Facility details
- Address
- 3370 Bryson City Road
Franklin, NC 28744 - Phone
- (828) 524-9100
- Website
- desototrailmetal.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Macon County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110018768706, 110037425738
Programs on file: ICIS 1800012566 · NC-FITS 40078 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler NCS000000744
Interest types: ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
EPA record updated 2015-05-03
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
- Holland Metal Recycling same site · Franklin, NC
- Macon County Landfill Landfill 1.8 mi · Franklin, NC
- Helping Hands Service Co. Recycling 11.7 mi · Whittier, NC
- Jackson County Landfill Landfill 12.9 mi · Dillsboro, NC
- Extine Recycling Recycling 13.1 mi · Whittier, NC
- Swain County Transfer Facility Transfer Station 14.0 mi · Bryson City, NC
- Swain County LF Landfill 14.3 mi · Bryson City, NC
- Jackson Paper Manufacturing PaperRecycling 14.8 mi · Sylva, NC
- Metalwood Recycling Recycling 15.5 mi · Sylva, NC
- Jackson County Transfer Station Transfer Station 18.2 mi · Sylva, NC
Nearest landfill: Macon County Landfill, Franklin — 1.8 mi
Area served
Serves Franklin, Bryson City, Otto, Dillsboro, Webster, Topton, Whittier, Sylva, Scaly Mountain.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Macon County, NC.
North Carolina solid-waste agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)