Facility details
- Address
- 24 Middlesex Ave
Carteret, NJ 07008 - Phone
- (732) 541-8909
- Website
- cleanearthinc.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Middlesex County
- EPA Region
- 2
- 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
- Clean Earth of Carteret Recycling 0.1 mi · Carteret, NJ
- Donjon Recycling Recycling 0.7 mi · Staten Island, NY
- South Shore Recycling LLC Recycling 1.0 mi · Staten Island, NY
- Carteret - Recycling Center Recycling 1.1 mi · Carteret, NJ
- NYcdos Staten Island Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.3 mi · Staten Island, NY
- Fresh Kills SLF Landfill 2.0 mi · Staten Island, NY
- Visy Paper Recycling 2.0 mi · Staten Island, NY
- Republic Services Staten Island Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.2 mi · Staten Island, NY
- Staten Island Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.3 mi · Staten Island, NY
- Tremley Point Marine Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.0 mi · Linden, NJ
Nearest landfill: Fresh Kills SLF, Staten Island — 2.0 mi
Area served
Serves Port Reading, Carteret, Sewaren, Staten Island, NY, Avenel, Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, Rahway, Linden, Iselin, Fords, Colonia.
County context
One of 45 recycling centers in Middlesex County, NJ.
ZIP 07008 population 25,220.
New Jersey solid-waste agency: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)