Facility details
- Address
- 8213 Clay St
Merrillville, IN 46410 - Phone
- (219) 947-9433
- Website
- wheelertechnologies.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Lake 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
- Merrillville Metal Recycling Recycling 1.3 mi · Merrillville, IN
- Illiana Disposal & Recycling AWS Recycling 4.6 mi · Crown Point, IN
- Illiana Transfer 3 Transfer Station 4.7 mi · Crown Point, IN
- Republic Services Illiana Crown Point Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.7 mi · Crown Point, IN
- Wheeler RDF Landfill 5.2 mi · Hobart, IN
- Millennium Recycling Recycling 6.2 mi · Crown Point, IN
- Raw Auto & Metal Recycling 6.3 mi · Lake Station, IN
- International Computer Recycling Inc Recycling 7.3 mi · Gary, IN
- Metro Recycling Recycling 7.6 mi · Griffith, IN
- Griffith Landfill Composting Landfill 8.0 mi · Griffith, IN
Nearest landfill: Wheeler RDF, Hobart — 5.2 mi
Area served
Serves Merrillville, Hobart, Crown Point, Gary, Wheeler, Lake Station, Valparaiso, Griffith, Schererville, Portage, Saint John, Boone Grove.
County context
One of 25 recycling centers in Lake County, IN.
ZIP 46410 population 38,803.
Indiana solid-waste agency: Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)