Facility details
- Address
- 7 Howe Ave
Newport, RI 02840 - Phone
- (401) 641-6091
- Website
- piecesofhistory.net
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Newport County
- EPA Region
- 1
- 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
- Wm - Waste Management Newport Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.9 mi · Newport, RI
- Newport Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.2 mi · Newport, RI
- Gold's Auto Recycling Recycling 2.2 mi · Middletown, RI
- Jamestown Town of Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.6 mi · Jamestown, RI
- Jamestown Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.1 mi · Jamestown, RI
- Portsmouth Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.7 mi · Portsmouth, RI
- Rosehill Transfer Station Transfer Station 9.4 mi · South Kingstown, RI
- South Kingstown (Rose Hill) Transfer Station Transfer Station 9.5 mi · Peace Dale, RI
- Tiverton Town Landfill Landfill 9.7 mi · Tiverton, RI
- Little Compton Transfer Station Transfer Station 10.0 mi · Little Compton, RI
Nearest landfill: Tiverton Town Landfill, Tiverton — 9.7 mi
Area served
Serves Newport, Middletown, Jamestown, Little Compton, Portsmouth, Saunderstown, Narragansett, Prudence Island, North Kingstown, Kingston, Tiverton, Westport Point, MA.
County context
One of 5 recycling centers in Newport County, RI.
ZIP 02840 population 23,615.
Rhode Island solid-waste agency: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM)