Joelton Middle School Recycling Drop-off

An unstaffed Metro Nashville recycling drop-off in Joelton, open around the clock for glass and cart recyclables.

Joelton Middle School Recycling Drop-off sits at 3500 Old Clarksville Pike in Joelton, and its hours are 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is one of the seven recycling drop-off sites Metro lists apart from its four staffed convenience centers, and no staff are on site: recycling goes clean and loose into the labeled bins at any hour.

Serves: Nashville trash pickup and drop-off rules.

What this center takes and what it does not

Glass bottles and jars go in the labeled glass bin. Glass is not accepted in Nashville curbside recycling, so the drop-off sites are where Metro takes it. Beside the glass, the site takes paper and mail, cartons, flattened cardboard, food and drink cans, and plastic bottles, jugs and jars, each in its own labeled bin; plastic bags and wrap, foam, and plastic that is not a bottle, jar or jug are refused. Household trash bags, bulk items and food scraps belong at the four staffed convenience centers, not at a recycling drop-off.

About this site

Metro lists the drop-off at 3500 Old Clarksville Pike, Joelton, TN 37080, and the Davidson County Solid Waste Region Board’s 2024 progress report to the state gives the same address and the same round-the-clock schedule. Waste Services calls the site Joelton Middle School Recycling Drop-off, after the host property at that address. The address is a Joelton one, inside the Davidson County area Metro Waste Services serves.

Rules at every Metro Waste Services site

Metro runs eleven sites for Davidson County residents: four staffed convenience centers, where a Tennessee driver’s license with a Davidson County address is required, and seven unstaffed recycling drop-offs like the one in Joelton. The residency check, the per-visit limits, the card fee and the Metro holiday closures are set for the whole system and stay with the operator: Nashville Department of Waste Services.