Facility details
- Address
- Rochester Iron & Metal, 1552 E Lucas St
Rochester, IN 46975 - Phone
- (574) 223-4300
- Website
- lewis-salvage.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Fulton County
- EPA Region
- 5
- 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
- Fulton County SWMD Transfer Station 0.2 mi · Rochester, IN
- Rochester Iron & Metal MetalsRecycling 0.3 mi · Rochester, IN
- County Line Landfill Landfill 6.4 mi · Argos, IN
- OmniSource Corporation MetalsRecycling 15.8 mi · Bourbon, IN
- Omnisource Srg Recycling 15.8 mi · Bourbon, IN
- Paul's Auto Yard Knox Recycling 17.5 mi · Knox, IN
- Alligator Aggregate Recycling 17.7 mi · Plymouth, IN
- Lewis Salvage Recycling 20.1 mi · Warsaw, IN
- Chesapeake Electronic Recycling Inc Recycling 20.1 mi · Winamac, IN
- Town of Winamac Transfer Station 20.3 mi · Winamac, IN
Nearest landfill: County Line Landfill, Argos — 6.4 mi
Area served
Serves Rochester, Akron, Fulton, Leiters Ford, Tippecanoe, Argos, Macy, Mentone, Kewanna, Delong, Twelve Mile, Burket.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Fulton County, IN.
ZIP 46975 population 13,985.
Indiana solid-waste agency: Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)