Facility details
- Address
- 29650 N Old Highway 95
Athol, ID 83801 - Phone
- (208) 651-5260
- Website
- colesautomotiverecycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Kootenai County
- EPA Region
- 10
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
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
- Athol Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.7 mi · Athol, ID
- Careywood Recycling Location Recycling 6.8 mi · Careywood, ID
- Chilco Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.5 mi · Rathdrum, ID
- Republic Services - Recycling Center Recycling 13.4 mi · Hayden, ID
- Inland Mobile Recycling Recycling 15.2 mi · Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Laclede Waste Recycling Location Recycling 15.9 mi · Laclede, ID
- Coeur D'Alene Compost Facility Recycling 16.7 mi · Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Kootenai County Landfill and Transfer Station Transfer Station 16.7 mi · Coeur D Alene, ID
- Kootenai Cnty Prairie Transfer Station Transfer Station 19.3 mi · Post Falls, ID
- Transfer Station Transfer Station 19.5 mi · Post Falls, ID
Nearest landfill: Idaho Hill Landfill, Oldtown — 21.1 mi
Area served
Serves Athol, Spirit Lake, Careywood, Hayden, Rathdrum, Cocolalla, Blanchard, Bayview.
County context
One of 6 recycling centers in Kootenai County, ID.
ZIP 83801 population 7,285.
Idaho solid-waste agency: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)