Facility details
- Address
- 8100 W Florist Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53218 - Phone
- (414) 393-0300
- Website
- materialrecoveryinc.com
- Facility type
- Plastics, Recycling
- County
- Milwaukee County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Material Recovery, Inc.
About this facility
A plastic recycling facility processes post-consumer and post-industrial plastic into flake or pellet that manufacturers use in place of virgin resin. Most plants specialize by resin type — PET bottles, HDPE jugs, polypropylene, film and bags, or industrial scrap such as purge and regrind — and buy baled material from MRFs, haulers and factories. Material is sorted, washed, ground and often extruded. Few of these facilities serve walk-in customers, but some accept clean sorted loads from businesses or run a buy-back program. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm which resins are accepted, how clean and sorted they must be and whether small quantities are taken.
Typically accepted at a Plastic Recycling Facility
- PET (#1) bottles
- HDPE (#2) jugs and containers
- Polypropylene (#5)
- Film and stretch wrap
- Industrial regrind and purge
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
- United Milwaukee Scrap LLC Metals 0.3 mi · Milwaukee, WI
- H&R Scrap Metals Inc Metals 0.6 mi · Milwaukee, WI
- Environmental Innovations Recycling 1.0 mi · Milwaukee, WI
- Milwaukee City Northwest Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.2 mi · Milwaukee, WI
- WM - Northwest Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.2 mi · Milwaukee, WI
- Milwaukee Self Help Recycling Center Recycling 1.2 mi · Milwaukee, WI
- Waste Management - Northwest Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.2 mi · Milwaukee, WI
- J-Custom Solutions Recycling 1.9 mi · Milwaukee, WI
- Wisconsin Specialty Recycling LLC Recycling 2.0 mi · Milwaukee, WI
- Badger Disposal of WI Transfer Station 2.3 mi · Milwaukee, WI
Nearest landfill: Orchard Ridge RDF, Menomonee Falls — 5.3 mi
Area served
Serves Milwaukee, Butler, Menomonee Falls, Brookfield, Elm Grove, Mequon, Lannon, Germantown, Sussex, New Berlin, Waukesha, Saint Francis.
County context
One of 53 recycling centers in Milwaukee County, WI.
ZIP 53218 population 40,581.
Wisconsin solid-waste agency: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)