Facility details
- Address
- 917 Queen St
Portsmouth, VA 23704 - Phone
- (757) 393-1108
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Portsmouth city
- EPA Region
- 3
- Data sources
- EPA
- 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
- Portsmouth City - Craney Island Landfill Landfill 0.7 mi · Portsmouth, VA
- Liberty Tire Co Recycling 1.4 mi · Portsmouth, VA
- Spsa Portsmouth Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.1 mi · Portsmouth, VA
- Gutterman Iron and Metal Corporation Recycling 2.1 mi · Norfolk, VA
- Petrochem Recovery Services Inc Recycling 2.2 mi · Norfolk, VA
- Empire Recycling of Norfolk Recycling 2.5 mi · Norfolk, VA
- SPSA - Norfolk Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.7 mi · Norfolk, VA
- Sims Metal MetalsRecycling 3.9 mi · Chesapeake, VA
- TFC Recycling- Chesapeake Recycling 4.0 mi · Chesapeake, VA
- Mid Atlantic Recycling Solutions Recycling 4.2 mi · Norfolk, VA
Nearest landfill: Portsmouth City - Craney Island Landfill, Portsmouth — 0.7 mi
Area served
Serves Portsmouth, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Fort Monroe, Newport News, Hampton, Carrollton.
County context
One of 3 recycling centers in Portsmouth city, VA.
ZIP 23704 population 19,235.
Virginia solid-waste agency: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)