Facility details
- Address
- 6130 Old Smithfield Rd
Apex, NC 27539 - Phone
- (919) 856-7400
- Website
- wakegov.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Wake 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
- Wake County South Wake MSWLF Landfill 0.1 mi · Apex, NC
- South Wake HHW MRFRecycling 0.1 mi · Apex, NC
- Greenway Waste Solutions of Apex Transfer Station 0.1 mi · Apex, NC
- Wake County Multi-Material Recycling Center Recycling 0.3 mi · Apex, NC
- South Wake Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center Recycling 0.3 mi · Holly Springs, NC
- Hwy 55 C & D Landfill Recycling 0.3 mi · Apex, NC
- South Wake LF (New) Landfill 0.6 mi · Apex, NC
- Elite Waste Services Transfer Station 2.1 mi · Apex, NC
- Shotwell Transfer Station - Apex Transfer Station 4.5 mi · Apex, NC
- Wake County Convenience Center Site 9 Recycling 4.9 mi · New Hill, NC
Nearest landfill: Wake County South Wake MSWLF, Apex — 0.1 mi
Area served
Serves Apex, Cary, Holly Springs, Raleigh, New Hill, Fuquay Varina, Morrisville, Willow Spring, Moncure, Durham, Garner.
County context
One of 30 recycling centers in Wake County, NC.
ZIP 27539 population 25,944.
North Carolina solid-waste agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)