About us

Ohio County Solid Waste Authority is proud to provide Ohio County West Virginia with recycling, conservation, and proper waste management solutions through our recycling center, events, educational outreach, and collaborations with other like-minded entities. 

Our Highland's Recycling Center is located behind Best Buy and Hobby Lobby at 176 Satterfield Drive Triadelphia WV, 26059. 

♻️ Recycled Materials Drop Off Hours:  

• Tuesdays 7am-3pm

• Thursdays 11am-7pm

• Saturdays 8am-12pm

Do not abandon items outside of our hours of operation. It's considered littering/illegal dumping and subject to fines‼️

FAQs (Updated 01/2023)

♻️ We can be reached by: 

• Calling (304) 234-3884 during our hours of operation. If you call outside of those hours, please leave a message for a return call. Messages will be returned during our hours of operation only.

• Messaging our Ohio County Solid Waste Authority Facebook page, Instagram Page, or Next Door Page. These messages are likely to receive a prompt response even to outside of our hours of operation.

• Emailing ocswa.wv@gmail.com or recycle.ocswa@gmail.com. These messages are likely to receive a prompt response even outside of hours of operation. 

♻️ Please plan ahead! The Recycling Center will be closed for the observance of the following Holidays:

• Thanksgiving Day

• Christmas Eve

• Christmas Day

• New Year's Day

• Memorial Day

• Independence Day

• Labor Day

♻️ The only updated and current online presence the Ohio County Solid Waste Authority has at this time is this website, our Facebook page, Instagram page, Nextdoor. The content on any other online sources has not been approved by the Ohio County Solid Waste Authority. The validity and accuracy of the information on any other online presence cannot be guaranteed. Please utilize approved sources for information or contact us directly.

♻️ We are able to accept the following items for recycling: 

• Plastics #1, #2, and #5 (Look on hard plastics for the recycling symbol with the number 1, 2, or 5. This includes most plastic jars- like mayonnaise, bottles, jugs, and clamshell type fruit containers.) If the numbers are missing or different than 1, 2, or 5, we cannot accept the items. 

  • These need placed in the large plastics recycling container on the right side as you enter the recycling center. Please empty and rinse items at home and then place them loosely in the recycling collection bin. Do not put bags, or squishy plastic film in this bin. They are a different type of plastic (that we do recycle at The Highlands Recycling Center). When placed in this hard plastics #1, #2 & #5 collection container, the squishy plastic is considered a contaminant and clogs up/breaks the machines at the recycling processing facility.

• Plastic #4 (Most grocery bags, trash bags, ziplock bags, cereal bags, case overwrap, ice bags, salt bags, and other "squishy" plastics) 

  • These are placed in the smaller white bins at the recycling center. Through a partnership with the Trex waterproof decking company, and the Ohio County Virtual Lion's Club, for every 500 lbs of filmy plastic sent to Trex to be recycled into their products, Trex will gift a park bench to the community. You will see these benches peppered throughout Ohio County. 

  • If your organization is interested in participating in this program, please contact us for more information. 

• Scrap Metal & Bimetal Cans (Any metal you can stick a magnet to including soup and other food cans. Please note that we cannot accept items with refrigerant in them. Additionally, all white lined cat food/tuna cans will go in this bin) 

  • These can both be placed in the large recycling bin in the middle at the recycling center. Please remember to rinse food/debris from items and loosely place them in the collection container. No plastic bags!

• Cardboard & Mixed Paper (corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes, newspaper, junk mail, books, magazines, office paper)

  • These can be placed in the back side of the last large recycling bin. This bin is tarped on top to protect the materials from the elements, but it is open on the back side. Drive to the right of all the bins as you come in, and loop around to access the cardboard collection bin, and then exit the front gate.

  • Please flatten your cardboard or fill boxes to capacity with cardboard/mixed paper. We pay to transport these bins to the processing facility so the goal is to make each load as compact and heavy as possible for efficiency. Flattening the boxes and stacking them helps immensely.

  • Normal tape on boxes does not need to be removed. The windows in your junk mail envelopes do not need to be removed.

  • Plastic magazine overwrap, plastic dust jacket book covers, and any plastic binding needs to be removed

  • We cannot accept items that have been wax lined for waterproofing. This includes paper milk/juice cartons, and the portion of tv dinner meals that comes in contact with the food.

  • We cannot accept grease stained cardboard/paper. This includes the bottom of the pizza box, donuts boxes, fast food containers with grease stains.

  • Items with glitter and shiny foil films cannot be recycled. 

• Christmas Lights & Electrical Cords

  • These items are loosely placed in the green collection bags on the backside of the scrap metal bin.

• Aluminum (Aluminum beverage cans, Aluminum foil, Aluminum disposable containers)

  • These items are loosely placed in the labeled green collection bags on the backside of the scrap metal bin. Please make sure items are emptied, rinsed, and without debris. 

• Tires

  • WV RESIDENTS ONLY

  • Every 2nd & 4th Saturday Monthly or By Appointment

  • Must be off of the rims

  • Collection Events only accept 10 tires per vehicle for safety and to keep the collection event line moving. If you have more than 10 tires, you are required to schedule an appointment that outside of the regular collection event. Call 304.234.3884, email ocswa.wv@gmail.com, or message us to schedule an appointment. 

♻️ The Highlands Recycling Center does not accept the following items at this time:

• Glass

• Styrofoam

• Pizza boxes 

• Wax coated cardboard (milk cartons, frozen food boxes

• Plastic types 3, 6, 7

• Trash

♻️ We only accept household hazardous waste (paint, oils and the like), batteries, electronics, florescent bulbs, and tires during special events dedicated to those types of materials being collected. They are not accepted at the recycling center at this time otherwise.