Facility details
- Address
- NM-4 & Los Luceros Road
Medanales, NM 87548 - Phone
- (505) 685-4112
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Taos 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
- Taos Regional Landfill Landfill 1.8 mi · Taos, NM
- Arroyo Hondo Collection Center Transfer Station 1.8 mi · Ojo Caliente, NM
- Costilla Collection Center Transfer StationRecycling 1.8 mi · Taos, NM
- Los Cordovas Collection Center Transfer Station 1.8 mi · Taos, NM
- Ojo Caliente Convenience Center Transfer Station 13.3 mi · Taos Ski Valley, NM
- Eagle Nest Collection Center Transfer Station 16.2 mi · Eagle Nest, NM
- Angel Fire Collection Center Transfer Station 16.6 mi · Angel Fire, NM
- Chamisal Collection Center Transfer Station 21.3 mi · Red River, NM
- Polvadera Collection Center Transfer Station 23.8 mi · Chamisal, NM
Nearest landfill: Taos Regional Landfill, Taos — 1.8 mi
Area served
Serves El Prado, Taos, Arroyo Seco, Valdez, Ranchos De Taos, Taos Ski Valley, Carson, Arroyo Hondo, San Cristobal.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Taos County, NM.
ZIP 87548 population 921.
New Mexico solid-waste agency: New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)