Facility details
- Address
- 81 E Wardlow St
Gates, TN 38037 - Phone
- (731) 836-9148
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Lauderdale County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110069997464
Programs on file: NPDES permit TNR058137 · TRIS TRI_OFFSITE_2333
Interest types: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, STORM WATER INDUSTRIAL, TRI REPORTER
EPA record updated 2026-01-08
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
- Hutcherson Metals Inc Metals 4.4 mi · Halls, TN
- Lauderdale County Convenience Center Transfer Station 4.5 mi · Ripley, TN
- Lauderdale County LF Landfill 5.0 mi · Ripley, TN
- Crockett County Convenience Center-Maury City Transfer Station 9.7 mi · Maury City, TN
- Crockett County Convenience Center-Friendship Transfer Station 9.8 mi · Friendship, TN
- Dyersburg City Landfill Landfill 10.7 mi · Dyersburg, TN
- Jet Core And Metals Recycling 12.0 mi · Dyersburg, TN
- Dyer City LF Landfill 12.6 mi · TN
- Jere Kirk Disposal Landfill 16.4 mi · Dyersburg, TN
- Crockett County Convenience Center - Alamo Transfer Station 16.5 mi · Alamo, TN
Nearest landfill: Lauderdale County LF, Ripley — 5.0 mi
Area served
Serves Gates, Halls, Maury City, Friendship, Tigrett, Crockett Mills, Dyersburg, Alamo, Ripley.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Lauderdale County, TN.
ZIP 38037 population 1,556.
Tennessee solid-waste agency: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC)