Recycling Centers in Connecticut
260 recycling locations in 105 cities. Choose a city to see hours, what each center accepts, and who pays cash.
Connecticut at a glance: 141 recycling centers, 59 transfer stations, 35 scrap yards, 16 bottle and can redemption centers, 6 electronics recyclers. The state pays a bottle deposit of 10¢ per container.
Top cities for recycling in Connecticut
- Stamford14 locations
- Middletown14 locations
- Hartford9 locations
- Meriden9 locations
- Norwich9 locations
- Bridgeport8 locations
- New Haven8 locations
- Waterbury8 locations
- Norwalk8 locations
- New Britain6 locations
- Stratford5 locations
- East Hartford5 locations
- Wallingford5 locations
- Bloomfield5 locations
- Greenwich4 locations
- West Hartford4 locations
- West Haven4 locations
- Milford4 locations
- South Windsor4 locations
- Berlin4 locations
- Danbury3 locations
- Shelton3 locations
- Enfield3 locations
- Glastonbury3 locations
All Connecticut cities
- Ansonia 1
- Avon 1
- Barkhamsted 1
- Berlin 4
- Bethel 3
- Bloomfield 5
- Bozrah 1
- Branford 2
- Bridgeport 8
- Bristol 1
- Canaan 1
- Canton 1
- Cheshire 2
- Danbury 3
- Danielson 1
- Darien 3
- East Hartford 5
- East Haven 2
- Easton 1
- East Windsor 2
- Ellington 1
- Enfield 3
- Essex 1
- Fairfield 2
- Farmington 1
- Fenwick 1
- Glastonbury 3
- Granby 1
- Greenwich 4
- Groton Long Point 1
- Guilford 2
- Haddam 1
- Hamden 1
- Hampton 1
- Hartford 9
- Killingworth 2
- Litchfield 1
- Madison 2
- Manchester 2
- Meriden 9
- Middletown 14
- Milford 4
- Monroe 1
- Montville 1
- Moosup 1
- Morris 1
- Naugatuck 3
- New Britain 6
- New Canaan 1
- New Fairfield 1
- New Haven 8
- New London 2
- New Milford 1
- Newtown 1
- Norfolk 1
- Northford 1
- North Haven 3
- Norwalk 8
- Norwich 9
- Oakville 1
- Old Saybrook 2
- Orange 1
- Plainfield 1
- Plainville 2
- Plymouth 1
- Putnam 1
- Redding 2
- Ridgefield 3
- Rocky Hill 2
- Sandy Hook 1
- Seymour 1
- Shelton 3
- Somers 1
- Southbury 1
- Southington 2
- South Windsor 4
- Sprague 1
- Stafford Springs 1
- Stamford 14
- Stonington 1
- Storrs 1
- Storrs Center 1
- Stratford 5
- Suffield 1
- Terryville 2
- Thompson 1
- Tolland 1
- Torrington 2
- Uncasville 1
- Vernon 1
- Voluntown 1
- Wallingford 5
- Waterbury 8
- Waterford 1
- West Hartford 4
- West Haven 4
- Weston 1
- Willimantic 3
- Willington 1
- Wilton 1
- Windham 1
- Windsor 1
- Winsted 1
- Wolcott 2
- Woodbridge 1
Connecticut recycling questions
How many recycling centers are there in Connecticut?
We list 260 recycling locations across 105 cities in Connecticut, including drop-off centers, scrap yards and specialty recyclers. Stamford has the most, with 14.
Does Connecticut pay for cans and bottles?
Yes. Connecticut has a beverage container deposit law: 10¢ per container. You get the deposit back when you return eligible containers to a redemption center or participating retailer. Rules about which containers qualify and how many you can return at once vary, so check with the center first.