Facility details
- Address
- 1018 1st Ave E
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219 - Phone
- (276) 202-8068
- Website
- community.preciousplastic.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Wise County
- EPA Region
- 3
- 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
- Wise County - Big Stone Gap/East Stone Gap Transfer Station 1.6 mi · Big Stone Gap, VA
- Robinette Scrap Metal Processing Metals 1.8 mi · Big Stone Gap, VA
- Wise County - Appalachia Transfer Station 2.3 mi · Appalachia, VA
- Wise County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 5.3 mi · Norton, VA
- Wise County - Norton Transfer Station 6.7 mi · Norton, VA
- Wise County - Wise #1 Transfer Station 11.1 mi · Wise, VA
- Wise County - Wise #2 Transfer Station 15.1 mi · Wise, VA
- Scott County Transfer Station Transfer Station 16.5 mi · Gate City, VA
- Baker Scrap Metal and Recycling Metals 17.0 mi · Whitesburg, KY
- Wise County - Pound #2 Transfer Station 17.0 mi · Pound, VA
Nearest landfill: Wise County Sanitary Landfill, Norton — 5.3 mi
Area served
Serves East Stone Gap, Big Stone Gap, Appalachia, Norton, Lynch, KY, Holmes Mill, KY, Keokee, Dryden, Partridge, KY, Duffield, Benham, KY, Eolia, KY.
County context
One of 3 recycling centers in Wise County, VA.
ZIP 24219 population 10,416.
Virginia solid-waste agency: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)