Facility details
- Address
- 3000 Bells Rd
Richmond, VA 23234 - Phone
- (804) 271-1239
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- smithironmetal.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Richmond city
- EPA Region
- 3
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110010714744
Programs on file: AIR VA0000005176000504 · Air program 5176000504 · ICIS 15694 · NPDES permit VAR050563 · NPDES permit VAU000024
Interest types: AIR MINOR, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, ICIS-NPDES UNPERMITTED, STORM WATER INDUSTRIAL
EPA record updated 2015-05-03
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
- United Scrap Metal MetalsRecycling 0.7 mi · Richmond, VA
- Sims Metal Management Metals 1.4 mi · Richmond, VA
- Sims Metal Recycling 1.5 mi · Richmond, VA
- Richmond Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.8 mi · Richmond, VA
- WM - Richmond Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.8 mi · Richmond, VA
- Sonoco Paper/Recycling Recycling 1.9 mi · Richmond, VA
- Waste Management - Richmond Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.9 mi · Richmond, VA
- Richmond City of Hopkins Road Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.9 mi · Richmond, VA
- International Paper Recycling 2.0 mi · Richmond, VA
- Richmond Recycling Inc Recycling 2.7 mi · Richmond, VA
Nearest landfill: The East End Landfill, Richmond — 4.5 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- TY's Hauling & Paving Inc1.6 mi · Richmond, VA · 36 drivers
- Sims Metal Management1.6 mi · Richmond, VA · 20 drivers
- Bin There Dump That of Central Virginia1.6 mi · Richmond, VA · 9 drivers
- Wayne's Hauling and Salvage Company1.6 mi · Richmond, VA · 1 driver
- Stamie E Lyttle Company1.8 mi · Richmond, VA · 5 drivers
Area served
Serves Richmond, Henrico, Chester, Chesterfield, Sandston, Midlothian, Colonial Heights, Glen Allen, Mechanicsville.
County context
One of 13 recycling centers in Richmond city, VA.
9 waste haulers in Richmond city, VA.
ZIP 23234 at a glance
- Population
- 47,465 (959 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 35
- Households
- Median income $66,619 · 29% earn six figures
- Housing
- 59% owner-occupied · median home value $265,908 · median rent $1,401
- Workforce
- 69% labor-force participation · 7% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Virginia solid-waste agency: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)