Facility details
- Address
- 135 Water St
Town Creek, AL 35672 - Phone
- (256) 685-3727
- Website
- thorntonironmetal.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Lawrence County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110043730488
Programs on file: NPDES permit ALG180754
Interest types: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, STORM WATER INDUSTRIAL
EPA record updated 2016-09-03
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Allstar Recycling Recycling 1.2 mi · Town Creek, AL
- STS Electronic Recycling Recycling 12.3 mi · Muscle Shoals, AL
- Morris Farm Sanitary Landfill Landfill 12.6 mi · Hillsboro, AL
- Thornton Iron & Metal Recycling 13.7 mi · Rogersville, AL
- Shoals Solid Waste Industrial Landfill Landfill 13.9 mi · Tuscumbia, AL
- Tri-Cities Swda Transfer Station Transfer Station 13.9 mi · Tuscumbia, AL
- Florence Recycling Center Recycling 15.5 mi · Florence, AL
- Lawrence County Recycling Recycling 16.1 mi · Moulton, AL
- Metal Exchange Corp Metals 16.1 mi · Moulton, AL
- PartCycle Technologies Recycling 16.2 mi · Florence, AL
Nearest landfill: Morris Farm Sanitary Landfill, Hillsboro — 12.6 mi
Area served
Serves Town Creek, Leighton, Courtland, Muscle Shoals, Hillsboro, Rogersville.
County context
One of 4 recycling centers in Lawrence County, AL.
ZIP 35672 population 5,738.
Alabama solid-waste agency: Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)