Solid Waste

LOCATION: 4098 Highway 93 North, Kalispell

MISSION STATEMENT:
Flathead County Solid Waste District provides environmentally sound and cost effective refuse collection, disposal and recycling opportunities for Flathead County residents. Our facilities are a major part of the economic and environmental infrastructure of Flathead County. Long range planning and fiscal integrity ensures decades of capacity without financial burdens in the future.

SOLID WASTE DATA
In FY08, 120,515 tons of refuse was disposed of, 30,313 tons was collected from the green box sites, 724 tons were recycled, 16,381 appliances were stockpiled for recycling, 3,512 appliances had freon/CFC's removed, 1,139.46 tons of brush was ground for composting, 303 junk vehicles were retrieved, and 4,204 pounds of household hazardous waste collected.   

Recycling boxes for cardboard, newspaper, tin & aluminum cans, plastic soda bottles and milk jugs are provided at the Landfill, Bigfork, Columbia Falls, Coram, Creston, Kila and Lakeside sites.  Kalispell recycling locations include Albertson's, Flathead High School, Glacier High School, Kalispell Middle School, Tire Rama and the former Tidyman's building.   To ensure quality, rinse cans, bottles and jugs.  Magazine recycle box is located at the landfill.  

Items accepted at the Landfill site include:  Refuse, construction debris, appliances, used motor oil, batteries, brush and yard waste... as a service to County residences we also retrieve junk vehicles. 

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY
FCSWD holds a Household Hazardous Waste Collection day on the 3rd Saturday of every month.  Click on Downloads for a sign-up form or call for for more information.

JUNK VEHICLE RECYCLING PROGRAM
FCSWD offers free pick up and removal of Junk Vehicles within Flathead County. "If you own a vehicle that is unlicensed, inoperative, discarded, dismantled or wrecked ~ State law requires that you remove it from your property, or if you have three vehicles or less, conceal them from public view."  Click on Downloads for a junk vehicle release form or call for more information.