Facility details
- Address
- 201 Lake Ave
Elmira, NY 14904 - Phone
- (607) 215-3319
- Website
- thecanplaceelmira.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Chemung 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
- Shulman Co Inc Recycling 1.5 mi · Elmira, NY
- Kaplan's Scrapyard Recycling 2.2 mi · Elmira, NY
- Chemung County Rural Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.2 mi · Southport, NY
- Southport Drop-Off Center Transfer Station 2.3 mi · Pine City, NY
- Chemung Co Materials Recycling Facility MRF 2.6 mi · Elmira, NY
- Chemung County Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.6 mi · Elmira, NY
- Chemung Landfill Landfill 2.8 mi · Elmira, NY
- Central Recycling Co-op Inc Recycling 4.0 mi · Horseheads, NY
- React E Cycling Recycling 6.8 mi · Big Flats, NY
- Big Flats Drop-Off Center Transfer Station 6.8 mi · Big Flats, NY
Nearest landfill: Chemung Landfill, Elmira — 2.8 mi
Area served
Serves Elmira, Wellsburg, Lowman, Pine City, Horseheads, Breesport, Gillett, PA, Chemung, Big Flats, Erin, Pine Valley, Corning.
County context
One of 8 recycling centers in Chemung County, NY.
ZIP 14904 population 14,276.
New York solid-waste agency: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)