Facility details
- Address
- 42 Shore Dr
Highlands, NJ 07732 - Phone
- (732) 872-1224
- Website
- highlandsnj.gov
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Monmouth County
- EPA Region
- 2
- Data sources
- EPA
- 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
- Rumson - Recycling Center Recycling 1.8 mi · Rumson, NJ
- Atlantic Highlands Borough Transfer Station 3.0 mi · Atlantic Highlands, NJ
- Monmouth Beach Transfer Station 4.7 mi · Monmouth Beach, NJ
- Middletown - Recycling Center Recycling 5.4 mi · Middletown, NJ
- Shrewsbury Borough Transfer Station 5.9 mi · Shrewsbury Borough, NJ
- Long Branch - Recycling Center Recycling 6.0 mi · Long Branch, NJ
- Red Bank Recycling Container Service Recycling 6.1 mi · Red Bank, NJ
- Keansburg - Recycling Center Recycling 8.0 mi · Keansburg, NJ
- West Long Branch Transfer Station 8.2 mi · West Long Branch, NJ
- RSNJ LLC - Tinton Falls Transfer Station 9.6 mi · Tinton Falls, NJ
Nearest landfill: Monmouth County Reclamation Center, Tinton Falls — 12.7 mi
Area served
Serves Highlands, Rumson, Atlantic Highlands, Fair Haven, Leonardo, Monmouth Beach, Little Silver, Belford, Red Bank, Oceanport, Shrewsbury, Port Monmouth.
County context
One of 34 recycling centers in Monmouth County, NJ.
ZIP 07732 population 4,686.
New Jersey solid-waste agency: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)