Facility details
- Address
- 3119 E Black River Rd
Alcona Twp, MI 48721 - Phone
- (989) 471-2289
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Alcona County
- EPA Region
- 5
- 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
- Alcona County HHW Transfer Station 12.2 mi · Harrisville, MI
- Alpena Resource Recovery Facility Recycling 18.3 mi · Alpena, MI
- alpena recycling Recycling 18.3 mi · Alpena, MI
- City of Alpena Transfer Station 18.4 mi · Alpena, MI
- Greenway/L&N Disposal Transfer Station 19.2 mi · Alpena, MI
- Alpena Metal Recycling Recycling 22.3 mi · Alpena, MI
Nearest landfill: Montmorency Oscoda Alpena Landfill, Atlanta — 36.1 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Mason Disposal4.3 mi · Spruce, MI · 2 drivers
- Alcona Septic Service LLC4.3 mi · Spruce, MI · 2 drivers
- Kelvin Smith Smith Sunrise Sanitation6.7 mi · Ossineke, MI · 2 drivers
- Holmes Septic Service7.1 mi · Lincoln, MI · 1 driver
- Bernard Abbott Septic Cleaning & Porta-John Co Inc12.3 mi · Hubbard Lake, MI · 2 drivers
Area served
Serves Black River, Spruce, Ossineke, Lincoln, Harrisville, Hubbard Lake.
County context
The only listed recycling center in Alcona County, MI.
8 waste haulers in Alcona County, MI.
ZIP 48721 at a glance
- Population
- 406 (6 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 61
- Households
- Median income $60,500 · 24% earn six figures
- Housing
- 100% owner-occupied · median home value $226,839
- Workforce
- 45% labor-force participation · 5.4% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Michigan solid-waste agency: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE)