Facility details
- Address
- 64 N Genesee St
Utica, NY 13502 - Phone
- (315) 724-7161
- Website
- empirerecycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Oneida County
- EPA Region
- 2
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110007149497, 110072172069
Programs on file: AIR NY0000006301600020 · Air program 3606500001 · FIS 6-3016-00020 · NPDES permit NYR00B487 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler NYR000146100
Interest types: AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR, ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, STORM WATER INDUSTRIAL, OTHER HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITIES
EPA record updated 2026-04-30
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
- Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority - Leland Ave Ext Transfer Station 0.4 mi · Utica, NY
- EZ Bottle and Can Redemption Center Recycling 0.5 mi · Utica, NY
- Oneida-Herkimer Recycling Center Recycling 1.5 mi · Utica, NY
- Sims Metal East LLC Metals 3.3 mi · Frankfort, NY
- Sims Metal - Frankfort, New York Recycling 3.4 mi · Frankfort, NY
- 5 On It Recycling 3.4 mi · New York Mills, NY
- Erie Vo-Vo Inc Metals 3.5 mi · Whitesboro, NY
- Computer Connection of CNY, Inc. ElectronicsRecycling 3.7 mi · Utica, NY
- New Hartford C&D Processing/Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.1 mi · New Hartford, NY
- Sunnking Sustainable Solutions Recycling 4.3 mi · Whitesboro, NY
Nearest landfill: Mohawk Valley SLF, Frankfort — 5.1 mi
Area served
Serves Utica, Yorkville, New York Mills, New Hartford, Marcy, Whitesboro, Chadwicks, Frankfort, Sauquoit, Clark Mills, Oriskany, Stittville.
County context
One of 16 recycling centers in Oneida County, NY.
ZIP 13502 population 33,241.
New York solid-waste agency: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)