Facility details
- Address
- 5991 Industrial Dr
Athens, OH 45701 - Phone
- (740) 594-5312
- Website
- athenshockingrecycle.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Athens County
- EPA Region
- 5
- 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
- Athens Hocking Reclamation Center Landfill Landfill 7.9 mi · Nelsonville, OH
- Trace'S A-1 Sanitation, Inc. Transfer Station 21.0 mi · Logan, OH
- Kilbarger Construction Inc., Meigs Cnty. Transfer Transfer Station 23.1 mi · Pomeroy, OH
- Meigs County Transfer Station Transfer Station 23.2 mi · Pomeroy, OH
- Beech Hollow Landfill Landfill 23.4 mi · Wellston, OH
- Tunnel Hill Reclamation Landfill Landfill 24.5 mi · New Lexington, OH
- Beech Hollow SLF Landfill 24.5 mi · Wellston, OH
Nearest landfill: Athens Hocking Reclamation Center Landfill, Nelsonville — 7.9 mi
Area served
Serves The Plains, Chauncey, Millfield, Buchtel, Nelsonville, New Marshfield, Athens, Jacksonville, Trimble, Carbon Hill, Murray City, Haydenville.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Athens County, OH.
ZIP 45701 population 33,501.
Ohio solid-waste agency: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA)