Facility details
- Address
- 404 West Burleson Street
Wharton, TX 77488 - Phone
- (281) 802-2344
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- journal-spectator.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Wharton County
- EPA Region
- 6
- 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
- Waste Management of Texas Wharton Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.6 mi · Wharton, TX
- Top Price Recycle Recycling 3.7 mi · Wharton, TX
- C&G Recycling Recycling 12.8 mi · El Campo, TX
- Texas Gulf Recycling Recycling 12.9 mi · Boling, TX
- El Campo Landfill Landfill 16.1 mi · El Campo, TX
- C&G Recycling Recycling 18.4 mi · El Campo, TX
- Fort Bend County Landfill Landfill 22.7 mi · Rosenberg, TX
- Fort Bend County Recycling Center Recycling 23.1 mi · Rosenberg, TX
- W and D Recycling Recycling 23.3 mi · Bay City, TX
- W & D Recycling Recycling 23.3 mi · Bay, TX
Nearest landfill: El Campo Landfill, El Campo — 16.1 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Damar Demolition0.9 mi · Wharton, TX · 2 drivers
- Coyote Dumpsters0.9 mi · Wharton, TX · 2 drivers
- Trash Cowboys Com Inc12.3 mi · Boling, TX · 1 driver
- Aj Salvage12.6 mi · El Campo, TX · 1 driver
- Gulf Coast Salvage and Trucking12.6 mi · El Campo, TX · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Wharton, Glen Flora, Hungerford, Pierce, Lane City, Egypt, Kendleton, Boling, El Campo, Beasley, East Bernard.
County context
One of 5 recycling centers in Wharton County, TX.
6 waste haulers in Wharton County, TX.
ZIP 77488 at a glance
- Population
- 14,548 (25 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 40
- Households
- Median income $60,327 · 28% earn six figures
- Housing
- 68% owner-occupied · median home value $163,557 · median rent $1,078
- Workforce
- 58% labor-force participation · 4.6% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Texas solid-waste agency: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)