Facility details
- Address
- 1015 Ritchie Rd
Capitol Heights, MD 20743 - Phone
- (301) 808-8090
- Website
- ecmetals.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Prince George's County
- EPA Region
- 3
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110070368271
Programs on file: NPDES permit MDR003149
Interest types: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR
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
- Waste Management, Inc Transfer Station 0.1 mi · Capitol Heights, MD
- Progress Environmental, LLC Recycling 0.6 mi · Capitol Heights, MD
- Aggregate and Dirt Solutions Recycling 3.3 mi · Capitol Heights, MD
- Sheriff Road PF&TS Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Fairmont Heights, MD
- Wisetek Solutions,Turtle Wings,Data Killers,Capital Asset Recycling,Capital Asset Recovery Recycling 3.9 mi · Hyattsville, MD
- World Recycling, Inc. Recycling 4.1 mi · Cheverly, MD
- Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill Landfill 4.1 mi · Upper Marlboro, MD
- Universal Recycling, Inc. Recycling 4.5 mi · Hyattsville, MD
- R3 Services Recycling 4.5 mi · Hyattsville, MD
- OSP Olive Street Processing Recycling 4.7 mi · Capitol Heights, MD
Nearest landfill: Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill, Upper Marlboro — 4.1 mi
Area served
Serves Capitol Heights, District Heights, Hyattsville, Suitland, Washington, DC, Andrews Air Force Base, Upper Marlboro, Bowie, Bladensburg, Temple Hills, Lanham, Brentwood.
County context
One of 34 recycling centers in Prince George's County, MD.
ZIP 20743 population 39,439.
Maryland solid-waste agency: Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)