Facility details
- Address
- 1500 Blow Ave
Paducah, KY 42003 - Phone
- (270) 441-7635
- Website
- garrettrecycling.net
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- McCracken County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Garrett Recycling
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110044891212
Programs on file: NPDES permit KY0110264
Interest types: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR
EPA record updated 2016-09-03
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
- Freedom Waste Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.2 mi · Paducah, KY
- First American Recovery Recycling 1.6 mi · Paducah, KY
- Paducah Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.0 mi · Paducah, KY
- CWI of Kentucky - Paducah Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.0 mi · Paducah, KY
- River Metals Recycling MetalsRecycling 4.8 mi · Paducah, KY
- Waste Path Sanitary Landfill Landfill 9.9 mi · Calvert City, KY
- Waste Path Sanitary Landfill Transfer Station Transfer Station 11.0 mi · Calvert City, KY
- Eagle Landfill LLC Landfill 12.5 mi · Boaz, KY
- Livingston County Farm & Recycling Recycling 13.7 mi · Smithland, KY
- Metropolis Transfer Station Transfer Station 14.6 mi · Metropolis, IL
Nearest landfill: Waste Path Sanitary Landfill, Calvert City — 9.9 mi
Area served
Serves Paducah, Ledbetter, Brookport, IL, West Paducah, Boaz, Symsonia, Calvert City, Metropolis, IL, Melber, Lovelaceville, Hickory.
County context
One of 3 recycling centers in McCracken County, KY.
ZIP 42003 population 29,384.
Kentucky solid-waste agency: Kentucky Division of Waste Management