Universal Recycling, Inc.
Hyattsville, MD
Facility details
- Address
- 8500 Ardwick Ardmore Road
Hyattsville, MD 20785 - Phone
- (301) 276-0859
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- universalappliance.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Prince George's County
- EPA Region
- 3
- 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.
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- Smith Industries, Inc Recycling 4.1 mi · Capitol Heights, MD
Nearest landfill: Sandy Hill SLF, Bowie — 6.5 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Jose R Lopez-Portillo1.7 mi · Hyattsville, MD · 1 driver
- Mendozas Demolition Services1.7 mi · Hyattsville, MD · 2 drivers
- Solluna Junk Removal LLC1.7 mi · Hyattsville, MD · 1 driver
- Advantage Waste Removal1.8 mi · Lanham, MD · 3 drivers
- Megastar Moving and Junk Removal Services1.8 mi · Lanham, MD · 2 drivers
Area served
Serves Hyattsville, Lanham, Riverdale, Bladensburg, Glenn Dale, Bowie, Capitol Heights, Greenbelt, Brentwood, Washington, DC, Mount Rainier, College Park.
County context
One of 34 recycling centers in Prince George's County, MD.
141 waste haulers in Prince George's County, MD.
ZIP 20785 at a glance
- Population
- 40,066 (1,529 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 36
- Households
- Median income $85,994 · 40% earn six figures
- Housing
- 52% owner-occupied · median home value $348,506 · median rent $1,830
- Workforce
- 72% labor-force participation · 6.7% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Maryland solid-waste agency: Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)