Fairmount Park Organic Recycling Center
Philadelphia, PA
Facility details
- Address
- 3850 Ford Rd
Philadelphia, PA 19131 - Phone
- (215) 685-0108
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- phila.gov
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Philadelphia County
- EPA Region
- 3
- 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
- Lombardo Iron and Metal Recycling 1.7 mi · Philadelphia, PA
- MCL Consulting Recycling 2.1 mi · Philadelphia, PA
- United Scrap Metal Inc Metals 2.1 mi · Philadelphia, PA
- The Recycling Company Recycling 2.4 mi · Philadelphia, PA
- Geppert Recycling Transfer Station 2.7 mi · Philadelphia, PA
- Lower Merion Township Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.7 mi · Merion, PA
- GreenDrop Charitable Donations Recycling 2.9 mi · Narberth, PA
- Nicholas Scrap Metal Inc Metals 3.1 mi · Philadelphia, PA
- Lower Merion Township Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.1 mi · Narberth, PA
- Lower Merion Township Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.2 mi · Penn Valley, PA
Nearest landfill: Pennsauken SLF, Pennsauken — 8.9 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Harphers Inc1.0 mi · Phila, PA · 4 drivers
- Mangual Demolition Inc1.6 mi · Philadelphia, PA · 3 drivers
- Disposal Corporation of America1.6 mi · Philadelphia, PA · 1 driver
- Real Way Container Service Inc2.0 mi · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 1 driver
- Philadadelphia Recycling Company2.0 mi · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Philadelphia, Bala Cynwyd, Merion Station, Narberth, Wynnewood, Upper Darby, Lansdowne, Ardmore, Camden, NJ, Gladwyne, Havertown, Haverford.
County context
One of 58 recycling centers in Philadelphia County, PA.
102 waste haulers in Philadelphia County, PA.
ZIP 19131 at a glance
- Population
- 43,776 (3,206 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 34
- Households
- Median income $48,393 · 21% earn six figures
- Housing
- 44% owner-occupied · median home value $175,775 · median rent $1,375
- Workforce
- 56% labor-force participation · 8.5% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Pennsylvania solid-waste agency: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)