Facility details
- Address
- 1601 Lager St
Pittsburgh, PA 15212 - Phone
- (412) 325-7075
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- thepaperexchange.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Allegheny County
- EPA Region
- 3
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
- Also listed as
- The Paper Exchange Inc
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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- Northside Scrap Metals Inc Metals 1.7 mi · Pittsburgh, PA
- Warhola Paul A Scrap Recycling 1.7 mi · Pittsburgh, PA
- Three Rivers Scrap Metals Metals 1.8 mi · Pittsburgh, PA
- Reserve Park Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.9 mi · Pittsburgh, PA
- Atlas Materials Recycling Corp Recycling 2.4 mi · Pittsburgh, PA
- Evolution E-Cycling ElectronicsRecycling 2.7 mi · Pittsburgh, PA
- Tri-State Asset Recovery Recycling 3.5 mi · Pittsburgh, PA
Nearest landfill: Monroeville Landfill, Monroeville — 10.7 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Junk in MY Trunk LLC1.0 mi · Pittsburgh, PA · 1 driver
- Midnight Dumpsters LLC1.0 mi · Pittsburgh, PA · 1 driver
- 412 Dumpsters2.1 mi · Pittsburgh, PA · 2 drivers
- Gi Haul LLC2.2 mi · Pittsburgh, PA · 2 drivers
- The Junk Magician LLC2.6 mi · Pittsburgh, PA · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Pittsburgh, Glenshaw, McKees Rocks, Homestead, Carnegie, Braddock, Allison Park, West Mifflin, Verona, East Pittsburgh, Oakmont, Presto.
County context
One of 51 recycling centers in Allegheny County, PA.
117 waste haulers in Allegheny County, PA.
ZIP 15212 at a glance
- Population
- 27,652 (1,842 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 38
- Households
- Median income $64,077 · 30% earn six figures
- Housing
- 50% owner-occupied · median home value $186,553 · median rent $1,155
- Workforce
- 68% labor-force participation · 6% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Pennsylvania solid-waste agency: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)