Facility details
- Address
- 1913 E 7th St
Hays, KS 67601 - Phone
- (785) 628-8689
- Website
- idealrefuse.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Ellis County
- EPA Region
- 7
- 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
- Ideal Refuse Removal Transfer Station same site · Hays, KS
- Langer Industrial Service LLC Recycling 0.3 mi · Hays, KS
- Ellis Co Solid Waste Landfill, Transfer Station & HHW collection Landfill 2.0 mi · Hays, KS
- Rohrs Recycling Recycling 21.3 mi · La Crosse, KS
- City of LaCrosse Transfer Station 22.5 mi · LaCrosse, KS
- Rush County HHW Transfer Station 23.0 mi · LaCrosse, KS
- Russell County HHW Transfer Station 24.2 mi · Russell, KS
Nearest landfill: Ellis Co Solid Waste Landfill, Transfer Station & HHW collection, Hays — 2.0 mi
Area served
Serves Hays, Catharine, Victoria, Schoenchen, Walker, Pfeifer, Gorham, Liebenthal.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Ellis County, KS.
ZIP 67601 population 24,279.
Kansas solid-waste agency: Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE)