Recycling centers in Rome

BlackRock Recycling at 20 Douglas Street in Rome buys ferrous and non-ferrous scrap, electronic waste, and insulated and bare copper, with copper processing as a stated specialty. Individual loads come in for drop-off, while the yard picks up bins and bulk loads, rents scrap bins, offers on-site consultations, and takes scrap cars. A posted refusal list keeps out refrigerant-bearing freezers and refrigerators, asbestos, fuels and paints, closed gas cylinders, explosives and munitions, cracked or lithium batteries, free-flowing liquids, radioactive scrap, biohazards, tires, concrete, wood, and mercury-containing items. Air conditioners are accepted for a fee.

Every curbside bin collected in the City of Rome ends up at the Rome-Floyd Recycling Center on Lavender Drive. City residents get weekly curbside pickup on garbage day, while residents of unincorporated Floyd County bring recyclables to remote sites or to the center's 24/7 drop-off area. The center takes #1 and #2 plastics such as soda bottles, milk and detergent jugs, and peanut butter jars, plus aluminum and steel cans, newspaper, magazines, cardboard, mail and office paper, paperboard boxes, and paperboard cans like Pringles and formula containers. The 24-hour drop-off at the facility also takes appliances, scrap metal, documents for shredding, and books, which the center started accepting recently. The office keeps weekday hours Monday through Thursday, and the county lists confidential shredding, tire recycling, and recycling collection events under the same program.

SA Recycling is a recycling center at 4614 New Calhoun Hwy NE, Rome, GA. Contact the facility to confirm accepted materials, access rules and current hours before visiting.