Facility details
- Address
- 490 Vance St
Forest City, NC 28043 - Phone
- (828) 245-6060
- Website
- rutherfordsalesandrecovery.com
- Facility type
- Plastics, Recycling
- County
- Rutherford County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Rutherford Sales and Recovery Company, Inc.
About this facility
A plastic recycling facility processes post-consumer and post-industrial plastic into flake or pellet that manufacturers use in place of virgin resin. Most plants specialize by resin type — PET bottles, HDPE jugs, polypropylene, film and bags, or industrial scrap such as purge and regrind — and buy baled material from MRFs, haulers and factories. Material is sorted, washed, ground and often extruded. Few of these facilities serve walk-in customers, but some accept clean sorted loads from businesses or run a buy-back program. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm which resins are accepted, how clean and sorted they must be and whether small quantities are taken.
Typically accepted at a Plastic Recycling Facility
- PET (#1) bottles
- HDPE (#2) jugs and containers
- Polypropylene (#5)
- Film and stretch wrap
- Industrial regrind and purge
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
- Verity Resin Recycling 0.2 mi · Forest City, NC
- Rutherford County MSW Landfill Landfill 4.9 mi · Rutherfordton, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Shiloh Center Transfer Station 5.6 mi · Rutherfordton, NC
- Cliffside South Rutherford County LF Landfill 6.2 mi · Forest City, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Avondale Center Transfer Station 6.5 mi · Mooresboro, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Gilkey Center Transfer Station 9.7 mi · Rutherfordton, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Hollis Center Transfer Station 9.7 mi · Ellenboro, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Golden Valley Center Transfer Station 10.5 mi · Bostic, NC
- Boiling Springs Recycling Center Recycling 11.5 mi · Mooresboro, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Pea Ridge Center Transfer Station 12.2 mi · Rutherfordton, NC
Nearest landfill: Rutherford County MSW Landfill, Rutherfordton — 4.9 mi
Area served
Serves Forest City, Spindale, Caroleen, Ellenboro, Henrietta, Harris, Rutherfordton, Cliffside, Bostic, Mooresboro, Lattimore, Union Mills.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Rutherford County, NC.
ZIP 28043 population 20,896.
North Carolina solid-waste agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)