Facility details
- Address
- 987 Ellington St
Caro, MI 48723 - Phone
- (989) 673-3234
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Tuscola County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110067590958
Programs on file: NPDES permit MIS310702
Interest types: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR
EPA record updated 2016-07-05
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
- Tuscola County Recycling Recycling same site · Caro, MI
- Scrappers LLC / Elbers Brothers Recycling 18.4 mi · Reese, MI
- Riverview Recycling Recycling 19.8 mi · Marlette, MI
- North Lapeer Recycling Recycling 21.0 mi · North Branch, MI
- Lamrock & Company Recycling Recycling 22.5 mi · Otisville, MI
- Huron Landfill Corp Landfill 22.5 mi · Bad Axe, MI
- Georgetown Logistics Flint Recycling Recycling 24.7 mi · Saginaw, MI
Nearest landfill: Huron Landfill Corp, Bad Axe — 22.5 mi
Area served
Serves Caro, Akron, Mayville, Fairgrove, Deford, Unionville, Kingston, Vassar, Gagetown, Cass City, Silverwood, Reese.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Tuscola County, MI.
ZIP 48723 population 11,960.
Michigan solid-waste agency: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE)