Facility details
- Address
- 550 South St
Rensselaer, NY 12144 - Phone
- (518) 650-6170
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Rensselaer County
- EPA Region
- 2
- 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.
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- Waste Management Of New York Port Of Albany Transfer Station 0.9 mi · Albany, NY
- C D MAN Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.9 mi · Albany, NY
- Sims Metal - Albany, New York Recycling 1.0 mi · Albany, NY
- BBC Aggregate Recycling Transfer StationRecycling 1.0 mi · Albany, NY
- Rensselaer Iron & Steel Inc Metals 1.0 mi · Rensselaer, NY
- SIMS Metal Management Recycling 1.1 mi · Albany, NY
Nearest landfill: Dunn C&D LF, Rensselaer — 1.8 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- WM Biers Inc1.3 mi · Albany, NY · 7 drivers
- A-Septic Service1.6 mi · Rensselaer, NY · 1 driver
- Pete Corellis Rubbish Removal1.6 mi · Rensselaer, NY · 1 driver
- Speedcor Container Service Inc1.6 mi · Rensselaer, NY · 3 drivers
- Action Waste Service LLC1.6 mi · Rensselaer, NY · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Albany, Rensselaer, Glenmont, East Greenbush, Castleton On Hudson, Delmar, West Sand Lake, East Schodack, Selkirk, Wynantskill, Slingerlands, South Bethlehem.
County context
One of 16 recycling centers in Rensselaer County, NY.
51 waste haulers in Rensselaer County, NY.
ZIP 12144 at a glance
- Population
- 22,111 (466 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 41
- Households
- Median income $90,738 · 46% earn six figures
- Housing
- 59% owner-occupied · median home value $251,505 · median rent $1,366
- Workforce
- 66% labor-force participation · 3.6% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
New York solid-waste agency: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)