Facility details
- Address
- 3113 S Gertrude St
South Bend, IN 46614 - Phone
- (574) 936-3708
- Website
- alternatesourcerecycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- St. Joseph 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
- Waste Management Of Indiana, L.L.C. Transfer Station 0.9 mi · South Bend, IN
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- Acme Refining Metals 1.3 mi · South Bend, IN
- Omnisource Metals 1.4 mi · South Bend, IN
- St Joseph County SWMD Transfer Station 2.5 mi · South Bend, IN
- Concrete Asphalt Recycling Recycling 4.7 mi · South Bend, IN
- Household Hazardous Waste and Recycling Center Recycling 5.8 mi · Mishawaka, IN
- DMT Converter Specialist Recycling 8.2 mi · South Bend, IN
- Prairie View RDF Landfill 11.0 mi · Bremen, IN
- Prairie View Recycling and Disposal Facility Recycling 11.3 mi · Wyatt, IN
Nearest landfill: Prairie View RDF, Bremen — 11.0 mi
Area served
Serves South Bend, Notre Dame, Mishawaka, Lakeville, North Liberty, Wyatt, Granger, Osceola, New Carlisle, Lapaz, Wakarusa, Niles, MI.
County context
One of 10 recycling centers in St. Joseph County, IN.
ZIP 46614 population 29,339.
Indiana solid-waste agency: Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)