Facility details
- Address
- 126 Phelps Ct
Carthage, TN 37030 - Phone
- (615) 683-9191
- Website
- sams-recycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Smith 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
- Smith County Landfill Landfill 0.8 mi · Carthage, TN
- Wilson County Convenience Center-Watertown Transfer Station 14.1 mi · Watertown, TN
- Southeast Power Portable Welding Recycling 16.0 mi · Lebanon, TN
- DeKalb County Convenience Center - Silver Point Transfer Station 17.3 mi · Silver Point, TN
- SafePoint LLC Recycling 18.7 mi · Lebanon, TN
- Cedar Grove Landfill Landfill 18.9 mi · Lebanon, TN
- Wilson County Convenience Center-Statesville Transfer Station 19.2 mi · Watertown, TN
- Wilson County Convenience Center-Lebanon Transfer Station 20.2 mi · Lebanon, TN
- Rockwood Sustainable Solutions Recycling 20.3 mi · Lebanon, TN
- Macon County Solid Waste / Transfer Station Transfer Station 20.6 mi · Red Boiling Springs, TN
Nearest landfill: Smith County Landfill, Carthage — 0.8 mi
Area served
Serves Carthage, Elmwood, Gordonsville, Riddleton, Brush Creek, Chestnut Mound, Hickman, Pleasant Shade, Buffalo Valley, Dixon Springs, Granville, Lancaster.
County context
One of 1 recycling centers in Smith County, TN.
ZIP 37030 population 7,889.
Tennessee solid-waste agency: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC)