Facility details
- Address
- 261 10th St Pl NW
Hickory, NC 28601 - Phone
- (828) 327-5701
- Website
- sonoco.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Catawba County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110006718481
Programs on file: NC-FITS 16490 · NPDES permit NCG130017
Interest types: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR
EPA record updated 2016-01-11
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
- Gordon Recyclers Recycling 0.1 mi · Hickory, NC
- L Gordon Iron & Company-Hickory Metals 0.2 mi · Hickory, NC
- Hickory, City of Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.4 mi · Hickory, NC
- Recycling Equipment Inc Recycling 3.0 mi · Hickory, NC
- Catawba Valley Reclamation Recycling 4.5 mi · Hildebran, NC
- GDS Recycling Services Recycling 6.0 mi · Conover, NC
- Conover Transfer Station Transfer StationRecycling 6.0 mi · Conover, NC
- TRG Recycling Recycling 7.3 mi · Connelly Springs, NC
- Gordon Recyclers MetalsRecycling 7.4 mi · Connelly Springs, NC
- Blackburn SLF Landfill 9.3 mi · Newton, NC
Nearest landfill: Blackburn SLF, Newton — 9.3 mi
Area served
Serves Hickory, Hildebran, Rhodhiss, Icard, Granite Falls, Conover, Newton, Rutherford College, Hudson, Connelly Springs, Claremont, Valdese.
County context
One of 10 recycling centers in Catawba County, NC.
ZIP 28601 population 52,839.
North Carolina solid-waste agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)