Facility details
- Address
- 1190 Copelin Valley Rd
Upton, KY 42784 - Phone
- (270) 218-0229
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Hart County
- EPA Region
- 4
- 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
- Hart County Solid Waste Transfer Station 11.0 mi · Munfordville, KY
- Top Dollar Scrap Metal Metals 15.8 mi · Leitchfield, KY
- City of Leitchfield Transfer Station Transfer Station 16.3 mi · Leitchfield, KY
- Pyles Demolition Recycling Recycling 17.9 mi · Elizabethtown, KY
- Rumpke Transfer Station Transfer Station 17.9 mi · Elizabethtown, KY
- Elizabethtown Recyclery & Transfer Station Transfer Station 17.9 mi · Elizabethtown, KY
- Freedom Metals Elizabethtown Metals 18.4 mi · Elizabethtown, KY
- Radius Recycling Recycling 18.4 mi · Elizabethtown, KY
- Borders Carhartt & Boots Recycling 18.5 mi · Elizabethtown, KY
- G & R Reclamation Recycling 18.6 mi · Horse Cave, KY
Nearest landfill: Hardin County Contained Landfill, Elizabethtown — 25.2 mi
Area served
Serves Upton, White Mills, Sonora, Bonnieville, Clarkson, Munfordville, Cub Run, Glendale, Big Clifty, Eastview.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Hart County, KY.
ZIP 42784 population 2,948.
Kentucky solid-waste agency: Kentucky Division of Waste Management