Facility details
- Address
- 5720 Schaaf Rd
Independence, OH 44131 - Phone
- (216) 524-1700
- Website
- indexc.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110063926943
Programs on file: OH-CORE 9587
EPA record updated 2015-04-14
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
- Cleveland Land Development LF Landfill 0.3 mi · Brooklyn Heights, OH
- Constant Recycling Recycling 1.3 mi · Independence, OH
- Construction & Demolition Recycling/ Recycling Today Media Group Recycling 1.4 mi · Valley View, OH
- Great Eastern Metals Metals 1.8 mi · Cleveland, OH
- 5301 Grant Recycling 1.9 mi · Cleveland, OH
- Gateway Recycling Recycling 2.1 mi · Cleveland, OH
- PSC Metals, LLC MetalsRecycling 2.2 mi · Cleveland, OH
- SA Recycling Recycling 2.2 mi · Cleveland, OH
- Rumpke Waste Inc., Harvard Transfer Facility Transfer Station 2.5 mi · Newburgh Heights, OH
- River Recycling Industries Recycling 2.5 mi · Cleveland, OH
Nearest landfill: Cleveland Land Development LF, Brooklyn Heights — 0.3 mi
Area served
Serves Cleveland, Independence, Maple Heights, Bedford, Broadview Heights, Brecksville, Beachwood, North Royalton, Northfield, Brook Park, Lakewood, Macedonia.
County context
One of 85 recycling centers in Cuyahoga County, OH.
ZIP 44131 population 20,619.
Ohio solid-waste agency: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA)