Facility details
- Address
- 301 Columbus Rd
Mount Vernon, OH 43050 - Phone
- (740) 393-2057
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Knox County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- 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
- Capital City Oil Recycling 0.1 mi · Mt Vernon, OH
- DMS Recycling LLC PlasticsRecycling 0.4 mi · Mt Vernon, OH
- Ross Bros.Salvage Inc. Recycling 2.0 mi · Mt Vernon, OH
- Republic Services Mt. Vernon Transfer Facilities Transfer Station 2.1 mi · Mt Vernon, OH
- Mid-State Waste Transfer Station Transfer Station 18.8 mi · Bellville, OH
- ODOT Richland County Transfer Station 19.2 mi · Belleville, OH
- Walhonding Recycling Salvage Yard LLC Recycling 19.5 mi · Walhonding, OH
- Gilead Dynamics Recycling 20.6 mi · Mt Gilead, OH
- Mt Gilead Yard Waste Transfer Station 21.0 mi · Mount Gilead, OH
- RenTek Recycling 21.3 mi · Lexington, OH
Nearest landfill: Bedford #1 and #2 LFs, Gahanna — 32.1 mi
Area served
Serves Mount Vernon, Homer, Gambier, Fredericktown, Utica, Sparta, Centerburg, Howard, Chesterville, Martinsburg, Butler, Bladensburg.
County context
One of 5 recycling centers in Knox County, OH.
ZIP 43050 population 30,360.
Ohio solid-waste agency: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA)