American Waste Recycling Facility
Traverse City, MI
Facility details
- Address
- 280 Hughes Dr
Traverse City, MI 49696 - Phone
- (231) 943-8088
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- americanwaste.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Grand Traverse County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110042285586
Programs on file: RCRA hazardous-waste handler MIK865883961
EPA record updated 2012-05-21
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
- American Waste Inc. Transfer Station 0.1 mi · Traverse City, MI
- Grand Traverse Recycling Center Recycling 1.3 mi · Traverse City, MI
- Beacon Recycling Recycling 1.9 mi · Traverse City, MI
- Rifkin Scrap Iron & Metal Co Metals 2.1 mi · Traverse City, MI
- eRecycle TC Recycling 3.4 mi · Traverse City, MI
- American Waste Transfer StationMRF 3.5 mi · Traverse City, MI
- Bay Area Recycling for Community Recycling 4.1 mi · Traverse City, MI
- Padnos Recycling 5.6 mi · Traverse City, MI
- Odom Re Use Co Recycling 6.0 mi · Grawn, MI
- Glen's Sanitary Landfill Inc. Landfill 13.5 mi · Maple City, MI
Nearest landfill: Glen's Sanitary Landfill Inc., Maple City — 13.5 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Traverse Hauling5.8 mi · Traverse City, MI · 1 driver
- Erecycle LLC5.8 mi · Traverse City, MI · 1 driver
- Halls Salvage8.5 mi · Traverse City, MI · 1 driver
- Bay Area Disposal8.5 mi · Traverse City, MI · 1 driver
- Hybra Recycling LLC8.5 mi · Traverse City, MI · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Traverse City, Grawn, Kingsley, Williamsburg, Interlochen, Cedar, Buckley, Lake Ann.
County context
One of 9 recycling centers in Grand Traverse County, MI.
16 waste haulers in Grand Traverse County, MI.
ZIP 49696 at a glance
- Population
- 10,477 (59 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 43
- Households
- Median income $94,803 · 47% earn six figures
- Housing
- 92% owner-occupied · median home value $305,926 · median rent $1,418
- Workforce
- 68% 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)