Facility details
- Address
- 7601 Blue Ridge Trail
Wapwallopen, PA 18660 - Phone
- (570) 868-4030
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Luzerne County
- EPA Region
- 3
- Data sources
- EPA
- 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
- Ray's Recycling Recycling 3.5 mi · Nanticoke, PA
- Wyoming Valley Recycling Recycling 4.7 mi · Nanticoke, PA
- Waste Reduction & Recycling & Transfer Inc Transfer Station 5.3 mi · Wilkes Barre, PA
- DMS Shredding Recycling 7.5 mi · Hanover Twp, PA
- Louis Cohen and Son Recycling 7.6 mi · Hanover Twp, PA
- Louis Cohen & Son Inc Metals 7.6 mi · Wilkes Barre, PA
- Allan Industries Recycling 8.7 mi · Hanover Twp, PA
- Waste Reduction & Recycling Center Recycling 9.0 mi · Wilkes Barre, PA
- Municipal Recovery Inc MRF 9.1 mi · Wilkes Barre, PA
- Valenti Scrap Yard Inc Metals 9.6 mi · Edwardsville, PA
Nearest landfill: Alliance SLF, Taylor — 23.0 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Hontz Sanitation3.6 mi · Wapwallopen, PA · 1 driver
- Chapin Sanitation3.6 mi · Wapwallopen, PA · 2 drivers
- Gittens Disposal Service5.2 mi · Mountaintop, PA · 3 drivers
- Truenorth Junk Solutions5.2 mi · Mountain Top, PA · 1 driver
- Waste Reduction Recycling and Transfer7.0 mi · Wilkes-Barre, PA · 12 drivers
Area served
Serves Nanticoke, Glen Lyon, Wapwallopen, Mountain Top, Wilkes Barre, Drums, Plymouth, Hunlock Creek, Shickshinny, Conyngham, Freeland, Milnesville.
County context
One of 18 recycling centers in Luzerne County, PA.
59 waste haulers in Luzerne County, PA.
ZIP 18660 at a glance
- Population
- 3,137 (26 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 48
- Households
- Median income $80,568 · 39% earn six figures
- Housing
- 92% owner-occupied · median home value $206,757 · median rent $960
- Workforce
- 63% labor-force participation · 7.6% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Pennsylvania solid-waste agency: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)