Facility details
- Address
- Foster Brothers Drive
West Columbia, SC 29172 - Phone
- (803) 926-3220
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- medicalwasteservicewestcolumbia.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Lexington County
- EPA Region
- 4
- 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
- Highway 321 Lexington County Landfill Landfill 0.6 mi · West Columbia, SC
- Lexington County Collection and Recycling Center Recycling 0.8 mi · West Columbia, SC
- Metro Waste Water Treatment Plant Recycling 3.1 mi · Columbia, SC
- American Scrap Iron and Metal Recycling 3.1 mi · Cayce, SC
- CMC Steel South Carolina Metals 3.6 mi · Cayce, SC
- Guerrero Junke Recycling 4.0 mi · Gaston, SC
- Sonoco Recycling MRFRecycling 4.4 mi · Columbia, SC
- CMC Recycling Recycling 5.2 mi · Columbia, SC
- Allen Recycling Recycling 5.9 mi · West Columbia, SC
- Pratt Recycling Recycling 6.8 mi · Columbia, SC
Nearest landfill: Highway 321 Lexington County Landfill, West Columbia — 0.6 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Becker Complete Compactor1.0 mi · West Columbia, SC · 14 drivers
- Pods of Columbia3.0 mi · Cayce, SC · 3 drivers
- Tolly Trucking LLC3.0 mi · Cayce, SC · 4 drivers
- Junk King5.3 mi · Columbia, SC · 4 drivers
- Call 2 Haul Trucking LLC5.4 mi · West Columbia, SC · 4 drivers
County context
One of 23 recycling centers in Lexington County, SC.
30 waste haulers in Lexington County, SC.
ZIP 29172 at a glance
- Population
- 8,974 (145 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 40
- Households
- Median income $64,430 · 26% earn six figures
- Housing
- 82% owner-occupied · median home value $175,926 · median rent $1,048
- Workforce
- 63% labor-force participation · 4.9% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
South Carolina solid-waste agency: South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES)