Facility details
- Address
- 1339 17th St
Racine, WI 53403 - Phone
- (262) 632-1601
- Website
- altertrading.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Racine County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110037238021
Programs on file: AIR 0500055101R5002 · ICIS 1000008009 · NPDES permit WIG000159 · TRIS TRI_OFFSITE_1382
Interest types: ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, TRI REPORTER
EPA record updated 2025-08-19
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
- Beck Aluminum Alloys Metals 0.6 mi · Racine, WI
- Racine Public Works Dept Transfer Station 0.9 mi · Racine, WI
- Alter Metal Recycling - Memorial Recycling 1.0 mi · Racine, WI
- Greener Racine LLC Recycling 2.2 mi · Racine, WI
- Asset Recyclers Recycling 3.0 mi · Racine, WI
- Racine HHW Collection site Transfer Station 3.1 mi · Racine, WI
- Kestrel Hawk LF Landfill 3.8 mi · Racine, WI
- Legacy Recycling Recycling 5.7 mi · WI, WI
- Jantz's Yard 4 Automotive Metals 7.8 mi · Kenosha, WI
- Kenosha City Transfer Facility Transfer Station 8.4 mi · Kenosha, WI
Nearest landfill: Kestrel Hawk LF, Racine — 3.8 mi
Area served
Serves Racine, Kenosha, Sturtevant, Caledonia, Franksville, Union Grove, Oak Creek, Pleasant Prairie, South Milwaukee.
County context
One of 11 recycling centers in Racine County, WI.
ZIP 53403 population 26,696.
Wisconsin solid-waste agency: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)