Facility details
- Address
- 1342 Main St
Reading, MA 01867 - Website
- goodwill.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Middlesex County
- EPA Region
- 1
- 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
- Woburn Recycling and Converting Recycling 3.2 mi · Woburn, MA
- Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc. Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Woburn, MA
- OPRSystems Inc. Recycling 3.5 mi · Wilmington, MA
- Rocktenn Recycling 3.6 mi · Wakefield, MA
- Nahant Street Recycling Yard Waste Recycling 4.1 mi · Wakefield, MA
- Middleton Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.3 mi · Middleton, MA
- CYR Recycle Center Recycling 5.4 mi · North Andover, MA
- Danvers Landfill Landfill 6.1 mi · Danvers, MA
- Supreme Recycling Recycling 6.1 mi · Woburn, MA
- Republic Services Peabody Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.2 mi · Peabody, MA
Nearest landfill: Danvers Landfill, Danvers — 6.1 mi
Area served
Serves Reading, North Reading, Wilmington, Lynnfield, Wakefield, Woburn, Stoneham, Middleton, Burlington, Hathorne, Peabody, Andover.
County context
One of 51 recycling centers in Middlesex County, MA.
ZIP 01867 population 25,474.
Massachusetts solid-waste agency: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)