Presented by Keep Mesquite Beautiful and the City of Mesquite, Mesquite Recycles Day is held on the second Saturday of May and November each year from 8 a.m. to noon in the front parking lot of Poteet High School, located at 3300 Poteet Drive. Vehicles enter the event through the entrance on Americana.
Acceptable Items
Document Destruction
A document destruction truck will be available for residential shredding only. To participate, please bring only individual documents for shredding. Please do not bring magazines, ad inserts, envelopes or anything other than those documents to be shred.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT BUSINESS SHREDDING. Space in the shredding trucks is limited, so residents who aren't in compliance with the above requests will be asked to separate non-acceptable items before utilizing this service.
Unaccepted Items
Commercial office waste and household hazardous waste are not accepted at this event.
All household hazardous waste (i.e. paint cans, pesticides, and motor oil) must be taken to:
Dallas County Household Hazardous Waste11234 Plano Road
Dallas, TX 75243
Please visit the
Dallas County website for more details.