Facility details
- Address
- 485 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10022 - Phone
- (838) 218-5772
- Website
- protekrecycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- New York 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
- All Green Electronics Recycling & Data Destruction Recycling 0.2 mi · New York, NY
- Zentag PVT Recycling 0.4 mi · New York, NY
- Schnitzer Steel Recycling 0.8 mi · New York, NY
- Dsny West 59th St. Marine Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.4 mi · New York, NY
- DW Metal Recycling Recycling 1.7 mi · New York, NY
- The 4th Bin Recycling 1.8 mi · Long Island City, NY
- GrowNYC @ Union Square Farmer's Market Recycling 1.8 mi · New York, NY
- AAA Polymer Recycling 1.9 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- East 91St Street Marine Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.2 mi · New York, NY
- SIMS Metal Management MetalsRecycling 2.2 mi · Long Island City, NY
Nearest landfill: Kearny MSLA 1-D Landfill, Kearny — 7.1 mi
Area served
Serves New York, Long Island City, Astoria, Weehawken, NJ, Brooklyn, West New York, NJ, Hoboken, NJ, Sunnyside, Union City, NJ, North Bergen, NJ, Jersey City, NJ, Woodside.
County context
One of 10 recycling centers in New York County, NY.
ZIP 10022 population 34,340.
New York solid-waste agency: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)