status: Current. If you are the facility owner or operator and need to update this listing, use the claim listing option on this page.