Union River Redemption Center
Ellsworth, ME
Facility details
- Address
- 242 Water St
Ellsworth, ME 04605 - Phone
- (207) 667-9452
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- union-river-redemption-center.hub.biz
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Hancock County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- 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
- Ellsworth, City of Transfer Station 0.3 mi · Ellsworth, ME
- Clynk Recycling Recycling 0.7 mi · Ellsworth, ME
- Tracy Brothers Construction Recycling 2.8 mi · Hancock, ME
- Ellsworth Recycling Center Recycling 3.0 mi · Ellsworth, ME
- Lamoine, Town of Transfer Station 4.4 mi · Lamoine, ME
- Hancock, Town of Transfer Station 5.5 mi · Hancock, ME
- Lamoine Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.6 mi · Lamoine, ME
- Lamoine Redemption Recycling 7.3 mi · Lamoine, ME
- Blue Hill-Surry Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.7 mi · Blue Hill, ME
- Franklin, Town of Transfer Station 9.3 mi · Franklin, ME
Nearest landfill: Juniper Ridge Landfill, Old Town — 34.0 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Overtime Disposal LLC5.7 mi · Hancock, ME · 1 driver
- Harris Downeast Disposal Inc8.4 mi · Ellsworth, ME · 3 drivers
- Clarke's Portable Toilets8.4 mi · Ellsworth, ME · 1 driver
- Downeast Disposal8.4 mi · Ellsworth, ME · 3 drivers
- Haslam Septic LLC8.4 mi · Lamoine, ME · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Hancock, Surry, Ellsworth, Blue Hill, Franklin, East Orland, Sorrento, Orland, Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Sullivan, Penobscot.
County context
One of 8 recycling centers in Hancock County, ME.
27 waste haulers in Hancock County, ME.
ZIP 04605 at a glance
- Population
- 14,529 (21 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 44
- Households
- Median income $77,377 · 38% earn six figures
- Housing
- 73% owner-occupied · median home value $257,742 · median rent $1,068
- Workforce
- 61% labor-force participation · 3.8% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Maine solid-waste agency: Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)