Facility details
- Address
- 4557 NC Highway 60
Murphy, NC 28906 - Phone
- (828) 837-2886
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cherokee County
- EPA Region
- 4
- 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
- DHQ Ventures Metal Products Inc Metals 6.0 mi · Morganton, GA
- WM - Blue Ridge Hauling & Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.0 mi · Mineral Bluff, GA
- North Ga Wste LLC Transfer Station 8.5 mi · Morganton, GA
- GoCo Transfer Station Transfer Station 11.8 mi · Blue Ridge, GA
- Union Co-Regional Disposal Services Inc Transfer Station 11.8 mi · Blairsville, GA
- Fannin Co-Fannin Co Transfer Station Transfer Station 11.9 mi · Blue Ridge, GA
- Regional Disposal Services Inc Transfer Station 12.0 mi · Blairsville, GA
- WM - Union County Transfer Station Transfer Station 13.5 mi · Blairsville, GA
- Union Co-Union County Transfer Station Transfer Station 13.5 mi · Blairsville, GA
- Cherokee County MSW Facility Landfill 20.1 mi · Marble, NC
Nearest landfill: Cherokee County MSW Facility, Marble — 20.1 mi
Area served
Serves Mineral Bluff, GA, Morganton, GA, Murphy, Turtletown, TN, Ducktown, TN, Brasstown, Blue Ridge, GA, McCaysville, GA, Blairsville, GA.
County context
One of 1 recycling centers in Cherokee County, NC.
ZIP 28906 population 19,712.
North Carolina solid-waste agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)