Facility details
- Address
- 411 Cherokee Park Dr
Elizabethton, TN 37643 - Phone
- (423) 543-2124
- Website
- cartercountytn.gov
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Carter County
- EPA Region
- 4
- 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
- Carter County Landfill & Transfer Station Landfill 3.4 mi · Elizabethton, TN
- Davis Recycling Inc Recycling 3.4 mi · Johnson City, TN
- Metal Recycling Inc Metals 3.5 mi · Johnson City, TN
- GP Harmon Recycling Recycling 3.8 mi · Elizabethton, TN
- Lynch Recycling Recycling 4.8 mi · Johnson City, TN
- Iris Glen Environmental Center Transfer Station 4.9 mi · Johnson City, TN
- Iris Glen Environmental Center Landfill 5.0 mi · Johnson City, TN
- Carter County/Elizabethton LF Landfill 7.2 mi · Elizabethton, TN
- OmniSource MetalsRecycling 10.0 mi · Johnson City, TN
- Washington County Convenience Center Recycling 13.5 mi · Johnson City, TN
Nearest landfill: Carter County Landfill & Transfer Station, Elizabethton — 3.4 mi
Area served
Serves Watauga, Milligan, Johnson City, Elizabethton, Hampton, Bluff City, Piney Flats, Unicoi, Roan Mountain, Blountville, Jonesborough, Butler.
County context
One of 4 recycling centers in Carter County, TN.
ZIP 37643 population 33,690.
Tennessee solid-waste agency: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC)