Facility details
- Address
- Hwy 165 .2 miles east of I-25; 44B Highway 165
Rio Rancho, NM 87144 - Phone
- (505) 867-0816
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Sandoval County
- EPA Region
- 6
- 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
- Sandoval County Landfill And Composting Facility Landfill same site · Rio Rancho, NM
- Rio Rancho Landfill (Waste Management) Landfill same site · Rio Rancho, NM
- Canon Collection Center Transfer Station same site · Rio Rancho, NM
- Rio Rancho Landfill Landfill 2.4 mi · Rio Rancho, NM
- Cuba Collection Center Transfer StationRecycling 3.4 mi · Rio Rancho, NM
- Valencia Regional Landfill And Recycling Facility Landfill 4.1 mi · Rio Rancho, NM
- Rio Rancho Recycling Recycling 4.5 mi · Rio Rancho, NM
- Sandoval County Landfill Landfill 4.8 mi · Rio Rancho, NM
- E-Tech Recycle Recycling 7.3 mi · Albuquerque, NM
- Sandia Pueblo Waste Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.1 mi · Bernalillo, NM
Nearest landfill: Rio Rancho Landfill (Waste Management), Rio Rancho — same site
Area served
Serves Rio Rancho, Corrales, Albuquerque, Bernalillo.
County context
One of 3 recycling centers in Sandoval County, NM.
ZIP 87144 population 49,976.
New Mexico solid-waste agency: New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)