Facility details
- Address
- 12 Bear Brook Rd
Charleston, ME 04422 - Phone
- (207) 974-9309
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Penobscot 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
- Central Penobscot Solid Waste Transfer Station 4.2 mi · Corinth, ME
- Garland, Town of Transfer Station 4.3 mi · Garland, ME
- B&S Scrap Recycling Recycling 9.3 mi · Hudson, ME
- Town of Dover-Foxcroft Landfill Landfill 10.6 mi · Dover-Foxcroft, ME
- Dover-Foxcroft Transfer Station Transfer Station 10.8 mi · Dover Foxcroft, ME
- Hudson, Town of Transfer Station 11.0 mi · Hudson, ME
- J D Raymond Transport Transfer Station 11.0 mi · Dover Foxcroft, ME
- Dover-Foxcroft Redemption Center Recycling 11.0 mi · Dover Foxcroft, ME
- Lily Bay Township, Piscataquis County Transfer Station 11.1 mi · Dover-Foxcroft, ME
- Dover-Foxcroft, Town of Transfer Station 11.4 mi · Dover-Foxcroft, ME
Nearest landfill: Town of Dover-Foxcroft Landfill, Dover-Foxcroft — 10.6 mi
Area served
Serves Charleston, Garland, Corinth, Exeter, Bradford, Dover Foxcroft, Hudson, Sebec, Sangerville, Corinna, Kenduskeag, Dexter.
County context
One of 16 recycling centers in Penobscot County, ME.
ZIP 04422 population 1,189.
Maine solid-waste agency: Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)