Facility details
- Address
- 400 S Apple Grove Rd
Summer Shade, KY 42166 - Phone
- (270) 427-3854
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Metcalfe County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
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
- Avtec Environmental Metcalfe Inc Recycling 9.2 mi · Edmonton, KY
- Mid State Recycling Company Recycling 16.8 mi · Glasgow, KY
- Lakeside Recycling Inc Recycling 17.7 mi · Glasgow, KY
- Glasgow Landfill Landfill 17.8 mi · Glasgow, KY
- Barren County Scrap Metals 19.9 mi · Glasgow, KY
- Upper Cumberland Landfill Landfill 20.6 mi · Red Boiling Springs, TN
- Macon County Solid Waste / Transfer Station Transfer Station 24.2 mi · Red Boiling Springs, TN
- B & L Aluminum Recycling Inc Metals 24.6 mi · Columbia, KY
- Mid-State Recycling / Adair County Transfer Station Transfer Station 24.6 mi · Columbia, KY
Nearest landfill: Glasgow Landfill, Glasgow — 17.8 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Pitcocks Dumpster Rentals2.5 mi · Summer Shade, KY · 1 driver
- H & M Septic & Port a Potty9.2 mi · Tompkinsville, KY · 2 drivers
- Circle C Trucks and Equipment9.2 mi · Tompkinsville, KY · 6 drivers
- Southern Cross Sanitation LLC9.2 mi · Tompkinsville, KY · 1 driver
- Brewsters Concrete and Septic Backhoe10.3 mi · Summer Shade, KY · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Beaumont, Summer Shade, Eighty Eight, Mount Hermon, Tompkinsville, Marrowbone, Edmonton, Etoile, Knob Lick, Glasgow.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Metcalfe County, KY.
6 waste haulers in Metcalfe County, KY.
ZIP 42166 at a glance
- Population
- 2,691 (15 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 39
- Households
- Median income $49,783 · 18% earn six figures
- Housing
- 80% owner-occupied · median home value $116,724 · median rent $902
- Workforce
- 48% labor-force participation · 0% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Kentucky solid-waste agency: Kentucky Division of Waste Management