Facility details
- Address
- 34701 FM-1577
San Benito, TX 78586 - Phone
- (956) 280-3403
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cameron County
- EPA Region
- 6
- 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
- Joes Scrap Metal Metals 5.5 mi · Olmito, TX
- De Leon Scrap Metal Metals 5.9 mi · Olmito, TX
- Suntrack Supply Services Recycling 6.0 mi · Olmito, TX
- AV-Steel LLC Metals 6.1 mi · San Benito, TX
- San Benito Scrap & Metal Metals 7.0 mi · San Benito, TX
- Laureles Metals Metals 9.8 mi · San Benito, TX
- City of Harlingen Transfer Station Transfer Station 10.6 mi · Harlingen, TX
- Harlingen Recycling Center Recycling 10.7 mi · Harlingen, TX
- City of Brownsville Landfill Landfill 11.2 mi · Brownsville, TX
- City of Brownsville Recycling Center Recycling 11.7 mi · Brownsville, TX
Nearest landfill: City of Brownsville Landfill, Brownsville — 11.2 mi
Area served
Serves Olmito, San Benito, Brownsville, Los Indios, Harlingen, Santa Maria, Los Fresnos, La Feria.
County context
One of 25 recycling centers in Cameron County, TX.
ZIP 78586 population 49,103.
Texas solid-waste agency: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)