Facility details
- Address
- 15 South Hwy 413
Baxter, KY 40806 - Phone
- (606) 573-9423
- Website
- harlancountyanimalshelter.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Harlan County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- EPA
- 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
- Harlan County Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.6 mi · Baxter, KY
- Baxter Metal Co Metals 1.8 mi · Baxter, KY
- Harlan Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.4 mi · Coldiron, KY
- Lee County Solid Waste Transfer Station Transfer Station 17.8 mi · Jonesville, VA
- Robbins Recycling Recycling 17.8 mi · Calvin, KY
- Leslie Transfer Station Transfer Station 20.5 mi · Hyden, KY
- Rumpke - Leslie County Transfer Station Transfer Station 21.6 mi · Hyden, KY
- Leslie Co Transfer Station Transfer Station 21.9 mi · Hyden, KY
- Bell County Transfer Station Transfer Station 22.9 mi · Pineville, KY
Nearest landfill: Wise County Sanitary Landfill, Norton — 35.2 mi
Area served
Serves Loyall, Baxter, Dayhoit, Ages Brookside, Grays Knob, Bledsoe, Wallins Creek, Coalgood, Mary Alice, Gulston, Harlan, Putney.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Harlan County, KY.
ZIP 40806 population 1,827.
Kentucky solid-waste agency: Kentucky Division of Waste Management