Brazos Valley Recycling
8825 Stewarts Meadow, College Station, Texas, United States

Charlie Mancuso began Brazos Valley Recycling (BVR) and The Big Dumpster in 2005. Charlie grew up in Bryan and worked in the rental business for his father, Cullen Mancuso. Charlie’s dad taught him the importance of delivering an excellent service for a fair price and always valuing your customers and employees. Charlie followed in his father’s footsteps and opened several rental businesses including We Rent It and BCS Stop & Go Potties. Through these businesses Charlie saw an opportunity to rent dumpsters and roll off containers for construction companies, and this eventually evolved into The Big Dumpster which became his full time focus after selling We Rent It in 2009.The Big Dumpster gave Charlie the opportunity to analyze the content of the dumpsters and roll off containers he rented. He soon realized that the majority of the materials they contained were: concrete, wood, metal, brick/block, cardboard, plastic, and other recyclable items. Instead of paying to dispose of these materials in the landfill, he started developing options to somehow reuse or recycle the materials. Eventually, these ideas led to the formation of Brazos Valley Recycling (BVR), a state-certified recycling and composting facility. BVR has two key components to the business: the original The Big Dumpster business, which supplies the actual roll off containers, dumpsters, totes, recycling bins and Brazos Valley Recycling – the recycling facility itself.
BVR’s goal is to provide waste diversion services that benefit customers and positively impact our environment. BVR works with state regulatory agencies to make certain that compliance of all environmental protection guidelines are followed. BVR is continually striving to initiate innovative sustainability as an alternative to conventional disposal.Currently, BVR provides a wide array of waste removal, recycling, disposal and transportation services as well as dumpster and roll container rentals. BVR provides their services to commercial, industrial, construction and residential customers and currently recycles the following items: cardboard, paperboard, paper, plastic, aluminum, metal, glass, wood, concrete, brick, block, food waste, liquid waste, yard waste and manure.
BVR’s dumpsters and roll containers vary from small office recycling bins, rear load containers and compactors. BVR also has a recycling drop off location which is open to the public and located on west campus at Texas A&M University.Outside haulers are also welcome at BVR’s state-of-the-art recycling facility that features a prime location, low tipping fees and quick service. Their environmentally friendly approach to disposal has brought customers such as Texas A&M University, Budweiser, Pepsi Company and hundreds of other customers to our facility for their disposal and recycling needs.

• Brazos Valley Recycling recycles over 220 tons per day.
• We recycled over 62,000 tons last year!
• We are one of the largest state certified recycling and composting facilities in the state.
• We recycled over 2,101 tons of paper last year this conserved the following resources:
• 35,734 Trees
• 607,478 Gallons of Water
• 126,120 Pounds of Air Pollution
• 2,144,040 KW Hours of Electricity
• 6,306 Cu Yards of Landfill Space
• Since BVR began working with TAMU, their landfill diversion rate went from under 10% to over 50%! We helped TAMU recycle over 194 tons in just one month!
• We spend approximately $300,000.00 within our local community/economy each month.
• BVR has approximately 40 employees.
• The Mancuso family has been providing services to the Brazos Valley for over forty five years since 1967.

Servicing Everyone

Outside haulers can also dispose at BVR’s state of the art recycling and disposal facility. Our prime location, low tipping fees, quick service, and environmentally friendly approach to disposal has brought customers such as Texas A&M University, Budweiser, and Pepsi Co. to our facility for their disposal and recycling needs.Our facility is the closest facility to all major projects in the Bryan/College Station area. We are also located off of Hwy 60, outside of major traffic. Our low disposal fees, quick service, and convenient location make disposal what it should be- EASY. Just drive up, queue in line, dump & go!

COMMERCIAL RECYCLING

Does your business want to go green and save green? Then look no further.BVR recognizes each business’ waste needs are different. BVR provides a large selection of container sizes ranging from small totes to compactors as well as the flexibility to customize containers to suit our customers’ needs. BVR also provides waste tracking information to our customers which reflect the amount diverted from the landfill. This information can be used as a powerful marketing tool, showing your company’s carbon footprint reduction. Contact us today to get a FREE recycling program overview customized to your particular business needs.

ORGANICS RECYCLING

Participating food waste generators place food and other organic waste in specially marked containers which are provided by BVR. We provide staff trainings and program handouts to ensure step by step success. The food or liquid waste is transported to our facility once the containers become full. The transportation process is usually provided by our company but the waste generator can transport materials to our composting facility.

single-stream recycling

• The single-stream recycling program allows you to place your recyclables in one container. The only item that needs to be bagged in clear plastic is shredded paper. Nothing else should be bagged.
• Collection of recycling is on the SAME DAY AS GARBAGE, except every other week.
• Check the Collection map to confirm your collection schedule here: Collection Schedule Map
• On your designated collection day, place your full container at the curb by 8 a.m. It should be about 4 feet from obstructions, including your green garbage container. After collection, the container should be removed from the curb within 12 hours.

New Drop Off Location For Recycling!

There is a new drop off location at Texas A&M for recyclables. Recyclables include: Paper (ALL), Cardboard/Paperboard, Glass (ALL), Plastic (ALL), and Aluminum. The drop off location is on Adriance Lab road on West campus across from the vet research building.